GS1 and UN/CEFACT Geneva 16 February 2012 Anders Grangård

© 2008 GS1 GS1: Who are we? Countries with GS1 Member Organisations Countries served on a direct basis from GS1 Global Office (Brussels) 35 years of experience 111 member organisations representing all points in the supply chain Over a million companies doing business across 145 countries Over 20 represented sectors (FMCG, healthcare, transport, defence…) GS1 is a not-for-profit standards organisation

© 2008 GS1 GS1: A Broad Portfolio GS1 has a portfolio of products improving the supply chain Global standards for electronic business messaging Rapid, efficient & accurate business data exchange The environment for global data synchronisation Standardised, reliable data for effective business transactions Global standards for automatic identification Rapid and accurate item, asset or location identification Global standards for RFID-based identification More accurate, immediate and cost effective visibility of information

© 2008 GS1 General trends in the eCom world Shift from message standards to process standards Logistics Interoperability Model (LIM) Upstream standards (UIM, GUSI) Food services Collaborative Product Design Trading Partner Performance Management Supply Chain Management is changing RFID technology (EPC) Food safety Waste management Increased involvement from authorities – directly or indirectly eInvoicing Trade facilitation – example WTO in China Risk management

© 2008 GS1 eCom implementation trends

© 2008 GS1 As GS1 is increasingly multi sectoral, UN/CEFACT provides Subject matter experts from virtually all sectors Private and public sectors Strategic relations with key industry and standards organisations UN/CEFACT standards requested by members UN/EDIFACT (EANCOM) GS1 XML (based on UN/CEFACT methodologies) UN XML profiles (currently ver 2.01 – future 3.0) UNECE Recommendations To bridge the gap between different eBusiness standards Syntax neutral business process models Syntax neutral semantics (core components) Platform for open and transparent development Key UN/CEFACT methodologies partly or fully used by GS1 today Requirements driven development (UMM) Core Components based dictionary Context driven design Value of UN/CEFACT for GS1

© 2008 GS1 The voice of companies and organisations 90% Small and Medium Size Global reach All scale and types of economies Resources for progressing work In line with new organisation Well adapted to the UN/CEFACT world Public/private Multi sectoral UN/CEFACT standards user since the 1980’s Value of GS1 for UN/CEFACT

© 2008 GS1 Increase throughput time – perfection is not asked for Good quality expected – error free standards will never happen On track – new organisation and critical mass in libraries Develop future-proof and scalable standards UN/CEFACT risks becoming a victim of its own success Key words: reusability, distributed development, stable methodologies Continue and increase outreach to other organisations WCO, EU, WTO, APEC ANSI, CEN, ISO OMG, W3C, IETF However! First choice should be to work together within UN/CEFACT The future of UN/CEFACT

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