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UNIQUE PRODUCT IDENTIFIERS - STEP-BY-STEP SECRETS TO STARTING AN E-COMMERCE STORE

15/1/2023

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23. Unique Product Identifiers
GTIN, SKUs and MPNs
Unique identifiers such as GTIN, UPC, and EAN and MPN are created to easily and quickly identify a particular product or part of a product.
 
GTIN:
More and more companies are requiring their trading partners to use GS1 standards to help move and track goods through the supply chain.
If you are trading with Tesco, Amazon or other retailers, you may have been asked to create a GS1 logistics label with a Serial Shipping Container Code (SSCC) for your shippers. Google requires this or a MPN for Google Shopping.
 
GS1 [https://www.gs1uk.org/]
GS1 are one of 116 neutral, not-for-profit, and independent GS1 organisations operating across 150 countries.
They provide products from barcodes to patient wristbands.
“GS1 is the only authorised provider of Global Trade Item Numbers (GTINs) – the number you see under the barcode (also known as an EAN or UPC) that’s unique to that product. Our GTINs and barcodes are used and accepted by retailers and marketplaces across the world – making it easy to sell your products anywhere.”
 
SKUs:
An SKU is a Stock Keeping Unit (Pronounced ‘skew’). These are allocated by the product designer/manufacturer to each individual product to easily identify it when tracking inventory or searching for an item accurately, Tracking lot and batch numbers allows one to keep watch on quality control, service and warranty management and to help isolate production faults.
No two products should have the same SKU. Even variants such as size, colour etc should have separate SKUs.
When creating SKUs, the following three principles help to create them easily.
  1. The first part of a SKU is typically the broadest characteristic. For example, such as the product category or even manufacturer. The top two or three alphabet characters are allocated to this.
  2. The next few characters describe specific features about each product - for example, its colour, size, brand or other subcategory. 
  3. The last two to three characteristics act as a sequence identifier, allowing your SKUs to tell you the number of products you have and the order in which they were purchased and processed.
 
When creating the SKU number try to:
  • Use logical names for each product.
  • Keep it between 8 to 12 characters.
  • Do not use zero or special characters such as @ &.
  • Use dashes to separate the 3 characteristics.
  • Create an easy-to-understand format that helps you to identify the product even by looking at the SKU. Try to state what the product is.
  • Try to be consistent with the method of creating SKUs.
  • Count inventory consistently by quantity. For instance, as individual pieces or multiples of units or by weight or box.
 
 
MPN:
MPN stands for Manufacturer Part Number. Manufacturer part numbers are used as an unique identifier to find specific products.
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