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.