Working Groups: Former GSMP Process

The GSMP brings together users from all industries and from everywhere in the world to develop and implement supply chain standards. Our users contribute via the following GSMP Standards Development Groups:f

Work Groups (WG)

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      • Gather patient and care giver identification requirements
      • Perform a gap analysis against the current GS1 System Standards
      • Recommend a uniform identification solution
      • Recommend a uniform AIDC marking/labeling solution
      • Develop any necessary enhancements to the GS1 General Specifications
      • Provide implementation recommendations to the GS1 Healthcare Leadership Team
    • Multiple BarCodes Work Group

    This group is being formed to assess the impact of the move toward multiple BarCodes on one end-user package to make it easy for humans and machines to use BarCode technology in supply chain and mobile commerce applications.  Some examples of the problems that could occur are:

    The main objectives will be:

    The output focus is twofold, a standard on which data carrier to use (when and how) looking for the best solution at the global level, independent of current legacy

    Meeting Dates: Every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the Month
    Meeting Times: 10:00am to 12:00pm ET (Princeton), 16:00–18:00 CET (Brussels)
    Process Manager: Tom Heist
    Requirements to Join: Intellectual Property Policy and
    Group's     Opt-in / Charter:  E-Sign Version
    Community Room: Multiple BarCodes Work Group  

    Patient & Care Giver Work Group

    The care delivery process involves a series of Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC) mechanisms to uniquely identify the patient, the care giver and the healthcare product(s) at the delivery of care to assure patient safety. Global standards are being created for the uniform AIDC marking and labeling of healthcare products. The objective of this work group is to complete the standards for identification and marking/labeling for the patient and care giver to enable AIDC applications for the care delivery process as well as unique patient identification for other purposes, such as Individual  Electronic Health Records (IEHR). To complete the tasks of the change request, the work group will

    When AIDC can be used at the bed side of the patient, in the operating theatre and at other points throughout the patient care experience, more accurate and timely data capture will allow the 5 Patient Rights: the right patient, right medication/product, right dosage, right route of administration and right time. A unique and unambiguous solution for patient identification will also allow the more effective introduction of electronic healthcare (eHealth) initiatives such as the IEHR.
    Meeting Dates: 1st & 3rd Tuesday
    Meeting Times:  08:00 - 09:00 ET (Princeton), 14:00-15:00 CET (Brussels)
    Process Manager: Tom Heist
    Community Room: Patient & Care Giver Work Group

    Product Recall Work Group

    Businesses, end users and regulators in various markets around the world have an interest in establishing a common method to recall products at various points of the supply chain. The need exists for a standard set of business processes and the supporting data that enables trading partners in a supply chain to quickly and efficiently initiates a recall and track its progress through to its conclusion (meaning the identified product is no longer available for consumption).
    Meeting Dates:  1st and 3rd Thursday of the Month
    Meeting Times: 9:00 - 10:30 ET (Princeton) 15:00 - 16:30 CET (Brussels)
    Process Manager: Melanie Kudela
    Community Room: Product Recall Work Group

    Traceability in Healthcare II

    The Work Team's Mission is "To develop a suite of GS1 Global Standards that enable Traceability in Healthcare. A suite that comprises of the process and technical standards necessary to achieve end to end (raw materials to patient care) global supply chain traceability (that is: track forward/downstream and trace backward/upstream).
    The suite of process and technical standards will be the foundation for ultimately achieving the GS1 Vision for Traceability in Healthcare through the incremental implementation of traceability systems that enable "Patient Safety, Regulatory Compliance, Supply chain safety and integrity"

    Meeting Dates: Every 1st and 3rd Tuesday
    Meeting Times: 09:00-11:00 ET (Princeton), 15:00-17:00 CET (Brussels)
    Process Manager: John Ryu
    Community Room: Traceabilty in Healthcare


    Disband Groups

    AIDC Healthcare Implementation Guide Work Group - Work Completed

    Currently additions and changes to the GS1 General Specification to accommodate the automatic identification and data capture (AIDC) marking and labelling of Healthcare products with the specific focus on patient safety are in the final stages of development within the GSMP system based upon the business requirements previously gathered by the GS1 Healthcare AIDC Application Standards Work Team as part of their Phase 1 work. This group is being formed to create a globally adaptable guideline for the implementation of this AIDC Application Standard for Healthcare.

     

    eCom Technology Group (eTG)

    Defines technical requirements on B2B message transport and routing, message architecture, security, and more.
    Meeting Dates: Every 2nd Thursday of the month
    Meeting Times: 10:00–11:00 ET (Princeton), 16:00–17:00 CET (Brussels)
    Process Manager:     Justin Childs
    Community Room: eCom Technology Group


    GDSN Multiple Expressions of Price Work Group

    Update the standard to provide informational details for a single price. The design enabling these multiple expressions must not have an effect on how prices are currently processed using the price standard.
    Meeting Dates:  Every  2nd and 4th Thursday of the month 
    Meeting Times: 8:00–9:00 ET (Princeton), 14:00–15:00 CET (Brussels)
    Process Manager: Justin Childs
    Community Room: GDSN Multiple Expressions of Price Work Group

    GDSN Preliminary Trade Item Work Group

    To update the trade item standard including schemas and related choreography to allow for the synchronisation of preliminary trade items. Preliminary trade items are trade items where not all attributes have been finalized and could change before production.
    Meeting Dates: Every  2nd and 4th Monday of the month 
    Meeting Times: 8:30–9:30 ET (Princeton), 14:30–15:30 CET (Brussels)
    Process Manager: Justin Childs
    Community Room: GDSN Preliminary Trade Item Work Group

    GDSN Standardize Chemical Ingredient Information Work Group

    The objective/Scope of the GDSN Standardize Chemical Ingredient Information WG is to define Business requirements around Standardizing Chemical Ingredient Information, and then create a Business Message Solution (BMS) composed of a Business Solution Design (BSD) which then is used to create a Technical Solution Design (TSD).
    Meeting Dates: Every 1st & 3rd Thursday of the month
    Meeting Times: 11:00–1:00 ET (Princeton), 17:00–19:00 CET (Brussels)
    Process Manager: Justin Childs
    Community Room: GDSN Standardize Chemical Ingredient Information WG

    GDSN Trade Item Implementation Work Group

    Develops the GDSN Trade Item Implementation Guide, which is intended to supplement formal GDSN standards with advice on their implementation and operation

    Meeting Dates: Every 1st & 3rd Thursday of the month
    Meeting Times: 10:00–11:30 ET (Princeton), 16:00–17:30 CET (Brussels)
    Process Manager: Mike Mowad
    Community Room: GDSN Trade Item Implementation WG

     

    Healthcare GLN Work Group - Closed

    The healthcare sector requires the identification of physical locations, legal and departmental entities, to support current and future business practices. For this purpose the global healthcare community wishes to engage in the review of the existing and if necessary development of the GS1 standards, GLN assignment rules & implementation guidelines to support the identified business needs.
    Meeting Dates: Every 2nd & 4th Wednesday of the month
    Meeting Times: 9:30 - 10:30 ET (Princeton), 15:30–16:30 CET (Brussels)
    Process Manager: Tom Heist
    Community Room: Healthcare GLN Work Group

    Identification Technology Group (BTG)

    Functions in an advisory role to the BarCodes & Identification BRG, its associated work groups, and the GS1 Business Unit Managers
    Meeting Dates: Every 2nd & 4th Thursday of the month
    Meeting Times: 09:00–11:00 ET (Princeton), 15:00–17:00 CET (Brussels)
    Process Manager: Frank Sharkey
    Community Room: BarCodes & Id BTG

     

    Key Clarification Work Group - Disbanded

    The Key Clarification Work Group was formed to clarify the role, application and use of the GS1 Keys as defined in the General Specifications. The Work Group was unable to meet the participation minimums outlined in the GSMP Manual for their second Virtual Motion to Progress of their work to Public Review.  According to the GSMP Manual, if a team fails to meet the participation minimums for a second Virtual Motion, the Work Order is withdrawn and the work stops.  During the last conference call of the team, it was agreed that the Work Group should disband and that to progress individual work efforts, a new Work Request should be created for each individual work.
    The Chair, Sue Schmid, and I want to thank all of the participants of the Key Clarification Work Group for their valuable input on clarifying the GS1 Keys.  The work completed by the team provides valuable input for further development to further clarify the GS1 Keys.
    If you have any questions or comments, please email Andrew Hearn via Andrew.Hearn@GS1.org

    GSMP eCom Intelligent Packaging - WO Number 09-167 - Transitioned to New GSMP

    Define standard requirements for packaging design/artwork and a standard communication approach to reduce processing time, increase productivity, and reduce error rates and possibility enable manufacturers to accurately communicate packaging content to eRetailers, driving eCommerce speed to market and quality.

    Process Manager: Jean-Luc Champion


    Serial Number Replacement or Supply WG - Work Completed

    The scope of this work group is to develop a comprehensive set of business requirements for how companies deal with the loss of a serialization on an instance of an item. This will include rules for how and when these “re-serializations” can occur and will be the basis for one or more technical solutions that may pertain to barcodes and RFID (note: the technical solution is NOT part of the scope of this group). Further, the group will take a starting point the requirements generated from the GSMP “Missing Identifier Resolution” Work Group.Meeting Dates: Every Thursday
    Process Manager: Mark Frey


    GSMP eCom Logistics Standards - WO Number 09-189 - Transitioned to New GSMP

    Develop a framework of common business processes and related data communications interchanges for Logic Service Providers in the Consumer Packaged Goods supply chain and drive alignment on all levels of these interoperations from master data alignment to financial settlement. This framework is called the LIM, the Logistics Interoperability Model.

    Process Manager: Jean-Luc Champion


    GDSN Books, Magazines, and Publication Extension Work Group

    An industry group has expressed a need to develop global standards to aid the communication of package label content.  This communication typically happens between a manufacturer/ supplier and their packaging design vendors.  Currently, various processes are utilized to handle this communication and can be rather cumbersome at times.

    There is also a need to share package label content with downstream recipients of the products (e.g. eRetailers, Retailers, Distributors, and Brokers).  These recipients would like to have electronic access to the information as it would greatly enhance their marketing efforts in relation specifically to, but not limited to, electronic commerce applications.

    Process Manager: Jean-Luc Champion

    Fresh Foods Standards Work Group - Work Completed

      Fresh Foods has become a global supply chain. Retailers and suppliers face numerous issues including local regulations relating to food safety and tracking and traceability, brand wnership of the products sold at Point-of-Sale (POS), and supply chain cost pressures. There’s increasing pressure for the industry to implement solutions that will ultimately change how fresh foods are marked, labeled and sold today. Additional data at POS will create supply chain efficiency and bottom line improvement for all GS1 members.

      The 2008 GS1 Fresh Foods Identification Strategy calls for fresh variable measure food products to migrate from current Restricted Circulation Numbers (RCN’s) to a Global Trade Item Number (GTIN). RCN’s do not provide brand owner information at POS.

      This Call-to-Action is seeking stakeholders in the following fresh food sectors: Produce, Meat and Poultry, Seafood, Deli/Dairy/Bakery, along with participants from Foodservice, Grocery Retail and Fresh Food Trade Associations.
      Process Manager: Mark Frey

     

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