GS1 and UN/CEFACT

Geneva 16 September 2008

Anders Grangård

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GS1: Who are we?

Countries with GS1 Member Organisations

Countries served on a direct basis from GS1 Global Office (Brussels)

30 years of experience

108 member organisations representing all points in the supply chain

Over a million companies doing business across 145 countries

Over 20 represented sectors (FMCG, healthcare, transport, defence…)

GS1 is a not-for-profit standards organisation

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General trends in the eCom world

Shift from message standards to process standards• Logistics Interoperability Model (LIM)• Upstream standards (UIM, GUSI)• Food services• Collaborative Product Design• Trading Partner Performance Management

Supply Chain Management is changing• RFID technology (EPC)• Food safety• Waste management

Increased involvement from authorities – directly or indirectly• eInvoicing• Trade facilitation – example WTO in China• Risk management

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As GS1 is increasingly multi sectoral, UN/CEFACT provides• Subject matter experts from virtually all sectors• Private and public sectors• Strategic relations with key industry and standards

organisations

To bridge the gap between different eBusiness standards• Syntax neutral business process models• Syntax neutral semantics (core components)• Platform for open and transparent development

Key UN/CEFACT methodologies partly or fully used by GS1 today• Requirements driven development (UMM)• Core Components based dictionary• Context driven design

Value Proposition for GS1

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Increase throughput time – perfection is not asked for• Good quality expected – error free standards will never

happen• Delay of current development will have impact

Develop future-proof and scalable standards• UN/CEFACT risks becoming a victim of its own success• Key words: reusability, distributed development, stable

methodologies

Continue and increase outreach to other organisations• WCO, EU, WTO, APEC• ANSI, CEN, ISO• OMG, W3C, IETF

The future of UN/CEFACT

Contact Details

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