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Manage My GTINs is an efficient, user-friendly tool to easily and accurately assign and manage your GTINs, and generate global standard barcodes, all in one central, secure location.

Starting December 5, 2021, all new GS1 Canada subscriptions will automatically include Manage My GTINs.

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What Can Manage My GTINs do?

  • Remove guesswork by accurately assigning your GTINs to your products
  • Generate global standard product barcodes that are accepted by trading partners
  • Enable streamlined visibility to all your organization’s GTINs to efficiently manage your GTINs in one place
  • Track the number of GTINs you have left to avoid the risk of running out

Benefits

  • Get it Right from the Beginning Save time and remove uncertainty about correctly assigning a unique GTIN and barcode to your product so you can spend more time growing your business. A simple step by step guide takes you through the process of receiving a properly constructed GTIN uniquely assigned to your product, incorporating your GS1 company prefix and check digit. This automatic assignment reduces the chance of error and provides confidence that your GTINs have been created correctly and will work with trading partners.
  • Generate Global Standard Barcodes Quickly and easily create high-resolution barcodes, saving time and costs by eliminating the need to go elsewhere for barcode images. Using the GS1 GTIN assigned to your product, you can quickly generate a barcode that is properly formatted and follows GS1 global standards, ready for you to print correctly on your items and share with trading partners.
  • Centralized GTIN Management Having a record of all your GTINs available in one central location enables you to easily and accurately track your company’s GTIN usage and capacity, avoiding potential duplication or unintentional reuse. It also eliminates the need for time-consuming and error-prone spreadsheets and other tools often used to manage and store GTINs and calculate a check digit.
  • Capacity Tracking Capacity tracking indicates exactly how many GTINs you have assigned to products and how many you still have left, reducing the risk of running out of GTINs without warning. With capacity tracking, you'll avoid unnecessary costs by only paying for the number of GTINS you need.

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Manage My GTINs is included with GS1 Canada subscriptions commencing December 5, 2021.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Manage My GTINs is a new tool offered with all new subscriptions commencing December 5, 2021, providing a quick and easy way to accurately assign GTINs to your products and create global standard barcodes. It enables users to conveniently store, track and manage their unique GTINs and barcodes all in one central, secure location.

Yes, you can be confident that the barcodes you create in Manage My GTINs are properly formatted, follow GS1 global standards and are ready to print correctly on your items. Manage My GTINs will incorporate your GS1 Company Prefix (if applicable) and calculate the check digit for you.

A unique barcode with a unique Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) is required for each unique product being sold, which means you'll need one for every size, flavour and variation of your product.

An easy-to-use GTIN estimator will help you quickly calculate the number of GTINs you'll need. Once you have your GTINs, you'll be able to create your barcodes through Manage My GTINs.

Manage My GTINs provides a quick and easy way to accurately assign GTINs to your products and create global standard barcodes. It enables users to conveniently store, track and manage their unique GTINs and barcodes all in one central, secure location.

Manage My GTINs is a convenient online tool that guides you step-by-step to accurately assign your GTINs to your products and create GS1 barcodes that are properly formatted and meet GS1 global standard guidelines. It guides you through the process of associating core product attribute data for each of your products, and automatically generates your GTINs, organizes and securely stores your data within the tool. You'll have confidence that your UPCs and barcodes are correct and assurance that your descriptive product information is accurately captured.

The Manage My GTINs tool is included as an added value with all new GS1 Canada subscriptions, commencing December 5, 2021, at no additional cost.

New subscribers will be seamlessly directed to Manage My GTINs upon payment and must first log in to My GS1, and then will be automatically redirected. You will also be able to access Manage My GTINs through the My Tools section of your myGS1 landing page.

Manage My GTINs can generate barcode symbols in a variety of file formats. You'll be guided step-by-step through the process to confidently generate the correct barcode images you'll need for your products based on the information that you provide.

With Manage My GTINs, having a record of all your GTINs in one central location enables you to track your company's GTIN usage and capacity. The capacity tracking indicator in the tool shows exactly how many GTINs you've already assigned to products and how many you still have left. With capacity tracking, you'll reduce the risk of running out of GTINs without warning and avoid unnecessary costs, by only paying for the number of GTINs you need.

In the Manage My GTINs tool, select ‘Create a GTIN’ and you’ll be prompted to provide the necessary information step-by-step: Packaging Type, GPC (Global Product Classification), Country of Sale, and other product details needed.

GTIN (12) or UPC, GTIN-13 (EAN), and GTIN-14 are supported.

The following barcode symbols are supported: UPC-A, EAN-13, ITF-14, GS1-128, GS1 Databar Expanded, GS1 Databar Expanded Stacked.

We support the following formats up to 20 MB: .jpeg, .jpg, .gif, .png, .tiff

GS1 Canada intends to offer Manage My GTINs through targeted campaigns beginning with our most recent subscribers starting in early 2022. For more information, please email us at info@gs1ca.org or call us at 416.510.8039 or 1.800.567.7084. We are here Monday - Friday, 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM ET.