1. GS1 Standards The Next Big Things? Steve Bratt GS1 CTO & President, Standards Development

2. Introduction

3. © 2013 GS1 3 1 2 3 4

4. Best-in-Class

5. © 2013 GS1 Best in Class Standards Development Objective Ensure that GS1’s process and standards are the world’s best. 5 GS1 Standards

6. © 2013 GS1 A Framework for Reaching Best-in-Class 6 Engagement Most relevant, new ideas More users and solution providers Right experts at right time Measurement Meaningful and consistent metrics, analysis and reporting Deployment Access, kits, best practices, training … Effectiveness Better definition of business needs Increase implementability of standards Reduce effort and time to completion Improve support for your work

7. ‘Things’ on the Web

8. © 2013 GS1 8 Current Situation

9. © 2013 GS1 Linked Data: People, Places, Things The Web as a Global, Relational Database 9 http://linkeddata.org/

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