GS1 Standards & System Development Newsletter

The 1st Quarter 2010 edition of our GS1 Standards & System Development Newsletter is now available and includes the following articles:
• Looking Back on a Year of Change - Highlights from 2009
• Global Public Policy Initiatives in the US and Europe
• The Global Electronic Party Information Register
• Training and Education Program
• Updates on GS1 BarCodes, GS1 EPCglobal, GS1 GDSN, GS1 eCom and GS1 MobileCom
• Industry News
• Community News

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Call to Action

CR 09-074 GS1 AIDC Guideline for Fresh Foods Sold at Point-of-Sale
The GSMP Call-to-Action recruits users from all industries and from everywhere in the world to bring their expertise, commitment, and contribution to a new GSMP work area: GS1 AIDC Guideline for Fresh Foods Sold at Point-of-Sale (WG). This Call-to-Action is seeking stakeholders in the following fresh food sectors: Produce, Meat and Poultry, Seafood, Deli/Dairy/Bakery, along with participants from Foodservice, Grocery Retail and Fresh Food Trade Associations to develop guidelines. This is a call for business information and business information technology experts for the Fresh Foods Sector to expand on the work and representation of the GSMP Fresh Foods Work Group.

This work group will create guidelines based on the standards from the GSMP Fresh Foods Work Group. For information on how to join this work area click here.

Call-For Participants

Fresh Foods Human Readable Interpretation Work Group
This is a request for representatives of all sectors to join the Fresh Foods Work Group Human Readable Interpretation Objective. Because human readable interpretation of bar coded or tagged data crosses all sectors, engagement by all sectors is welcomed during the Solutions phase. With this change, a consistent standardized and global approach to HRI marking can be implemented. This would ensure user and regulatory HRI needs are addressed, prevent regional divergences and promote a practical approach to HRI application.

The onboard kick off call will be conducted on 4th of March, 10:00 am - 11:30 am EDT . More details can be obtained in the Fresh Foods Work Group community room and Change Request 09-074: http://community.gs1.org/apps/org/workgroup/gsmpfreshfoods/ or please contact greg.rowe@gs1.org or melanie.kudela@gs1.org. to access or join the Community Room go to: http://community.gs1.org/join/    We look forward to your participation.

Public Reviews (10)

CR 10-001 Public Review, GDSN BRG
The Public Review for CR 10-001 begins Feb-18-2010 and ends Mar-4-2010. 001 Proposal: Add an optional attribute to the Incoterms Subclass currently in the Price message; this attribute will support the ISO country code in which the Incoterms action occurs. This subclass will then be added to core item. Interim deployment as a Fast Track attribute is requested. This Public review contains a link to CR 10-001 in the CR system and the Business Requirement Spreadsheet. Please make your comments by 4 PM ET on 4-Mar-2010 Close of Public Review. Simple Level of Impact 2:
Link to CR 10-001 Public Review
 
CR 10-025 Public Review, GDSN BRG
The Public Review for CR 10-025 begins Feb-18-2010 and ends Mar-4-2010. 001 Proposal : 03-Feb-2010 : Update the definition of layerHeight in GDSN Trade Item to: "The height of each layer of child trade items when packed in layers. This attribute may be used  when child items are packed in layers, but the child items are not packed on their natural base." This Public review contains a link to CR 10-025 in the CR system and the Business Requirement Spreadsheet. Please make your comments by 4 PM ET on 4-Mar-2010 Close of Public Review. Simple Level of Impact 1:
Link to CR 10-025 Public Review
 
CR 10-027 Public Review, GDSN BRG
The Public Review for CR 10-027 begins Feb-18-2010 and ends Mar-4-2010. Proposal: move AVP attribute-"primaryDeliveryMethodType" to Core Trade Item. This is Trading Partner Specific. This fast track attribute is defined as "The code value that Indicates the primary method of delivery for the trade item".  It is optional and not repeatable.  Code values and their definitions are also provided.  Eric Note: we should look at using the DistributionMethodCodeList from Price Sync to populate these values. The following 3 values are also being considered for addition to the code list, unless they are deemed duplicates of values already contained in the list. If they are duplicates, the wording in the appropriate definitions should be revised to reference these terms: Warehouse, Warehouse and DSD, Drop Ship. 

This Public review contains a link to CR 10-027 in the CR system, to the list of code values and the Business Requirement Spreadsheet. Please make your comments by 4 PM ET on 4-Mar-2010 Close of Public Review. Simple Level of Impact 2: 
Link to CR 10-027 Public Review
 
CR 10-036 Public Review, GDSN BRG
The Public Review for CR 10-036 begins Feb-18-2010 and ends Mar-4-2010. Proposal: The users need the ability to capture the contents of the shipping container as described on the outside of the shipping container.  This would be expressed as a text field. This attribute would be recursive, Target Market specific, and expressed at the shipping levels of the hierarchy as is applicable to that level.  Due to the length of time until the next release, we ask for these to be placed in the fast track system for immediate use. This Public review contains a link to CR 10-036 in the CR system, An Attachment for CR 10-036 and the Business Requirement Spreadsheet. Please make your comments by 4 PM ET on 4-Mar-2010 Close of Public Review. Simple Level of Impact  2: Link to CR 10-036 Public Review
 
CR 10-037 Public Review, GDSN BRG
The Public Review for CR 10-037 begins Feb-18-2010 and ends Mar-4-2010. Proposal : 05-Feb-2010 : The "quantityOfInnerPack" and "quantityOfNextLevelTradeItemWithinInnerPack" attribute definitions need to be updated so as to be more understandable. The phrase "non-coded physical groupings" needs to be changed to the following:  For "quantityOfInnerPack" it should be "non-GTIN assigned innerpack".  For "quantityOfNextLevelTradeItemWithinInnerPack" it should be "non-GTIN assigned each". This Public review contains a link to CR 10-037 in the CR system and the Business Requirement Spreadsheet. Please make your comments by 4 PM ET on 4-Mar-2010 Close of Public Review. Simple Level of Impact 1:
Link to CR 10-037 Public Review
 
CR 10-043 Public Review, GDSN BRG
The Public Review for CR 10-043 begins Feb-18-2010 and ends Mar-4-2010. Proposal: Add the code "PEFC - Programme for Endorsement of Forest Certification" to the 'PackageMarksEnvironmentCodeList'. The definition of this code is: "The Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) is an international non-profit, non-governmental organization dedicated to promoting Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) through independent third-party certification." This Public review contains a link to CR 10-043 in the CR system and the Business Requirement Spreadsheet. Please make your comments by 4 PM ET on 4-Mar-2010 Close of Public Review. Simple Level of Impact 2: Link to CR 10-043 Public Review
 
CR 10-046 Public Review, GDSN BRG
The Public Review for CR 10-046 begins Feb-18-2010 and ends Mar-4-2010. Proposal: 15-Feb-2010 : Enable users to indicate more peg hole types for packaging. A proposed solution is to add the following peg hole types to the code list for pegHoleType:
- Euro slot 33 millimeter
- Euro slot 25 millimeter
- Hole hook
Definitions:
- Euro slot is a standardized peg hole available in two widths (33/25 mm).
- Hole hook is an open hook (a peg hole open from one side) enabling packages to be hung at any position on the peg. 

This Public review contains a link to CR 10-046 in the CR system and the Business Requirement Spreadsheet. Please make your comments by 4 PM ET on 4-Mar-2010 Close of Public Review. Simple Level of Impact 1: Link to CR 10-046 Public Review
 
CR 10-048 Public Review, GDSN BRG
The Public Review for CR 10-025 begins Feb-18-2010 and ends Mar-4-2010. Proposal: 15-Feb-2010: To increase "NAME OF MANUFACTURER" attribute length from 35 to 70. This Public review contains a link to CR 10-048 in the CR system and the Business Requirement Spreadsheet.

Please make your comments by 4 PM ET on 4-Mar-2010 Close of Public Review. Simple Level of Impact 2: Link to CR 10-048 Public Review
 
CR 10-049 Public Review, GDSN BRG
The Public Review for CR 10-049 begins Feb-18-2010 and ends Mar-4-2010. Proposal: 15-Feb-2010: To identify the trade item has an Auto-reader/ tracker. This Public review contains a link to CR 10-049 in the CR system and the Business Requirement Spreadsheet.

Please make your comments by 4 PM ET on 4-Mar-2010 Close of Public Review. Simple Level of Impact 2: Link to CR 10-049 Public Review
 
CR 10-053 Public Review, GDSN BRG
The Public Review for CR 10-053 begins Feb-18-2010 and ends Mar-4-2010. Proposal: 15-Feb-2010: Add the following attributes to the Core attribute set: "sTradeItemToBeCutForSale"and "sTradeItemAlreadyCutForSale"to support cut (sliced) food products. See attached "utForSale_attributes.xls"for details.

This Public review contains a link to CR 10-053 in the CR system and the Business Requirement Spreadsheet. Please make your comments by 4 PM ET on 4-Mar-2010 Close of Public Review. Simple Level of Impact 2: Link to CR 10-053 Public Review