GS1 Sweden
The global language of
business
Our vision
“GS1 Sweden simplifies companies’ local and global
trade”
Through cooperation,GS1 develops
sector-neutral standards and services
which enable efficiency improvements
in the flow of information and goods.
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Our development in Sweden
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Started in Sweden in1977
Previously called EAN Sweden
Started with groceries
Solutions for many sectors
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It all started with barcodes
Then
• Avoid price labelling
• Faster checkout
Now
• Efficient stock control
• Efficient logistics
• Traceability
• eBusiness
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Our philosophy
Focus on efficiency enhancements
and profitability for our customers
• Open standards and solutions
• User driven
• Neutral
• ”Not for profit”
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GS1 in numbers
A global organisation created in 2005 by the merger of EAN
International (1977) and Uniform Code Council (UCC) (1952).
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More than 30 years experience
108 member organisations whose customers represent all parts of
the value chain
Over one million companies doing business in 150 countries
Over 20 sectors represented (FMCG, health care, transport,
defence, …)
Over 5 billion transactions per day
The GS1 system of standards is the most widely used supply chain
standards system in the world.
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Some of our customers
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GS1 Sweden Business value
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Classification – GPC
What is GPC?
To ensure products are classified correctly and uniformly,
by using GS1 Global Product Classification (GPC), a
system that gives buyers and sellers a common
language for grouping products in the same way,
everywhere in the world.
The official (normative) GPC schema and GPC Browser
information is published in Oxford English. Both the
schema and the browser information are translated to
many other languages.
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GPC – Brick
The foundation of GPC is called a "Brick;" GPC bricks
define categories of similar products.
Using the GPC brick ensures the correct recognition of the product category
across the extended supply chain, from seller to buyer.
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Rubrik
Using GPC hierarchy to find the Brick
A Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) can
only be assigned to one Brick.
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What is the role of GPC?
What is the role of GPC?
GPC gives buyers and sellers a common language to group
products the same way globally to ensure effective data
synchronisation in the Global Data Synchronisation Network
(GDSN). GPC enables the following processes:
• Item Registration
• Subscription
• Validation
• Search
• Publication/Subscription Match
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Validoo services
• Validoo Item
– Our Data Pool
• Validoo Q-lab
– Quality assurance on trade
item information
• Validoo MediaStore
– Image publication
• Validoo Directory
– GLN directory
• Validoo BarCodeCheck
– Quality assurance on
barcodes
Validoo Item
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Part of the Global Data Synchronisation Network - GDSN
Approx.1400 Suppliers
12 Retailers
Over 100 000 item registered in the data base
Approx. 10-12000 new or updated items every month
Uses GS1 XML for messaging
How to access trade item information?
• Validoo Item
– Subscriptions for GPCs or Target Markets
– Questions through webservice
• Validoo MediaStore
– Subscriptions for GPC or Target Markets
Validoo Item deliver full trade item hierarchies while Validoo
MediaStore deliver only consumer units.
More about GPC
• What is Global Product Classification?
• Get started with Product Classification
• Resource Library:
(overview, presentations, implementation guide and
FAQ etc
http://www.gs1.org/gdsn/gpc/
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Contact
Rosie Samuelsson
GS1 Sweden
Box 1178, Västra Järnvägsgatan 15
111 91 Stockholm
Tel +46 (0)8 50 10 10 00
Fax +46 (0)8 50 10 10 01
www.gs1.se
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