Hi Mike, Earl,
Please check this official document from GS1 . Please check page 3 - http://www.gs1.org/sites/default/files/docs/idkeys/GS1_GLN_Executive_Summary .pdf the text from page 3 reads something like this - Each company can assign GLNs to their own locations. It is the assigning company's responsibility to keep their trading partners informed of numbers allocated and the corresponding data such as address and contact information that is associated with the location. In some countries a national GLN database is administered by the local GS1 Member Organisation. However, if you have a GS1 Company Prefix then you can allocate your GLN location reference numbers. Within the GS1 System the GLN and the GTIN (GlobalTrade Item Number) are two distinct data identifiers. There is no conflict when a GTIN and a GLN have the same digits, the data carrier (electronic data interchange, machine readable symbol, or radio frequency) will distinguish between the two identifiers. For example, when GLNs are used in Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC) and electronic communications, the context (Application Identifiers and qualifiers) will prevent any misinterpretation The right parallel is probably not an IP address but rather a domain name - you come up with your own domain name ( this is akin to the GLN) and then you register it with a registrar and then all works smoothly. Obviously you follow the naming conventions that are in the link above. Food for thought --------- for $8 per year - a ICANN registrar will take care of your domain name and things run fairly smoothly on the internet but we seem to have made it much more complicated ( and expensive) in the GTIN/ GLN/UPC world. My 2 cents---------some day in my Utopian future, you should be able to get this done at Google, Yahoo, Go-Daddy or whoever wants to become a Registrar/ GDSN or whatever we want to call it. Have a nice day! Sincerely, Vijay Thomas B.Eng, M.B.A Partner Tangentia Inc & Banyan Commerce Corp 211,Consumers Road Suite 306 Toronto, ON, M2J4G8 Tel- 416-238-7515 ext 111 Cell- 416-899-7194 email- <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] <http://www.tangentia.com/> www.tangentia.com <http://www.banyancommerce.com> www.banyancommerce.com Join us in "Helping Children Worldwide":- <http://www.unicef.ca/tangentia> www.unicef.ca/tangentia -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Rawlins Sent: April-25-12 12:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [EDI-L] GLN Number required 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 > <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] < <mailto:earlw%40spe-edi.com> mailto:earlw%40spe-edi.com> <http://www.spe-edi.com> http://www.spe-edi.com > > ------------------------------------ ... 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