Hi Earl, I'm sure someone with GS1 US (or Canada, or wherever) will correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe GLNs are issued by GS1 entities. Both you and your client will probably run into problems if you try to make one up - maybe not as bad as hooking up a box with a fixed IP address to the Internet and not coordinating with anyone, but you get the idea. You can't register products in a GS1 data pool without one.
That said, unless I'm missing something I'm not sure why your client thinks it's your problem. They are the ones who need to get a GLN. Mike ----------------------------------------- Michael C. Rawlins, Senior Software Engineer, GXS Sent from personal account On 4/25/2012 10:29 AM, Earl Wertheimer wrote: > > One of my clients called and said that they needed a GLN. > (Global LOCATION Number) > > My experience until now, is that only Walmart has been using GLNs for > their > various Store and DC locations. > > This request is related to using a UPC Product Data Pool (ie. GS1, ad > nauseum). > > They already have a manufacturer UPC prefix. > > The GLN is a 13 digit number composed of the GS1 prefix (7 digits), > Location > Reference (5 digits) and checksum. > > I am ready to tell them to 'Make one up', by using their existing GS1 > prefix, > some 5 digit number for their location and calculating the checksum. > > Here in Canada, I have had a lot of problems when trying to get > information > about existing UPC prefixes. (Bottom line: They would not release the > information unless I joined. The whole point of confirming the > ownership of > the prefix was to prevent having to join. ) > > Comments? > > Earl Wertheimer > [email protected] <mailto:earlw%40spe-edi.com> > http://www.spe-edi.com > > ------------------------------------ ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
