Use case · Labelling
A pallet label identifies a shipping unit uniquely – usually with an SSCC (Serial Shipping Container Code, 18 digits) encoded as a GS1-128 barcode. JetPallet produces these labels as a PDF directly from the planned pallet: the SSCC is built from your own GS1 company prefix and a serial number, the check digit is calculated with the modulo 10 method, and gross weight and contents come from the plan.
SSCC-18 with check digit
PDF · 47 languages
Driver sheet
PDF · A6
Pallet label
PDF · A4
Packing report
Schematic view of the outputs, not original pages.
Workflow
Labels are available for single-product solutions, mixed pallets and the effective vehicle arrangement. The basis is always the current, checked plan.
Enter your GS1 company prefix and the serial number, choose the format – A6 portrait or A5 landscape –, one or two labels per pallet and the document language.
JetPallet places SSCC, barcode and human-readable text on every label and produces a print-ready PDF for all pallets in the plan.
The serial number only goes up when you explicitly trigger it. Reopening or re-exporting therefore creates no gaps and no unintended new numbers.
An SSCC consists of an extension digit, the GS1 company prefix, a serial reference and a check digit. Done by hand or in a spreadsheet, the usual errors creep in: a wrong check digit, numbers issued twice, a gross weight that does not match the pallet actually shipped.
When the label comes from the same calculation as the packing report and load plan, weight, contents and stop agree with the plan. If the pallet changes, the label changes with it.
What you end up with
In detail
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The barcode is generated by a dedicated Code 128 encoder including FNC1. It carries application identifier (00) for the SSCC, (3301) for gross weight in kilograms and – only when all trade items on the pallet are identical – (02) for the contents with (37) for the count. Module width (0.495 mm) and bar height (31.75 mm) follow values commonly used for GS1 logistic labels; JetPallet warns if the barcode has to be narrower.
02
For multi-drop plans the label shows the pallet’s delivery stop and consignee. The data comes from the mixed order, where items for different stops never share a pallet – more under mixed pallets and multi-drop.
03
Gross weight comes from the plan and includes the pallet, the cartons and any edge protection you entered. If the arrangement changes, the label follows at the next export.
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Label text is available in 47 languages – independently of the app’s language. Numbers are formatted for the language you choose.
Questions
The Serial Shipping Container Code is an 18-digit GS1 number that identifies a logistic unit such as a pallet uniquely worldwide. It is made up of an extension digit, the GS1 company prefix, a serial reference and a check digit.
Yes. JetPallet only builds SSCCs from a GS1 company prefix that you enter. Without your own prefix from GS1 you cannot issue valid SSCCs.
A6 portrait or A5 landscape, with one or two labels per pallet, as a PDF ready to print.
Yes. You choose the label language from 47 document languages, independently of the app language. 45 of them, all except German and English, are machine-translated and not yet reviewed by language specialists.
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