Call to Action

Global Product Classification (GPC) Beer Brick Attribute Sub-Team

The GPC BRG will be enhancing the data values for the alcoholic "Beer" brick. This is the result of a CR from GS1 Australia who is currently working with the Industry Market Read (IMR); a database for business sales data which will be leveraged to analyze the market and measure performance. The current list of GPC values for the styles of Beer are not adequate to fulfill their needs, therefore this sub team will be expanding the existing GPC "Beer" brick to accommodate a much wider range of styles which will be globally applicable.  This work effort will be conducted in a sub-team of the GPC BRG. The first sub-seam meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, 03-Nov at from 7:00 - 8:00 ET (13:00 - 14:00 CET). There will most likely be an additional 1 or 2 more meetings, dates and times to be finalized by the sub-team. Agenda and meeting materials will be forthcoming in the GS1 Community Room at: click here.

If you wish to join this sub-team please respond to Mike Mowad at Michael.Mowad@gs1.org.

News

GS1 Industry & Standards Fall Event Post-event Website Now Live

It was a very well attended event in Amsterdam with over 330 attendees from 140 companies representing 29 countries and bringing together retailers, manufacturers, solution providers and GS1 experts to best serve users around the world. You can access the main presentations, check the final list of attendees and view some pictures at http://www.gs1.org/events/2010/amsterdam/

We hope to see you at one of our next events or at another GS1 meeting. Our next Industry & Standards Event will be in Chicago, USA from 21 to 25 March 2011. Save the dates and watch for more announcements coming soon!

Community Recognition Awards

At the Industry & Standards Event in Amsterdam, the winners of the Community Recognition Award were announced. GS1 would like to thank these outstanding individuals for their strong leadership and commitment to GS1:
• Lennart Andersson, Swedish Transport Administration
• John Duker, P&G
• Michio Hamano, GS1 Japan
• Sue Schmid, GS1 Australia
• Keith Sherry, British Telecom

Key Clarification Work Group Disbanded

The Key Clarification Work Group was formed to clarify the role, application and use of the GS1 Keys as defined in the General Specifications. The Work Group was unable to meet the participation minimums outlined in the GSMP Manual for their second Virtual Motion to Progress of their work to Public Review.  According to the GSMP Manual, if a team fails to meet the participation minimums for a second Virtual Motion, the Work Order is withdrawn and the work stops.  During the last conference call of the team, it was agreed that the Work Group should disband and that to progress individual work efforts, a new Work Request should be created for each individual work.

GS1 and the Chair, Sue Schmid want to thank all of the participants of the Key Clarification Work Group for their valuable input on clarifying the GS1 Keys.  The work completed by the team provides valuable input for further development to further clarify the GS1 Keys.   If you have any questions or comments, please email Andrew Hearn via Andrew.Hearn@GS1.org.