1. GSMP Local Community Network Global Agenda 25 Jun 2009 Melanie Kudela

2. Global Standards Management Process ©2007 GS1 US LCN Global Agenda / Enhanced Process Welcome to the GSMP Local Community Network Global Agenda Meeting! Key Milestones for this GA Cycle Last Survey Response Summary New Links

3. Global Standards Management Process ©2007 GS1 US Key Milestones for this GA Cycle EventDateComments Global Agenda Meeting with MO Liaison and GS1 Staff and GA Survey Live 25 JunIn progress CR Feedback GA Survey Closed10 Jul Results postedBy 17 Jul BRG/ WG Discussion (CR Feedback Results)By 24 Jul Next LCN Global Agenda Conference Call and Live Meeting – Thursday (ET) 24 Jul

4. Global Standards Management Process ©2007 GS1 US WO#07-332 – April 2009 Question from Party Synchronisation The Enhanced Party Synchronisation Work Group (WG) is recommending that changes to a GLN record do not require sending the entire hierarchy or hierarchies in which the GLN is contained. 80% disagreement with Work Group GS1 Germany How discrepancy was resolved: The LCN Liaison from GS1 Germany and the global GDSN EPS WG discussed recommendation on a GDSN BRG call 16 Jun. EPS WG explained draft solution that maintains data integrity while sending partial hierarchy –sub-commands approach as addition to commands Global and local understanding reached why the recommendation is to resend a partial hierarchy (not entire hierarchy) EPS recommendation selected

5. Global Standards Management Process ©2007 GS1 US WO#09-103 – Question from GDSN Validations Sub-Team 1.The GDSN Validation Rules sub-team is collecting attributes in the Catalogue Item Notification message that cannot be changed by refresh command Responses: We recommend and encourage GDSN BRG to work on close co- operation with Barcode BRG on this topic A list of attributes provided by LCN companies The list is included in the draft Validation Rule Once eBalloted will be deployed in a future Maintenance Release

6. Global Standards Management Process ©2007 GS1 US GDSN Enhanced Party Synchronisation WO#07-000332 and eCOM How widely is the exchange of party hierarchy changes deployed in the EANCOM PARTIN message? 23 trading partners indicated they did not automatically exchange party hierarchy information in the PARTIN message One trading partner finds it useful to exchange an XSL file with party information Similar to findings and expectations of EPS work group Result: Confirms EPS approach to begin with a simple / shallow hierarchy in EPS exchange of messages and gain experience in a pilot

7. Global Standards Management Process ©2007 GS1 US LCN Global Agenda Cycle Links June GA (25 May Calendar Event) http://community.gs1.org/apps/org/workgroup/gsmp_g_lc n/calendar.php May Survey Results http://www.gs1.org/services/gsmp/lcn/lcn_members.html

8. Global Standards Management Process ©2007 GS1 US Contact Details Melanie Kudela GS1 Global Standards Director D+1 609 620 4514 F+1 609 620-1200 Emelanie.kudela@gs1.org