The Global Standards Body, GS1 created allocation standars to define how ITF-14 Carton Codes are assigned for different types of cartons, cases and products. There are two tyopes of commony used Carton Codes.
1. Unifrom or StandardCarton and Mixed Assortment Carton.
2. Uniform or Standard Carton – Assigning a GTIN-14 for a carton containing multiple instances the same items or products.
Cartons containing the same items is referred to as a Standard or Uniform Carton meaning that all products inside the carton have the same EAN-13/UPC Number. Standard/Uniform Cartons generally have an Indicator digit of a value between 1 – 8. The Company Prefix and Item Reference (first 11 digits) of UPC-12 is the same as the items in the carton.
Example of an ITF 14 Carton Code
Mixed Assortment Carton is an ITF-14 Carton Code for a carton containing different items
A carton containing items which are marked with a differing EAN/UPC numbers is referred to as a Mixed Assortment. Mixed Assortments use a ‘0’ for the Indicator digit followed by valid GS1 Company Prefix and then new Item Reference Number is assigned.
Example of a Mixed Assortment ITF-14 Carton Code