10-038 Public Review, GDSN BRG

The Public Review for CR 10-038 begins Mar-11-2010 and ends Mar-25-2010. Proposal: 05-Feb-2010: The attribute householdServingSize should be renamed to servingSizeDescription – Definition: A Free text field specifying the serving size for which the nutrient information has been stated for example: per 1/3 cup (42 g).  The original name implies the term household of which the attribute has no applicability.  The attribute is defined as the textual representation of the serving size as it appears on the trade item’s label.  The name should be changed to be more reflective of what the attribute represents.

This Public review contains a link to CR 10-038 in the CR system and the Business Requirement Spreadsheet. Please make your comments 4 PM ET on 25-Mar-2010 Close of Public Review. Simple Level of Impact 3: Link to CR 10-038 Public Review

10-044 Public Review, GDSN BRG

The Public Review for CR 10-044 begins Mar-11-2010 and ends Mar-25-2010. Proposal: 13-Feb-2010: The trade item needs the ability to define and provide information on GTINs which are parents of a pallet (Ex. Truck Load, Container, Rail Car, Ship, etc).  To accomplish this the trade item unit descriptor needs to be expanded to include a descriptor for the parent of a pallet.  It is proposed to name this generic unit “Transport Load” so as to allow for the various types of parents there may be called.  There will also need to be a change to the validation rules to allow a pallet to have a parent.  It is also recommended to allow this new descriptor to have a parent as well.  This will allow for growth as you could have 20 pallets in a container, and 2 containers in a rail car.

This Public review contains a link to CR 10-044 in the CR system and the Business Requirement Spreadsheet. Please make your comments 4 PM ET on 25-Mar-2010 Close of Public Review. Simple LOI 2: Link to CR 10-044 Public Review

10-060 Public Review, GDSN BRG

The Public Review for CR 10-060 begins Mar-11-2010 and ends Mar-25-2010. Proposal: 15-Feb-2010: The

PriceComparisonContentTypeCodeList from the BMS Trade Item "5.3. Internal Code Lists" section needs a review and clarification.

A)   The usage of unit of measures is inconsistent in this code list which could cause master data inconsistencies. For example: the definition of PER_LITRE is "Specified using MLT as unitOfMeasure (price per litre)." If this a a "per litre" price comparison and the definition is "price per litre" then the suggested UoM can't be MLT. Please consider using only one sizing of the same measure type (PER_LITRE = only LT is acceptable).

   Also the short forms 'MMT', 'MLT', etc. are outdated, according to the '7.2. External Code Lists' section these are 'MM', 'ML', etc.

This public review contains the CR 10-060 business requirements spreadsheet including the revised code definitions and a link to CR 10-060 in the CR system.  Please make your comments 4 PM ET on 25-Mar-2010 Close of Public Review. Simple LOI 1: Link to CR 10-060 Public Review

Public Review

CR 07-050 - GDSN Modular Trade Item BMS Package including Technical Solution (TSD) - Second Public Review of TSD Based on Comment Resolution

The current design of the trade item data model creates limitations and constraints on the business usage of the item information communicated through the Global Data Synchronisation Network (GDSN) inhibiting its use by many users. In response to this challenge and the need to bring new industries into the GDSN, a more modular and flexible Trade Item model is required to better meet the business needs of sectors currently participating in the GDSN as well as sectors looking to participate in the future. The intention of this Business Message Standard (BMS) is to provide the message designs and process changes necessary to perform trade item synchronisation in the Global Data Synchronisation Network using a more flexible, context based trade item. This BMS Package includes the BSD outlining the Catalogue Item Synchronisation Process using a modular design. This package also contains the necessary schemas and xml example files for the Catalogue Item Synchronisation Process using a modular design. Please note that this is a 14 Days Public Review focusing on comments resolution of last Public Review which ended on January 12th. These changes are documented in the Change History of the Modular Item BMS Document under Version 0.08. Start Date is 4-March-2010 and End Date is 18-March-2010 COB.

Please use the following Link for this Public Review:  Link to WO 07-050 Public Review. 

Public Review: New GSMP Manual

GSMP and EPC share a common mission: leading the global community in the development of global standards to improve the efficiency and security of the supply chain. Joining our two standards processes will benefit GS1 users at large. The new model of GSMP was approved by the GS1 Board Committed for Standards (BCS) and communicated at the Joint Event in Los Angeles, April 2009. This model brings together the "best of breed" from both of today's processes:
• An industry driven engagement model reflective of EPCglobal's current methods for bringing community needs into the standards process
• A committee structure similar to GSMP, with standing bodies handling maintenance change requests and ad hoc work groups (JRG's) handling development change requests
• An EPC-like two step development model for technical standards (i.e. Air Interface Protocols) in which business users develop the requirements and technical communities develop the technical solution.

The next step in this initiative is to deliver a New GSMP Manual, which is now available for public review. Please use the Community Room comment feature to make any comments on the New GSMP Manual by 4 PM ET 26-Mar-2010 (Close of Public Review).

Please use the following Link to review and comment on the New GSMP Manual: New GSMP DRAFT Manual and Comment Form To submit comments, use the "Add a Comment " feature located at the link above.  Please reference the document line number for each comment. All comments and their resolutions will be posted for review when completed.

 Formation of New GSMP Governance Bodies, Call for Nominations

Process Oversight Committee - Call for Nominations
Technical Standards Committee - Call for Nominations
Architecture Group - Call for Nominations

Dear Members of the GS1 Community,

The new GSMP includes the formation of a new governance structure intended to support the GSMP Board Committee for Standards (BCS) in their role.  Effective governance of GSMP requires the involvement of leaders from the GS1 community in order to assure the GSMP meets their needs and the principles of openness, transparency and a user driven process.  This communication is to request community participation in the governance of the new GSMP.

Roles:

Process Oversight Committee (POC)
The POC is an advisory body whose primary role is to assist the BCS in the oversight of the GSMP and ensure that the process is being followed and that business critical standards are delivered with world-class efficiency. The POC assists the BCS to ensure that the work efforts within the GSMP are correctly designed to match the needs of the global community, and ensures that committed trading partners are identified and engaged. The POC also ensures that the principles set out in the GSMP Charter are observed and that due process is followed in all aspects.

Technical Standards Committee (TSC)
The purpose of the TSC is to assist the POC to ensure that the work efforts in GSMP are correctly designed to match the needs of the global community, and that the trading partners who are committed participants in the development and piloting are identified. The TSC also ensures that the principles set out in the GSMP Charter are observed and that due process is followed in all aspects of technical standards.  The scope of the TSC duties is limited to the development and maintenance of EPC/RFID technical standards.  This role can be expanded in the future.

Architecture Group (AG)
The GS1 Architecture Group is an advisory body to the BCS whose primary responsibility is to develop and document the GS1 System Architecture and, by reference to the architecture, assures the technical integrity, consistency and efficient interoperation of the GS1 System. 

Applying For Membership
Candidates should be industry leaders, recognized in leading industry venues (ie., GCI, ECR, etc.) and should have the backing of a senior level person in their organization.  Interested applicants can apply by completing the nomination form (links below) and forwarding it to Kelly Rhoades at kelly.rhoades@gs1.org . 

Please note that all applicants are required to provide senior management authorization stating that their organization fully supports the applicant's time and travel expenses required for completion of work assigned.  Members of all governance groups (core & sub teams) will be required to sign the GS1 Intellectual Property Agreement.  TSC and AG members must Opt-In to work groups in order to perform their duties within the group (see section 6.4.1, Automatic Opt-In, Explicit Opt-out, etc.).

The nomination period for applying for the groups membership ends COB April 2nd, 2010.

POC Nomination Form
TSC Nomination Form
AG Nomination Form

Note: For additional information regarding these three BCS governance groups, their mission, purpose and scope, operational procedures, and membership refer to the "draft" GSMP Governance Groups Charter.

Kind regards,
GS1 Communications Team

CR 10-045 Public Review, GDSN BRG

The Public Review for CR 10-045 begins Mar-4-2010 and ends Mar-18-2010. CR 10-045 Proposal: The trade item needs the ability to define and provide information on whether a GTIN at a consumer unit level can be special ordered and delivered directly to a consumer.   Note: This can be handled by adding the distribution method code which included “Direct to Consumer” to the Trade Item and associating it with the existing orderingLeadTime. These attributes could then repeat to handle lead times for multiple types of distribution methods. Rules: If the GTIN can be shipped direct-to-consumer, then ordering lead time can be communicated so the data recipient can communicate how long it should take for the delivery to the consumer. This information is Target Market specific and Trading Partner Dependent. This information should be populated on trade items which are marked as consumer units. This Public review contains a link to CR 10-045 in the CR system and the Business Requirement Spreadsheet. Please make your comments 4 PM ET on 18-Mar-2010 Close of Public Review. Simple Level of Impact 3: Link to CR 10-045 Public Review

CR 10-058 Public Review, GDSN BRG

The Public Review for CR 10-058 begins Mar-4-2010 and ends Mar-18-2010. Proposal: 10-058 Proposal: 15-Feb-2010: The orderingUnitOfMeasure is declared as Global and T.P.Neutral in the "9.1. Appendix A: Attribute Variations" section of the BMS Trade Item Sync standard. This attribute should be changed to Global/Lcal. NOTE: the Code List Enhancement WG: A decision was made by the Code List Enhancement Workgroup to propose  associating only the Trade Item Unit Descriptor Code list with the attributes “sellingUnitOfMeasure” and “orderingUnitOfMeasure (this may remain as it currently is, a string value with no code list). by Please make your comments 4 PM ET on 18-Mar-2010 Close of Public Review. Simple Level of Impact 1: Link  to CR 10-058 Public Review

For GSMP/GDSN Business Requirements Group (BRG) members who are eligible to vote, the following eBallots have been posted in the GS1 Community Room:

CR 09-103 - Round 9 eBallot GDSN BRG - Validation Rules 513, 515, 524-530

The eBallot  for CR 09-103 Round 9 VRs 513 515, 524-530 begins Feb-24-2010 and ends Mar-10-2010. These are recommendations that  today are codified in the GDSN Operations Manual and they are now being made official GDSN validation rules. General Note: CR 09-103 consolidates under a single work-order change requests numbers 08-230, 08-245 and 08-249 submitted by GS1 Australia, GS1 Netherlands and GS1 Sweden. This eBallot  contains a link to CR 09-103 in the CR system, The VR 513 515, 524-530 summary spreadsheet  and the Business Requirement Spreadsheet.

Please cast your eBallot by 3:30 PM ET on 3-Feb-2010 Close of eBallot. Simple Level of Impact 2. The ballot closes Wednesday, 10 March 2010 @ 3:30 pm ET.  Please vote before then by visiting:
http://community.gs1.org/apps/org/workgroup/gsmp_g_gdsn_brg/ballot.php?id=615

09-264 eBallot, GDSN BRG - Enable GDSN data recipients to calculate comparative price for a daily dose

Currently a set of attributes in Trade Item can be used to indicate a measurement that is used for calculation of comparison prices, i.e. for display on shelf labels. The definition of priceComparisonMeasurement is ”The quantity of the product at usage. Applicable for concentrated products and products where the comparison price is calculated based on a measurement other than netContent. This field is dependent on the population of priceComparisonContentType and is required when priceComparisonContentType is used.” Some examples of current values for priceComparisonContentType are:

* PER_DOSE Specified using PCE as unit of measure.
* PER_KILOGRAM Specified using GRM as unitOfMeasure (price per kg).
* PER_LITRE Specified using MLT as unitOfMeasure (price per litre).
* PER_LOAD Specified using PCE as unit of measure (price per load - used for washing
                       powder).
* PER_METRE Specified using MMT as unitOfMeasure

Proposal: There is a need to enable data recipients in GDSN to calculate comparative price for a daily dose. To achieve this data sources must be able to indicate the price comparison content expressed as number of daily doses.  A proposed solution is to add the following code value to PriceComparisonContentTypeList: PER_DAILY_DOSE -specified using PCE as unit of measure (price per daily dose).

The eBallot for CR 09-264 begins Feb-24-2010 and ends Mar-10-2010. This eBallot contains a link to CR 09-264 in the CR system, and the Business Requirement Spreadsheet. Please cast your ballot by 3:30 PM ET on 10-Mar-2010 Close of eBallot. Simple Level of Impact 2. Please vote before then by visiting:
http://community.gs1.org/apps/org/workgroup/gsmp_g_gdsn_brg/ballot.php?id=618

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/index.php. 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.

Call-For Participants: Global product classification (GPC) Fresh Foods Sub-Team

The GPC BRG is currently enhancing the suitability of GPC for data alignment by the Fresh Food Industry. Much of the requirements work has already been accomplished by industry groups in various countries which have helped to guide GPC's proposal together with the information coming from the METRO group. Current GSMP Work Orders which support this initiative include; 10-030,10-028, 10-023, 10-016, 10-006, 10-005, 10-003, and 09-090.

The goal of this Sub-Team will be to finalize the hierarchical structure and product groupings including brick definitions, attributes and values. The first 2-hour meeting will be held on Wednesday, 03-March-2010 9:00-11:00 ET (Princeton, NJ, USA), 15:00-17:00 CET (Brussels, Belgium). There will most likely be 2 more meetings, dates and times to be finalized by the sub-team.

If you wish to join this sub-team please respond to Mike Mowad at Michael.Mowad@gs1.org . Aenda and meeting materials will be forthcoming in the GS1 Community Room at: http://community.gs1.org/apps/org/workgroup/gsmp_g_gpcbrg/documents.php?folder_id=6286#folder_6286. We look forward to your participation.