Call to Action: GDSN Preliminary Trade Item Work Group CR 08-060

This is a GSMP Call to Action to recruit users to continue the GSMP Preliminary Trade Item work effort started in the former GSMP Process.  This work effort started in 2008, the Business Case Document (BCD) is complete and the work effort is moving from Step 1 to Step 2 BRAD Development. 

Anticipated Business Benefits of this work are:
• Improved efficiency for introductions of new items (shorter lead times for introductions)
• Less corrections of Item Data for active trade items (less time and effort spent on retailers and suppliers disagreeing whether data was final or not)
• Allows early publication of basic data (all mandatory attributes populated) and possible later addition of additional information (variant, colour, deposit, catalogue price, extensions...)
• May allow earlier listing notice to suppliers
For more information and to join this group, please refer to the Call to Action document located here:
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GS1 Industry Engagement Team Launches the Consumer Electronics Industry User Group

The CE IUG is a global voluntary user group working under the GS1 Global Office Industry Engagement structure. The Objective of the CE IUG is to discuss and define Consumer Electronic Industry supply chain needs to help drive efficiencies in key operations, improve visibility of goods as they travel through the supply chain and ensure benefits for all CE supply chain partners leading to improved customer satisfaction. 

The Scope of the CE IUG covers:
1). Electronic equipment intended for everyday use e.g. personal computers, televisions, DVD players, refrigerators, hairdryers as well as products often used in entertainment, communications and office productivity.
2). Total Product Lifecycle - Forward Logistics (Manufacturer, Logistics providers, Retailers, Consumers), Reverse Logistics - (Consumers, Retailers, Service Providers) and End Of Life Operators

How has the CE IUG come about?
A group of major manufacturers, solution providers, university representatives and GS1 Member Organisations (MOs) who are convinced of the efficiencies GS1 EPCglobal standards can bring to their organisations, have been meeting through the GS1 EPCglobal Industry Action Group to discuss their business needs and share their implementation experience while taking consumer and environmental concerns into account. At the same time, several GS1 MO user group initiatives are taking place with local CE industry representatives. The GS1 Global Office Industry Engagement team explored the potential of combining Consumer Electronics (CE) industry efforts into one GS1 industry User Group. It is because of this that the GS1 Industry Engagement Consumer Electronics Industry User Group was launched.

What are the key drivers for the CE IUG?
The CE industry needs to make their supply chain:
* Effective, Responsive and Visible
* Reliable and Cost Effective
* Efficient and Automated
* Networked and Collaborating
* Safe, Secure and Compliant
* Scalable and Global
* Environmentally Friendly
* Customer Focused
 
Which use cases and applications demonstrate the value of the work the CE IUG will undertake?
* Product Return
* Maintenance and Repair
* Product Recall
* End Of Life (Product Disposal & Recycling)
* Point of Sale

Get Involved:
You will shortly receive notification of CE IUG Call to Actions via our GS1 Community Announcements.
CE IUG participants will work together on CE activities, share ideas and potentially initiate work on the definition of user needs for standards development. In response to extensive discussions with a core team, we are implementing the following work activities pending the commitment received via our Call to Actions which are currently under development:
* Product Central Master data - Product Central Master data Business Needs Group
* Consumer Electronics End of Life - Business Case development
* Reverse Logistics - Paperless Warranties and Repair Processes Business Case development

We strongly urge you and your members to take part in our CE IUG activities. So far, a core group of talented and energetic people who are eager to ensure efficiency gains and visibility in the Consumer Electronics supply chain thanks to the use of GS1 standards have already started discussions. This group needs additional end user and technology provider support.  By joining our CE IUG activities you will ensure that your voice as a key stakeholder is heard. If you are interested in finding out more about any of these initiatives or would like to get involved in our global activities contact Audrey Kremer at Audrey.Kremer@gs1.org.

New GSMP Call to Action - Tag Data & Translation Standards Mission Specific Working Group

This working group is a Mission Specific Working Group that will produce updates to two existing GS1 EPCglobal Standards, or specifically a Standards Development Group under the New GSMP. This is not a maintenance group and the scope of work is considered to be complex. To start with, this scope of work is driven by user input from two areas that impact the forthcoming  issuance of the Tag Data Standard (version 1.5) to produce a new version of the TDS, Version 1.6:
a. Add two new EPCglobal headers to meet Statement of Business needs for Aerospace and Defense
b. Address Privacy requirements from the EPCglobal Tag Alterations Joint Requirements Group
 
Other scope of work items are as follows:
1. Updating the Tag Data Translation (TDT 1.4) to make it current with all headers defined in TDS 1.6 as listed above
2. Develop Conformance Requirements to provide the basis for certifying suppliers of software and encoders of EPC tags  per the TDS 1.6
 
If you have technical  experience with developing previous versions of the Tag Data Standard, Tag Data Translation, the General Specification; or  you have business experience associated with the develop of the requirements  that lead to the creation of this charter, you are encouraged to join. Please note: The necessary IP forms for this Working Group are the EPCglobal IP DOCUMENTS.  This was a board approved deviation for the purpose of expediting this work effort in the new GSMP process.  Anyone signing the GS1 IP policy who wishes to join this work effort may do so by signing the GS1 - EPCglobal Acknowledgement form. Please refer to the call-to-action for more details and instructions for how to join this group. Click here to access the call-to-action. If you have questions, please contact Mark Frey at mark.frey@gs1.org.