GSMP Fall Event – Save the Date!

Mark your calendars! The GSMP fall event is scheduled for 6-10 October 2008, in the Washington, DC USA at the Sheraton Premier (Tyson’s Corner) -

www.sheraton.com/tysonscorner

. Detailed event information will be communicated closer to the event date. Please contact Eileen Hardcastle at

Public Review: CR 08-100 GS1 Newcomers Guide to AS2

The eCom Tech Group public review for CR 08-100 is to review the "GS1 New Comers Guide to AS2". The public review contains the GS1 New Comers Guide to AS2 and a link to CR 08-100 in the CR System Please make all comments in the guide by 4 PM June 16, 2008 (Close of Public Review).

Please enter all comments under the GS1 New Comers Guide to AS2.

You can access this Public Review by

clicking here

Please take note of the following important GSMP Community Announcements:

PCN 08-002: Alignment of EPCglobal Standards with the GS1 System

Details the process for how alignment of EPCglobal standards with the GS1 system will be ensured.

This PCN can be access on the GSMP Website by

clicking here

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PCN 08-003: Use of Specific Technical Characteristics Extension to Pass Marketing Characteristics

Creates a more flexible way to handle the management and passing of Product Specific Attributes within the GDSN.

This PCN can be access on the GSMP Website by

clicking here

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Public Review: CR 07-223 Permanent Solution for FastTrack Attributes Round 3

This public review is for a permanent solution for the FastTrack Attributes as specified by CR 07-223. This third round of changes have been proposed by the GDSN Modular Item Work Group. Included in the public review is the original change request and a list of the fastTrack attributes/proposed permanent solution. Please enter all comments under the FastTrack attributes document by 22-May-2008.

This Public Review is located at:

CR 07-223 Round 3 Mod Item Perm Solution Fast track Attributes

Dear all,

please find on http://validation.sa2.com a simple tool where you can upload your GDSN message to check whether it is schema valid or not.

Schema validation is a very powerful feature of XML to ensure and improve the quality of a XML message.

If you have any issue when using the tool, feel free to contact the SA2 helpline. 

Please take note of the following important GSMP Community Announcements:

Public Review: GDSN BRG CR 08-079

The Public review has begun for CR 08-079. The purpose of this CR is to Re-word the definition of ReplacedTradeItemIdentification to its original usage, removing its usage for Item Futurization Business Standard and updating the Trade Item Implementation Guide. Included in this Public Review is a link to the original CR - The Business Requirement Queue (See Proposed Tab 08-079). All Comments should be entered by 4 PM ET on 15 May 2008 (public Review closure date). Please use the following link for your review:

CR 08-079 Public Review Link

Public Review: BRAD Trading Partner Performance Management

Trading Partner Performance Management (TPPM) work group, is comprised of retailers, suppliers, industry groups and GS1 member organizations which were tasked to standardize the measures, definitions, and means of exchanging joint scorecarding measures. Please note that this is a 60 Day Public Review.

Start Date is 1May 2008 and End Date is 30 June 2008.

Please use the following link for your review:

BRAD Trading Partner Public Review Link

Call to Action: NATO Asset Tracking Work Group

Objectives:

1. Enable the 26 NATO Nations to exchange information globally using GS1 Application Identifiers (AIs).

2. Enhance the NATO Supply Chain by establishing permanent AI to further define shipment requirements.

3. Expand the requested AI to the NATO Trading Partners and the commercial market place such as CPG.

Attached is the CTA at:

http://www.gs1.org/docs/gsmp/call_to_action/CTA_NATO_Asset_Tracking.pdf

We continue to seek opportunities for improvement in our events and ask that you take a few minutes to complete the on-line survey at the link provided below. Your feedback and suggestions are greatly appreciated. This survey will be open until May9th:

http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=U2999P49Q247

GSMP Quarterly Newsletter and Management Report

The GSMP Quarterly Newsletter and Management Report are now available on the GSMP website.

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Click here to access the GSMP Quarterly Newsletter

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Click here to access the GSMP Quarterly Management Report

GDSN Broker/Distributor Model Implementation Guides

The Trade Item Implementation Guide Work Group has released Issue 7 of the GDSN Trade Item Implementation Guide - the definitive source on how to implement GDSN data. This new issue now supports implementation guidelines for Broker/Distributor Model.

The GDSN Trade Item Implementation Guide is located on the GS1 website at:

gs1.org/services/gsmp/kc/gdsn/index.html

GS1 Architecture – Who and What is it and Why Have it?

During the GS1 Forum held in February 2008 a representative group of the GS1 Architecture Team presented to the GS1 community an overview and vision of what GS1 Architecture and what the GS1 Architecture Team is all about – Submitted by Sue Schmid (GS1 Australia)

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Click here to view this document

Public Review: “GDSN Overview” for GDSN Trade Item Implementation Guide

This public review supports a new section to be added to the GDSN Trade Item Implementation Guide. This new section is entitled “GDSN Overview” and upon approval will replace sections 2.1 and 2.2. All comments are due by no later than 5:00 PM ET on 23-May-2008.

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Click here to access this public review in the Community Room

Public Review: BarCodes & ID BRG General Specification Updates for System Logic for DataBar and DataMatrix

The public review is for the review of the Development Team Proposals (DTPs) for the revisions to Section 5, 7 and 8 of the General Specifications version 2.0 that have been upgraded specific areas addressing DataBar and DataMatrix.

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Click here to access this public review in the Community Room

Public Review: BarCodes & ID BRG General Specification Updates to amend Section 5.6 and 8.1

The public review is for the review of the Development Team Proposals (DTPs) that make amendments to the wording of Sections 5.6 and 8.1 of the General Specification version 2.0.

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Click here to access this public review in the Community Room

Brussels

14-17 April, 2008

Efficient Code Lists

• Workgroup determined that it was necessary to review and clarify the definitions of the attributes before working on the code list values
  
  
  • The definitions were clarified and agreed upon
  
  
  • An understanding of these uses for the attributes and code values was vreated for each attribute

• The next step will be to begin with a list of the obvious codes needed to support current business requirements. These will be very basic.

• After the list of basic codes is identified, then any additional, more granular ones that are needed will be made known as change requests are submitted.

GDSN Modular Item

• A session was held to understand the status of the GDD review sub-team, to review public comments, and to review the BRAD again at a high level for those attendees that have not participated regularly

• GDD Review Sub-team
  
  
  • 13 Change Requests have been submitted and approved
  
  
  • Modifications will be made to parts of the current model to remove issues and constraints

• GDD Review Sub-team
  
  
  • 13 Change Requests have been submitted and approved
  
  
  • Modifications will be made to parts of the current model to remove issues and constraints
  
  
  • Two extensions have been eliminated, and it may be possible to eliminate two more
  
  
  • Most Fast Track and new Item Form attributes have been reviewed for either relocation into the permanent model or for removal
  
  
  • Several attributes have been forwarded to the Price, Party, Healthcare and Food & Beverage workgroups for their review and recommendation. These attributes could be possibly added to their models instead of being carried in the current item model
  
  
• End State Sub-team
  • The Business Requirements Analysis Document (BRAD) has been in public review for nearly one month, The review period concludes the end of April
    
    
  • The Business Requirements Analysis Document (BRAD) has been in public review for nearly one month, The review period concludes the end of April
  • To-date, no comments have been received in the Community Room
  
  
• Two comments were made during the presentation of the BRAD in Brussels
  
  
  • It will be important that all data pools support all attributes and extensions in order to facilitate the deployment and use of the modular item concept. Today, not all data pools provide this level of support.
  
  
  • The GSMP process will need to support the introduction of new attributes to ensure no duplication is created.
  
  
• Next Steps
  
  
  • The GDD Review Sub-team has about 15 New Item Form attributes left to review to complete the final round of revisions to complete a change request to find a permanent solution for all Fast Track and new Item Form attributes. This review should only require one more conference call.
  
  
  • The GDD group will look at the feasibility of removing two more extensions and check once more to ensure all existing constraints have been addressed.
    
    
    • Consider combining the Office Supply and Hardlines extensions into a single one
    
    
    • Consider elimination of the FMCG extension and relocation of the remaining attributes into the Food and Beverage extension or core item
    
    
  • The End State Sub-team will address any comments received relative to the BRAD at the conclusion of the public review period.
  
  
  • Once all comments are addressed, the Modular Item Workgroup will be asked to motion the BRAD to the 14 day eBallot period
  
  
• It is anticipated the Modular item Workgroup will complete its work by the end of May

GDSN deployments

• Only 1 during GDSN Inc. fiscal year (July 2008 – June 2009)

• Can be:
  • Item only
  • Price only – must justify why this will trump item
  • Bundle Item and Price into one release
    
    
• The bundled approach is the most likely, and probably occur during 1^st quarter 2009

Project Etoile

• Adding the data quality protocol to the metrics
• Adding China

Healthcare

• Identified 228 attributes in the current standard that apply to healthcare

• Attribute gap analysis completed
  
  
  • Developing a proposed item data extension
    
    
    • Additional 27 attributes from the gap analysis (working on definitions)
    
    
    • Combine with 228 in current standard
    
    
    • Submit Change Request in late June
    
    
  • Developing classification strategy

Data Quality

• New data quality framework document

• New website

• Steering group creating new charter and vision

• Program “Data Quality Challenge” aims to:
  
  
  • Promote acceptance of the Data Quality framework
  
  
  • Obtain field validation off process feedback
  
  
  • Create success story

Global Product Classification

• Next deployment into GDSN – publication “as of 31 May 2008”
  • Publish in June
  • Deploy with next release (MR-3) - GDSN Inc. will consider a standalone deployment
• GPC online browser (5 languages) – also download GPC from this site

• GPC part of GS1 online LEARN

• 40% of items in GR still use all 9s rather than a valid brick code – suppliers are strongly urges to begin assigning valid GPC bricks to their trade items

Australia interoperability project with 1SYNC

• 1SYNC acting as Source Data Pool, GS1net as Recipient Data Pool
  
  
  • Enables 5 multinational suppliers to leverage single point of entry
  
  
  • Uses GDSN extended attributes
  
  
• Healthcare pilot
  
  • GS1net as SDP and 1SYNC as RDP
    
  • Pub/sub activity planned to commence late April
  
  
• Emerging communities in Australia
  
  
  • Healthcare (main recipients currently are jurisdictions and hospitals)
  
  
  • Automotive aftercare
  
  
  • Office products and DIY hardware
  
  
• GS1net has done a pilot with GS1 Korea

Item Futurisation

• Removing “Replaced Trade Item Identification” population requirement