Global Trading Item Numbers (GTIN)

A GTIN is a 14-digit number that uniquely identifies a trade item, which is a product or service that is sold, delivered, and invoiced at any point in the supply chain. In PeopleSoft Financials and Supply Chain Management, you can specify GTINs for items using the Universal Item Identifier (ITM_MFG_UPN) component.

Refer to the Using Universal Item Identifiers section for steps on setting up the system to use GTINs and assigning GTINs to items. At runtime, GTINs are displayed (in the GTIN field on the Item Information Tab) on purchase orders and express purchase orders for items that have GTINs assigned to them.

Note:

UPN details for the purchase order is taken from the matching contract. In the absence of a matching contract, UPN values from the requisition will be defaulted to the PO. If UPN details is not available for the requisition, then it will be taken from the UPN defaulting hierarchy.

GTIN Defaulting

When an item is added to a purchase order, the system populates the manufacturer ID to the purchase order line. The manufacturer ID either comes from the default value that is set on the supplier's Manufacturer Info page for the selected item and supplier, or, if the former value is blank, from the item's preferred manufacturer that is set on Manufacturer's Item page at the item master level. Then, it looks for a GTIN match for the item based on the item ID, UOM, manufacturer ID, and manufacturer's item ID that are available on the purchase order line, and displays it in the GTIN field.

Note:

In order for GTIN defaulting to occurs, the supplier that is selected on the purchase order must be UPN ready.

Here is how GTINs gets defaulted on purchase orders (assuming that item ID and UOM are specified):

  1. If manufacturer ID and manufacturer item ID are present:

    1. The system populates the GTIN that is assigned to this item ID-UOM-manufacturer ID-manufacturer item ID combination on the purchase order line.

    2. If no matching is found, the system populates the GTIN that is assigned to the item ID-UOM-manufacturer ID combination (excluding manufacturer item ID) on the purchase order line.

    3. If no matching is found, the GTIN value becomes blank.

  2. If manufacturer ID is not present, the GTIN value is not populated on the purchase order line.

This defaulting mechanism applies to online and express purchase orders.

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