A homogeneous unit contains one type of trade item. All the items at the highest level of packaging are the same and are identified with the same GTIN. Example: a pallet containing 50 trade item groupings of shampoo (uniform content). |
A heterogeneous unit contains different types of trade items at the highest level of packag-ing that are identified with different GTINs. Example: a pallet containing 30 standard trade item groupings (e.g. boxes) of shampoo and 20 standard trade item groupings (e.g. boxes) of conditioner (mixed content). |