Major Release 3.1 Global Webinar December 10 2015

Agenda of Webinar Introduction and Maryam Mirza, GS1 Global Office Major Release– Status and next steps Abbott Laboratories Brad Depke Q&A All

GDSN Major Release 3.1 Status and Next Steps Maryam Mirza GS1 Global Office

Agenda Benefits Changes Timing Resources

GDSN Major Release 3 benefits There’s a lot to be excited about: Increased speed to market Standards implementation time reduced from years to weeks Support for industry-specific functionality Set data sharing requirements uniquely relevant to your industry Richer product information Supports additional attributes like ingredient and allergen information and information for promotional processes Meeting new regulatory requirements EU 1169/2011 Improved data quality Increase confidence you are sharing accurate product information There is a lot to be excited about: Enhanced ‘speed to market’ offers further support for business applications such as product recall, hazardous materials and/or sustainability Product marketing information which includes (B2C) information for retail or other promotional processes. This may also include mobile communication areas. To support regulatory compliance requirements (e.g., allergen information, material safety information), which have unique requirements or different implementations across different sectors and different geographies The GDSN Major Release delivers the ability to support the on-boarding of all sectors and industries into GDSN in a more efficient, cost effective and timely manner. It will promptly support any requests for new data attributes.

Executive overview GDSN Major Release 3 is a scheduled update to the existing GDSN standard. The May 2016 update affects 36,000+ companies, 150+ countries and multiple industry sectors with GDSN-supported supply chains. Major Release 3 is not backward compatible, so significant activity is underway to help all parties prepare and leverage all its benefits. The GDSN standards are the protocols used to support real-time electronic sharing of standardised and accurate information between trading partners using the GDSN data pools. In October 2004 when GS1 launched its (GS1 GDSN®), there were only 74,000 GTINs shared among trading partners in 13 countries in the Global Registry. Today, over 36,000 companies have made the GS1 GDSN a cornerstone of their supply chain initiatives in more than 150 countries across multiple industry sectors. More than 18,000,000 GTINs are now shared among trading partners. GDSN was originally implemented in the Consumer Packaged Goods [CPG] Retail sector but is applicable to many other sectors in the Global Supply Chain. The changes in this Major Release are expected to greatly improve the implementation time for new sectors beyond this core GDSN sector.

GDSN Major Release 3 changes Over 1400 changes that add new features and improved functionality. 156 business requirements incorporated 140 change requests 300 new attributes 1,000 code values 250+ new validations and a lot more

GDSN Major Release 3 timing to May 2016 2015 2016 May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr Data Pool Activities Certification testing completed Engage with community Engage in readiness assessment with trading partners Schedule testing with trading partners Migrate data/production roll out Trading Partner Activities Review Major Release docs Perform readiness assessment Engage your data pool Develop action plan Make appropriate Changes and Schedule testing with trading partners’ data pool GDSN Activities Network development/testing 3.1 Beta environment for data pool migration Here are some key milestones/dates from May 2015 to May 2016 that the identified stakeholders should be monitoring and actively engaged. This is where we want everyone to be worse case scenario. To ensure everyone is following this roadmap we issued a survey!

GDSN Major Release Abbott Insights GS1 Global Webinar Brad Depke, Director GS1 Programs, Abbott Laboratories

Abbott has been delivering the enabling power of health for more than 125 years. A key to that longevity and success has been a willingness and commitment to adapt and respond quickly to changes in the world around us. We do this by anticipating health and economic trends and then advancing practices in medicine, science and business to keep delivering new ways to have impact on people’s health around the world.

A Small Sampling of Abbott Products Abbott operates in three GS1 sectors: healthcare, food service and retail/CPG.

Abbott GDS Story Our GDS is called GDSN Solution. It was designed and implemented based on our understanding of GS1 Standards and where the global market was heading. Abbott has created a centralized data hub for product data required by our external trading partners; i.e. “customers”. Customers are hospitals, health clinics, health systems, group purchasing organizations, etc. along with the U.S. FDA and eventually other country regulatory bodies. Our strategy is simple. Implement a single enterprise solution allowing for divisional flexibility that can meet or exceed the needs of our global customers. Our efforts had it’s roots from a separate master data management program. Our GDS efforts started in 2010.

Key Steps to GDSN Realization at Abbott (Budget for team was already in place based on a prior program) Formulation of internal GS1 standards team; core, business and IT Design long range GDSN strategy Selection of GDSN software tools via RFP process: LANSA Data Sync Direct solution and 1WorldSync data pool Secure funding for software tools (incremental to headcount above) Document comprehensive business requirements Implement GDSN Solution(s): 2010 GLN Sunrise 2012 GTIN Sunrise 2014 U.S. FDA UDI Rule 2015 U.S. Retailer Top-Off Attributes 2016 GDSN Major Release 3!

Abbott GDSN/GUDID Solution Flow

GDSN Major Release 3 Historical work from 2012 - 2014 Healthcare Participation in GS1 GDS/GMD Workgroup Participation in GS1 GDSN User Group Attend GS1 Industry Standards Events Participate in GDSN User Group Meetings Healthcare Retail Foodservice

GDSN Major Release 3 Preparations First Half 2015 Attend 1WorldSync Major Release 3 Quarterly Webinars Review 1WorldSync Major Release 3 Website Partner with GS1 US Conference calls, informal consulting, Q&A GDS Major Release 3.1 Workshop; March 2015, Business and IT Partner with GDS application solution provider (LANSA) Preparation meetings, expectation setting, issues, concerns Regular conference calls, consulting

GDSN Major Release 3 Actions Second Half 2015 Prepare Abbott Mirrored Environment * Duplicate Dev, QA, Prod environments for application and database servers This is required in order to keep current GDSN environment whole until the approximate cut-over date and allow substantial testing to occur simultaneously Execute Impact Analysis services with 1WorldSync and LANSA * Identify specific attributes in current environment requiring change Document precise requirements for our division and IT personnel Begin testing GDSN MjR3 in development environment * These are viewed as key steps to successful MjR3 implementation

GDSN Major Release 3 Actions Jan-May 2016 Testing in QA Environment Emulates production environment Rigorous unit, system and validation testing Assure U.S. FDA GUDID process is exact Gain user acceptance testing Complete documentation Estimate a 3-4 month process Moving to Production Environment Implement major release 3 changes in production Estimate a 2 week process with a 2 week contingency “Go Live” May 2016

GDSN Major Release 3 Communications Essential component for this major program Solution Partner Communications (LANSA, 1WorldSync, GS1) Change control and testing sequence; timing, implementation issues; calling for a FREEZE on implementation changes IT Communications Requirements for technical environment(s), resource planning Business Communications Impact to publications to trading partners including the U.S. FDA; new product launches (timing); retailer data attribute explosion requests Trading Partner Communications (Retailers) Impact in meeting ongoing data attribute requests; calling for “quiet period” for May 2016

“To begin, begin.” William Wordsworth

Thank you!

Contact Information Brad J. Depke Director, GS1 Programs Global Standards & Serialization Office T +1 224 667 5879 E Brad.Depke@Abbott.com Healthcare needs are growing – and changing – around the world, and we work to stay ahead of those trends and respond with relevant, localized solutions. Countries like China, India, Russia and Brazil are growing rapidly, with a rise in middle class households. With that growth is increasing demand for healthcare. We are living longer, too. By 2050, 40% of the world’s population will be over 50 years old. With increasing lifespans, the incidence of chronic conditions like diabetes and heart disease is also increasing. Countries like India will have the youngest population in the world as soon as 2020. Innovations in science and technology open the way to personalized medicine and smarter prevention and treatment of chronic conditions like diabetes and obesity. Consumers are taking a more active role in their healthcare decisions and associated costs, while other payers seek to control costs. By understanding the challenges, tastes, customs, and environments that impact the health of people in each market, we target uniquely local problems. Today, nearly 40% of our business is from regions and countries of the world where health care needs are great and growing.

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