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- 9 - 3.2 Global Unique Identification of an Organisational (sub) Unit - GUIO The GUIO uniquely identifies organisational sub-units of a company. A sub-unit may be a legal entity (i.e. subsidiary), a division, a department or any other organisational unit defined within a company. This data element is comprised of the GUIC as described in section 3.1 followed by the company’s internal code assigned to identify the sub-unit. 3.3 Global Unique Identification of a Location – GUIL The GUIL uniquely identifies physical locations of a company. A location may be any physical facility such as a manufacturing plant, branch office, building or even a single room or dock, that is uniquely defined within a company. This data element is comprised of the GUIC as described in section 3.1 followed by the company’s internal code assigned to identify the physical location. 3.4 Global Unique Identification of a Product – GUIP The GUIP uniquely identifies a company’s product. A product for this definition may be a single part, component, assembly or any other finished good, regardless of its value and stage in the supply chain. This data element is comprised of the GUIC as described in section 3.1 followed by the company’s internal code assigned to identify the product 3.5 Global Unique Identification of a Serial Number – GUIS The GUIS uniquely identifies the serial number of a serialised product. This data element is comprised of the manufacturer’s GUIC as described in section 3.1 followed by the serial number assigned to the product by the manufacturer. 3.6 Global Unique Identification of a Traceability Number – GUIT The GUIT uniquely identifies the internal traceability number for a product. This data element is comprised of the manufacturer’s GUIC as described in section 3.1 followed by the unique traceability number assigned by the manufacturer. The traceability number can be a lot number, a batch number or another number, under which a group of entities / products is traceable in the manufacturer’s computer system. 3.7 Global Unique Identification of Returnable Transport Items – GUIR The GUIR uniquely identifies a returnable transport item (RTI) such as a skid, box pallet, wooden crate, or the like (see definition in section 2). This data element is comprised of the manufacturer’s GUIC as described in section 3.1 followed by a serial number uniquely assigned to the RTI by the manufacturer. Part of this identifier may also indicate the type of packaging and additional information. 3.8 Global Unique Identification of Groupings of Transport Units – GUIG The GUIG uniquely identifies a logical grouping of transport units (GUIG), i.e. a physical shipment by a unique Bill of Lading number, Waybill number or other shipment number assigned to the grouping by either the shipper/consignor or by the transporter/carrier. GUI Issue 3 ©EDIFICE 29 August 2011