GS1 & GTIN Management Software for Product Data Workflows
We build software that helps product teams manage GTINs, barcodes, packaging hierarchies, validation, product identifiers, and related data workflows around their existing GS1 processes.
- Identifier Workflow Discovery. Map the organization's GS1 responsibilities, product hierarchy, packaging model, data ownership, source systems, destinations, and operational pain points.
- Product & Packaging Data Model. Define products, variants, packaging levels, identifiers, relationships, validation states, permissions, and audit history.
- GTIN & Barcode Management UI. Build interfaces for creation, search, review, validation, exception handling, imports, exports, and operational tracking.
- Integrations & Data Exchange. Connect approved internal or external systems through supported APIs, files, feeds, or webhooks after validating the technical contract.
- Migration, QA & Launch. Migrate agreed data, test validation rules and edge cases, verify permissions and integrations, and prepare monitoring and production handover.
What we do
Software Around Real GS1 and Product-Identifier Operations
NxtHatch builds software for teams that need to manage GTINs, barcodes, packaging levels, product identifiers, validation rules, and the surrounding product-data workflow in one operational system.
The goal is not to replace GS1 or act as an issuing or certification authority. The software layer should help teams capture the identifiers they are responsible for, connect them to product and packaging records, validate required data, track workflow status, and prepare information for downstream systems and trading partners.
These workflows often sit inside or next to a Product Information Management platform. We design the data model around products, variants, packaging hierarchies, identifiers, ownership, validation states, source systems, and the people who create, review, or distribute the information.
Where suitable access is available, the platform can connect with ERP, ecommerce, retailer, supplier, or external product-data services through APIs, files, feeds, or other supported interfaces. Integration scope depends on the specific systems and responsibilities involved.
How we work
How We Deliver Identifier Workflows
Map GS1 Responsibilities
Clarify what the organization owns, what comes from external services, and where software should support rather than replace established GS1 processes.
Define the Identifier Model
Model GTINs, packaging levels, product relationships, statuses, source-of-truth rules, and validation requirements.
Design the Operational Workflow
Turn identifier creation, review, exception handling, and distribution into clear role-aware workflows.
Connect Required Systems
Validate data exchange with ERP, PIM, ecommerce, retailer, supplier, or other destinations before dependent scope is finalized.
Test Data Integrity & Launch
Verify migrations, validation rules, duplicate handling, permissions, audit history, integrations, and production monitoring.
Questions
It is software that helps teams manage product identifiers such as GTINs and the related product, variant, packaging, validation, onboarding, and downstream data workflows around their established GS1 processes.
No. NxtHatch is a software development company, not a GS1 issuing or certification body. We build software that can support a client's identifier and product-data processes based on the access, rules, subscriptions, and responsibilities they already have.
Yes. GTIN, barcode, packaging, and identifier workflows often fit naturally inside or alongside a PIM because they depend on product master data, validation, approvals, and downstream distribution.
Yes. The data model can represent products, variants, inner packs, cases, or other packaging relationships when those concepts are part of the client's operational and GS1 workflow.
Yes, when the required systems expose suitable APIs, files, feeds, credentials, or other supported interfaces. We validate the technical contract before committing the integration.
AI can assist focused tasks such as extraction, classification, normalization, mapping, or exception triage, but authoritative identifiers and validation decisions should remain governed by deterministic rules and appropriate human review.