1. GS1 Standards Development Event Autumn 2009 Hosted by Name of Session: LCN Time of Session: Tues 27 Oct, 0730-0845 Who May Attend: Everyone Interested in LCN, GS1 Member Organizations Speaker: GDSN EPS WG Members & Guests

2. Moving forward together, to better serve your business ©2009 GS1 2 Agenda Report on LCN recommendations from last Physical Meeting Local code lists

3. Report on Recommendations on LCN at last Physical Meeting

4. Moving forward together, to better serve your business ©2009 GS1 4 Recommendations on LCN at last Physical Meeting Recommendation: Improve communication of feedback impact Ensure closure on feedback Confirm feedback clearly communicated back to BRG / WG Communicate feedback impact and consequences back to LCN 2009 LCN Report posted Action Item in LCN Liaisons court –provide comments & feedback

5. Moving forward together, to better serve your business ©2009 GS1 5 Recommendations on LCN at last Physical Meeting Recommendation: Define plan to capture MOs key needs in 2 step model (2 way dialogue) Sep 2009 question on which topic / group / CR & WO is of particular interest to local companies GS1 Australia - eCom BRG, eCom Technology Group, EPC global, GDSN, Data Accuracy, GPC BRG Action Item in LCN Liaisons court - provide comments & feedback Comment from GS1 France: add enumerated list of groups

6. Moving forward together, to better serve your business ©2009 GS1 6 Recommendations on LCN at last Physical Meeting Recommendation: Institutionalize LCN standing agenda item across board New Global Agenda captures all CR/WOs in all groups Action Item in LCN Liaisons court provide comments & feedback All GS1 SD Managers and Staff made aware

7. Moving forward together, to better serve your business ©2009 GS1 7 Recommendations on LCN at last Physical Meeting Recommendation: Raise LCN level of importance Persuade MO decision makers and supporting staff of LCNs relevance Capture and address MOs key concerns / interests Concrete plan to realize goal GS1 Organizational Effectiveness (OE) provides the opportunity LCN is positioned as a key process

8. Moving forward together, to better serve your business ©2009 GS1 8 LCN Recommends Change Recommendation: Resolve representation dilemma LCN designed to bring community to table New MOs participate but without registering community GS1 Organizational Effectiveness (OE) provides the opportunity LCN is positioned as a key process

9. Local Code Lists

10. Moving forward together, to better serve your business ©2009 GS1 10 Local Code Lists What are local code lists? Open text fields in the global standards that are restricted to a local set of code lists by the defined target market Objective The visibility and management of local code list values A comprehensive, easily accessible way to present local code list values

11. Contact Details Melanie Kudela Director of Global Standards GS1 Global Office T +1 609 557 4514 W www.gs1.org E melanie.kudela@gs1.org