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© 2012 GS1 Sweden “GS1 Sweden simplifies companies’ local and global trade” Through cooperation,GS1 develops sector-neutral standards and services which enable efficiency improvements in the flow of information and goods. Our vision

© 2012 GS1 Sweden Our development in Sweden Started in Sweden in1977 Previously called EAN Sweden Started with groceries Solutions for many sectors

© 2012 GS1 Sweden It all started with barcodes Then Avoid price labelling Faster checkout Now Efficient stock control Efficient logistics Traceability eBusiness

© 2012 GS1 Sweden Our philosophy Focus on efficiency enhancements and profitability for our customers Open standards and solutions User driven Neutral ”Not for profit”

© 2012 GS1 Sweden GS1 in numbers More than 30 years experience 108 member organisations whose customers represent all parts of the value chain Over one million companies doing business in 150 countries Over 20 sectors represented (FMCG, health care, transport, defence, …) Over 5 billion transactions per day A global organisation created in 2005 by the merger of EAN International (1977) and Uniform Code Council (UCC) (1952). The GS1 system of standards is the most widely used supply chain standards system in the world.

© 2012 GS1 Sweden Some of our customers

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© 2012 GS1 Sweden Classification – GPC What is GPC? To ensure products are classified correctly and uniformly, by using GS1 Global Product Classification (GPC), a system that gives buyers and sellers a common language for grouping products in the same way, everywhere in the world. The official (normative) GPC schema and GPC Browser information is published in Oxford English. Both the schema and the browser information are translated to many other languages.

© 2012 GS1 Sweden GPC – Brick The foundation of GPC is called a "Brick;" GPC bricks define categories of similar products. Using the GPC brick ensures the correct recognition of the product category across the extended supply chain, from seller to buyer.

© 2012 GS1 Sweden Rubrik A Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) can only be assigned to one Brick. Using GPC hierarchy to find the Brick

© 2012 GS1 Sweden What is the role of GPC? GPC gives buyers and sellers a common language to group products the same way globally to ensure effective data synchronisation in the Global Data Synchronisation Network (GDSN). GPC enables the following processes: Item Registration Subscription Validation Search Publication/Subscription Match

Validoo services Validoo Item –Our Data Pool Validoo Q-lab –Quality assurance on trade item information Validoo MediaStore –Image publication Validoo Directory –GLN directory Validoo BarCodeCheck –Quality assurance on barcodes

Validoo Item Part of the Global Data Synchronisation Network - GDSN Approx.1400 Suppliers 12 Retailers Over item registered in the data base Approx new or updated items every month Uses GS1 XML for messaging

How to access trade item information? Validoo Item –Subscriptions for GPCs or Target Markets –Questions through webservice Validoo MediaStore –Subscriptions for GPC or Target Markets Validoo Item deliver full trade item hierarchies while Validoo MediaStore deliver only consumer units.

© 2012 GS1 Sweden More about GPC What is Global Product Classification? Get started with Product Classification Resource Library: (overview, presentations, implementation guide and FAQ etc

© 2012 GS1 Sweden Contact Rosie Samuelsson GS1 Sweden Box 1178, Västra Järnvägsgatan Stockholm Tel +46 (0) Fax +46 (0)