Public review of the Guidelines for Local Data Quality Processes

This document has been developed by the Data Quality Steering Committee with input from GS1 Member Organisations. The purpose of this document is to provide general guidelines to GS1 MO's that operate any data quality services. These guidelines help to maintain the application of standards and practices consistent across different regions in order to eliminate barriers for the adoption of data synchronisation and data quality.

This document has been developed for GS1 MO's, Data Pools and its adoption is voluntary. Feedback from the full community on this topic will  be appreciated.

The public review ends on Friday 10 September 2010. For any comments or questions, please reach out to: gabriel.sobrino@gs1.org.

To place a comment, please add it on this document's page in the community room: Access the public review

Call to action - GDSN Irregular TI / HI Work Group CR 08-228
 
This is a GSMP Step 2 Call-to-Action to recruit users to continue the GSMP Step 1 effort GDSN Irregular TI HI Work Group. We ask for those from all industries and from everywhere in the world to bring their expertise, commitment, and contribution to this Project.  In June, 2009, a Business Case team was authorized to create a Business Case Document to examine the problem and opportunity surrounding the current confusion when irregular pallet information is published in GDSN.  Without accurate pallet information, optimization of transport planning is defeated. With the Business Case having been published (Step 1 of GSMP completed), this Call to Action is being issued to recruit users to GSMP Step 2, Requirements gathering.

To learn more about the GDSN Irregular TI HI Work Group (WG) and to join, please click here to read the Call to Action  .

Message from Chris Adcock, President Industry Engagement

"I am pleased to announce the publication of the first edition of the Industry Engagement Guide. This guide sets out the purpose and objectives of the GS1 Global Office Industry Engagement Team and the processes followed in our engagement with industry, our Member Organisations and external teams.

The document is the result of a year's hard work and dedication by a team drawn from all parts of our GS1 community and was compiled in partnership with our colleagues from System Development. The contributors are listed in the introduction and I would like to thank each one of them for their valuable contribution to this work.

We expect to refine the document over time based upon experience of using the processes and policies within it. We will soon produce a shorter and more concise overview to Industry Engagement so that our community can understand the basic principles and process flows of Industry Engagement without having to consult the much more detailed Industry Engagement Guide."

The Industry Engagement Guide can be downloaded from:  http://www.gs1.org/docs/ie/GS1_Industry_Engagement_Guide.pdf.

GDSN Trade Item Implementation Guide, Trade Item Weight

This Public review begins on 01-Jul-2010 and ends on 29-Jul-2010. The GDSN Trade Item Implementation Guide Work Group is presenting an update to the existing Net Weight topic which is part of the GDSN Trade Item Implementation Guide. With the addition of Gross Weight to the topic, it has been renamed Trade Item Weight. You only need to review the updates which are highlighted in yellow.  The original Trade Item Implementation Guide was delivered in January of 2007. The guide's objective is to supplement the formal GS1 GDSN standards with advice on their implementation and operation. It is in no way normative or definitive and is not a standard. It includes implementation guides for a variety of the more complicated issues. This public review is only for the Trade Item Weight topic. Once approved it will be placed into the GDSN Trade Item Implementation Guide, which is located on the GS1 website. This document is posted for a public review on a motion of the Trade Item Implementation Guide Work Group. Please make your comments by 4 PM ET, 01-Jul-2010.

Public Review for Trade Item Weight Implementation Guide is located here.

Community Announcements

EPCglobal implementation guidelines approved for consumer electronics, pallet tagging and conveyance asset tags

The EPCglobal board and GS1 Board Committee for Standards (BCS) have recently approved three new implementation guidelines for EPCglobal standards:

The Implementation Guide for the use of GS1 EPCglobal Standards in the Consumer Electronics Supply Chain provides an introduction to the CE supply chain, the GS1 organisation and GS1 standards specifically concerning EPCglobal. GS1 EPCglobal supports the global adoption of the Electronic Product Code (EPC) as a global standard to enable accurate information and visibility about products in the supply chain. Key implementation procedures indicating where and how EPCglobal standards could be used and the benefits achieved are outlined.

The Conveyance Asset Tag (CAT) Environmental Testing - Technical Implementation Guide provides guidance for use of Passive RFID devices to label and or identify on Conveyance Asset Tags (CAT).  The intent of this document is to bring clarity to the level of testing required for RFID devices throughout the transportation industry. "The Implementation Guide will help ensure RFID tags are manufactured to withstand the rigors of a global supply chain, and ultimately provide end-users improved understanding of how to apply EPC Gen II RFID technology to transportation assets," commented Tony Hollis, Director of product development and innovation for DHL Supply Chain Americas and Co-Chair of GS1 EPCglobal's Transportation & Logistics Services Industry Action Group (TLS IAG).

The RTI (Pallet Tagging) Interest Group Guideline includes:
• Detailed descriptions of multi-party business use cases that consider the need for identification and management of pallets
• Requirements that relate to what data is to be captured in user memory portion of tag, how it is to be maintained, security considerations
All of these guidelines are available to download from http://www.epcglobalinc.org/standards/implementation_guidelines/. For more information about these guidelines, please contact Stefanie Kresse at kresse@gs1-germany.de (for Consumer Electronics) or Shirley Arsenault at sarsenault@epcglobalinc.org (for CAT and RTI).

Take the GSMP Serial Number Replacement of Supply Working Group Survey

Additional use cases are needed to help the Work Group develop global solutions that can be used across supply chains. So far, we have identified two use cases:
1. Replacing damaged bar codes or RFID tags that  contain serialized data or,
2. Supply serialized bar codes or RFID tags anywhere in the supply chain, if the manufacturer has not initially provided serial numbers on items initially, and assuming that the trading partner relationship allows this. In the case of healthcare, certain restrictions apply. 
Complete the online survey to support these use cases or to provide additional ones. To learn more and to access the survey, click here.

Introduction to the New GSMP - eLearning Course

Committed to the continued support of our user community, GSMP is pleased to announce the delivery of a new Introduction to GSMP eLearning course. Targeted for both new and existing GSMP members, this self-paced course covers:
• GSMP Process
• GSMP Core Technology Deliverables
• Intellectual Property
• Working Group Participation
• Work Request and Work Order Process
Introduction to GSMP was developed as a joint effort between GSMP and GS1 Training and Education, with the intention of releasing similar types of training in the future.
This course is available from both the GSMP Website and the GS1 Training and Education website.

Recently Approved Standards

CR 10-155 eBallot, GDSN BRG

Expands the ‘GDSN Regulatory Compliance Extension’ to make it possible for an information provider to use it to communicate multiple regulatory acts and agencies for which multiple permit numbers must also be communicated. The current model does not support cases where products comply to different regulatory acts given by different organisations. This change is already scheduled to be solved by a future major release of GDSN; this change request was submitted to ensure this necessary upgrade gets considered sooner, for the next maintenance release (MR-4).

This eBallot contains a link to CR 10-155 in the CR system, and the Business Requirement Spreadsheet.  Voting results for this ballot are available at: http://community.gs1.org/apps/org/workgroup/gsmp_g_gdsn_brg/ballot.php?id=748

CR 10-165 eBallot, GDSN BRG (Amendment Posted on 6/16/2010) SA2 change request on behalf of GS1 Finland

1. Enables GDSN users to indicate that an item’s packaging belongs to one of the listed recycling schemes by adding a recycling Scheme Code . The existing attribute recyclableScheme will remain as a textual field to be used when a GS1 code does not exist.  The new attribute is defined as “A code determining the recycling scheme the package of this GTIN belongs to. Applies to recyclable packaging with or without deposit.”  This attribute is optional and repeatable.

The initial values of the associated code list are:
•    ALKO - Alko Inc. is an independent, entirely State-owned company. Alko is administered and supervised by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. They have own recycling system for alcohol products bottles called Alko. This is a recycling system used in Finland.
•    A_PULLO - PALPA stands for Suomen Palautuspakkaus Oy. PALPA administers the recycling of beverage containers and promotes recycling in Finland. A-pullo is one of the recycling systems PALPA is administer. This is a recycling system used in Finland.
•    EKO_PULLO - PALPA stands for Suomen Palautuspakkaus Oy. PALPA administers the recycling of beverage containers and promotes recycling in Finland. EKO-pullo is one of the recycling systems PALPA is administer. This is a recycling system used in Finland.
•    LIDL - Lidl is an international retailer and they have own recycling system called Lidl. This is a recycling system used in Finland.
•    PALPA - PALPA stands for Suomen Palautuspakkaus Oy. PALPA administers the recycling of beverage containers and promotes recycling in Finland. PALPA is one of the recycling systems PALPA is administer. This is a recycling system used in Finland.

Simple Level of Impact 2. Voting results for this ballot are available at:
http://community.gs1.org/apps/org/workgroup/gsmp_g_gdsn_brg/ballot.php?id=749

For GSMP/GDSN Business Requirements Group (BRG) members who are eligible to vote, the following eBallots have been posted in the GS1 Community Room:   

CR 10-024 Round 3 - GDSN Validation Rules 550 573 574, GDSN BRG

The eBallot for CR 10-024 Round 3 VR 550 573 & 574 begins June-30-2010 and ends July-16-2010 extended due to USA Holiday. CR 10-024 Round 3 Proposal: Add VR for Trade Item information in GDSN (see attached file).  The scope includes (1) gross and packaging weights; and (2) checking that GTINs and GLNs are using valid GS1 Prefixes.  This eBallot contains a link to CR 10-024 in the CR System, a 10-024 Round 3 VR 550 573 & 574 Attachment and a 10-024 GDSN Business requirement spreadsheet. Please cast your eBallot by 3:30 PM ET on 16-July-2010 Close of eBallot. Simple Level of Impact 2.

To vote go to: http://community.gs1.org/apps/org/workgroup/gsmp_g_gdsn_brg/ballot.php?id=754