1. Managing director Floricode
UN/CEFACT Forum Rome
Henk Zwinkels
Managing director Floricode

2. Floricode registration | encoding | standardisation | distribution |
Core activities
registration | encoding | standardisation | distribution |

3. Cooperation in the supply chain
Partners
Participants

4. The international Supply Chain for flowers and plants

5. Worldmap flowers and plants
Increase of trade streams worldwide

6. How does this supply chain works?
One video says more than 1000 words!

7. FIGURES 5.000 growers (int. suppliers on the auctions)
6 marketplaces (auction locations)
1000 buyers; 600 wholesalers
2015
Production value (turnover auctions)
5.7 Bn €
Value of export + Dutch consumption
6.7 Bn €
Daily transactions
50.000
Offers
Orders
Deliveries
Invoices
Export certificates (fyto) (E-CERT)
10.000
500

8. FIGURES 1990: start digitalisation: EDIFLOWER
EDIFACT and X-400
2000: start of E-Commerce: Florecom
From EDIFACT to EbXML
From X-400 to POP/SMTP (intranet/internet)
2010: start with E-logistics and E-invoicing
From POP/SMTP to webservices
2013: from Florecom to Floricode
2017: API’s? JSON/REST?

9. Standard messages Three domains of the standard messages:
Commercial processes: offer, order, order response, (E-crop)
Logistic processes:
logistic order, delivery, status of transport
3. Financial and administrative processes:
invoice, statistics
consignment, inspection and certificate (E-CERT)
From EDIFACT to XML (UN/CEFACT based)

10. 30 years UN EDIFACT We maintain 10 standard message sets
Therefore we make use of:
The WofW
TDED and CC library
Code lists
CII XML message
E-CERT message

11. Floricode architecture

12. Floricode code lists Our own industry code lists: Productcodes
Product regulation (product features)
Company codes\location codes (GLN)
Logistic means
Certification register

13. Floricode and GS1
Define the use of GS1 code standards in our supply chain:
GTIN codes
GLN codes
Company codes
Location codes
GPC codes
SSCC codes
Through this the connection to the retail world can be made

14. Floricode world standards in floriculture
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Product name: Chrysanthemum (Indicum Grp) Belgian Mums Aduro Violet
Cultivar name: ‘Aduro Violet’
Product code:
Group code: ; Chrysanthemum Ind Grp Gr.
GPC code: ; Chrysanthemum - Live Plants
GTIN code: