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Case study: Global Data Synchronisation improves sales and efficiency in the retail industry
Collaborating with the Federal Reserve to bring greater transparency and efficiency to cash logistics
Complying with Australia’s Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point requirements to improve product recalls and food safety
Enabling high quality food labelling to comply with EU 1169
Facilitating pork product traceability, authentication and recalls
GS1 Ireland Case Study
GS1 Korea Case Study
GS1 Poland Case Study
Leveraging standards to manage product incident reporting to Health Canada
Making products traceable and tamper-proof with GS1 standards
METRO GROUP Visibility from Catch to Customer
Providing accurate consumer facing product information in order to comply with EU 1169
Providing accurate consumer-facing product information in order to comply with EU 1169
Supply Chain Visibility: A Critical Strategy to Optimize Cost and Service
Traceability/Sustainability: METRO Group, visibility from Catch to Customer
Turning food waste into an opportunity for MOs: the Dutch case
GS1 Databar 2010: Buisness Case
Automating Expiration Date Management for Fresh Foods
Complying with New Legislation at Mölnlycke Health Care in UK
Expiration Date Management at the POS
Feile Foods: A GS1 DataBar Implementation Case Study
GS1 DataBar 2010: Business Case
GS1 Identification and bar code standards deployed in the Irish Health Service Executive’s (HSE) Central Decontamination Units (CDUs)
GS1 Standards in Belgian Post
Improving coding and consumer service with the GS1 DataBar
Nestlé Purina and Crown
Point-of-sale efficiency for Fresh Foods
Small and Medium Enterprises Lead the Way with GS1 Standards
TFDA, CCH and GS1 Taiwan advancing GS1 BarCodes to improve patient safety
The Challenge of Food Waste: Next level of Inventory Management
Paramount Citrus - Trusted supplier embraces the Produce Traceability Initiative and implements GS1 Global Trade Item Numbers® for food safety, GS1 US, 2011
Al Shams Agro Group - Traceability implementation at AL SHAMS in Egypt, GS1 Egypt, 2012 (Updated)
Campina Traceability Implementation Case Study, GS1 Netherlands, 2006
Chipotle Mexican Grill - National restaurant chain creates traceability program to advance its commitment to food safety and Food with Integrity, GS1 US, 2014
Deploying traceability for native producers in Peru, GS1 Peru, 2012 (Updated)
DineEquity and McLane – Leaders in foodservice join together to drive traceability with quality data, GS1 US, 2015
Frontera Produce - Fresh produce leader gains visibility into its supply chain with GS1 barcodes for enhanced food safety, GS1 US, 2010
Growers Express - Large grower of leafy greens and other vegetables takes produce traceability literally into the field using GS1 Global Trade Item Numbers® to improve food safety. GS1 US, 2011
GS1 Global Traceability Assessment for Hong Kong Business Partners, GS1 Hong Kong, 2013
GS1 Traceability implementation between China and France, GS1 China, 2012 (Updated)
Icestar : Traceability in Fresh Foods Ensuring traceability in the food supply chain in Chile, GS1 Chile (Updated)
JemD Farms - Greenhouse grower leads the way with GS1 Standards and the Produce Traceability Initiative to achieve whole chain traceability, GS1 US, 2012
METRO GROUP Visibility from Catch to Customer, GS1 Germany, 2014
Mother Earth Organic Mushrooms - Mushroom grower uses GS1 Standards for produce traceability and real-time inventory management, GS1 US, 2013
Packaging company in Peru gains competitive advantage with the GS1 Traceability Solution, GS1 Peru, 2012
Rastling Westfleisch – Meat Traceability Case Study, GS1 Germany, 2006
SunFed - Produce company achieves visibility of produce throughout supply chain with case- and item-level traceability, GS1 US, 2012
Traceability leads to global recognition for Croatian Company, GS1 Croatia, 2012 (Updated)
Tracing Grapes from Chilean Field to U.S. Grocery - Evaluating Whole Chain Traceability of Imported Table Grapes, GS1 US, 2012
Using Traceability to Capture Ireland’s Share of Benefits in the Global Seafood Supply Chain, GS1 Ireland, 2016
The Oppenheimer Group - Global produce distributor uses the Advance Ship Notice for efficiently sharing traceability data, GS1 US, 2013
Global Upstream Supply Initiative (GUSI) A Case Study: NOVOZYMES A/S Denmark
GS1 EDI implementation case at CRH in the Netherlands
GS1 EDI implementation case at Deutsche Bundesbank in Germany
GS1 EDI in German hospitals: a cost-benefit analysis by the Hochtaunus-Kliniken GmbH and the Kreiskrankenhaus Dormagen
IBM Make your supply chain more efficient by using GS1 Global Standards
Mitchells & Butlers implements Advanced Shipping Notices (ASNs) using GS1 standards to improve stock visibility and efficiency
Order to Cash at Nishitetsu Store in Japan
Serbia: Ensuring traceability of medicines in Serbia
Significant gains and large savings with the use of GS1 EDI at Konsum Nord
Standards for fleet management improve productivity
Using common business processes by DHL and Unilever means better communication
Abbott Laboratories and B.Braun using GDSN data pools
Ben E. Keith Company – Southwest food distributor uses quality data to entrée of growth, GS1 US, 2015
Data Quality Challenge Case Study METRO Group and Nestlé
Data Quality Challenge Experiences and lessons learned in France
Dot Foods - National food redistributor uses quality data as expressway for growth, GS1 US, 2015
Global Data Synchronisation improves sales and efficiency in the retail industry
GS1 Standards Help Government and Industry Work Smarter
IPC/Subway – Achieves high data quality standards for the largest fast food brand in the world, GS1 US, 2015
Shamrock Foods Case Study -Foodservice leader serves up quality data from pallet to palate, GS1 US, 2015
Taking a long-hard look at Data Quality (Kimberly-Clark)
The Value of Extended Product Information, GS1 US, 2015
Uni Pro Foodservice - Large U.S. foodservice cooperative finds increasing cooperation on data quality initiative, GS1 US, 2015
Wegmans, P&G, Smuckers, PepsiCo Study: Synchronization—The Next Generation of Business Partnering
Asset Management in Fresh Food - With EPC/RFID, Kibun gains visibility on location of its trolleys
Commonly asked RFID questions: dispelling the myths
Electronic messaging increases efficiency at Kimberly-Clark Australia Toll Logistics
Global Apparel Manufacturer Adopts GS1 Standards for Item-Level Tagging
Inventory Management in Apparel - Optimizing the textile supply chain with GS1 Standards
Inventory Management in Apparel - Optimizing the textile supply chain with GS1 Standards (Germany)
Inventory Management in Apparel - With EPC/RFID, Brazilian fashion brand gets item-level visibility (Brazil)
Inventory Management in Apparel - With EPC/RFID, Japanese company gains in store efficiency
Inventory Management in Apparel: Liverpool: Large Retailer in Mexico Improves its Supply Chain with EPC RFID
Inventory Management in Apparel: Levi Strauss proves EPC-enabled RFID competitive advantage
L’Oréal Group - EDI solution
Market improvement in Moods of Norway's product and information flow
Report on supply chain visibility, Aberdeen Group, 2013
Transport Management - Sweden takes the lead in RFID standards for railways
Use of passive UHF RFID technology in postal flow
Warehouse Management - EPC/RFID brings visibility and better quality data for LG and its logistics operator Dinet
Warehouse Management - EPC/RFID brings visibility and better quality data for LG and its logistics operator Dinet (Peru)
Carrefour Belgium Optimises its Goods Reception with SSCC and DESADV
DACHSER: access to information benefits all processes and parties
EDI breakthrough at DC Fresh Delhaize
GEFCO: Labeling standard increases transport operations reliability
Germany: HowGLNs Contribute to the Standardisation Efforts at Charité University Hospital
Portugal: Minimising the risk and reinforcing patient safety for Novartis
Rethinking the Value Chain- New Realities in Collaborative Business
U.S.A.: Better immunisation management for patient safety
Crystal: Top Brand Gains Supply Chain Efficiencies with EDI and GS1 Standards
EDI – Large Retailer in Mexico Increases Efficiency with Automated Invoicing (Mexico)
Order to cash implementation at L'Oreal in France
SME’s savings with EDI implementation thanks to GS1 Standards
Integration in practice: Unilever and Van Genechten Packaging
Procter & Gamble and Novozymes
A more transparent asparagus supply chain from Peru to the U.S.
Collaborating with the ANMAT to enable the traceability of medicine
Collaborating with the U.S. FDA on Unique Device Identification
Complying with Saudi Arabian requirements for drug identification and traceability
Complying with Saudi Food and Drug Authority requirements for drug identification and traceability
Countering urban freight congestion and “last mile” delivery issues with the GS1 Smart Urban Transport Pilot
GS1 Facilitates APEC Supply Chain Pilot Implementation
GS1 Transport & Logistics and Customs Reference Book - 2014/15
Partnering with WCO for rapid detection of counterfeit goods
Providing traceability, visibility and food safety via GS1’s TrueSource
Securing the durian export supply chain from Malaysia to China
Smart Consumer app enables Indian Government to provide product information to consumers
Streamlining the beef export business from Australia to the U.S.
Strengthening tequila supply chain integrity from Mexico to the U.S.
Visibility along the wine supply chain from Australia to Hong Kong
GS1 UK: cost-to-serve in apparel supply chains
