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Realising more than £1m of savings through an effective inventory management improvement programme
Healthcare
Realising more than £1m of savings through an effective inventory management improvement p...
National Health Service (NHS) trusts in England are being driven to improve operational efficiencies...
Implementing RFID-enabled technology for the transport of precious laboratory samples at St. James’s Hospital
Healthcare
Implementing RFID-enabled technology for the transport of precious laboratory samples at S...
Laboratory samples, such as cancerous tissues taken during a biopsy, are “precious” since a patient’...
EPC/RFID: An effective method for realtime asset management
Healthcare
EPC/RFID: An effective method for realtime asset management
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust (EKHUFT) had thousands of assets and medical dev...
Mediplus leverages the GS1 Global Data Synchronisation Network for master data communication
Healthcare
Mediplus leverages the GS1 Global Data Synchronisation Network for master data communicati...
Mediplus was established in UK in 1986.
Providing traceability, visibility and food safety via GS1’s TrueSource
Retail, Foodservice, Public sector
Providing traceability, visibility and food safety via GS1’s TrueSource
Launched in 2010, TrueSource is GS1 UK’s leading Data Pool service
Facilitating pork product traceability, authentication and recalls
Retail, Fresh foods, Public sector
Facilitating pork product traceability, authentication and recalls
The Pork Dioxin contamination crisis led to the total recall of Irish pork products, cost the sector...
Securing the durian export supply chain from Malaysia to China
Retail, Foodservice, Public sector
Securing the durian export supply chain from Malaysia to China
Malaysia is one of the world’s leading producers and exporters of the durian fruit due to its natura...
Ethiopia: Laying foundations to fight substandard and falsified medicines
Healthcare
United Kingdom: Harnessing GS1 standards to reduce unwarranted clinical variation
To become more efficient and reduce costs and waste, MFT implemented an inventory management system ...