Incorporating GS1 assets – GS1 Company Prefixes (GCPs), Global Trade Item Numbers (GTINs), Global Location Numbers (GLNs) – enables J&J to effectively create identifying information, supporting oversight of products throughout the supply chain.

Successfully managing the various assets can be a challenge especially in a multinational company so a centralised management system has been implemented. Equally important is an automated system enabling a consistent, uniform approach throughout J&J.

In Shenzhen alone, three separate regulatory departments are involved (Shenzhen Administration for Market Regulation, Shenzhen Health Commission and Healthcare Security Bureau of Shenzhen Municipality).

Adding to the complexity in that in Shenzhen city there is a total of 1,549 medical device manufacturers (14,095 medical device SKUs), 75,975 medical device distributors and 5,780 healthcare providers. This means the medical device supervision and traceability chain is long and challenging. Shenzhen Administration for Market Regulation has established one data platform for UDI, collected data from two sources (suppliers and healthcare providers), in a project led by three departments.

Citrus growers in Australia are looking for new ways to protect their brand, engage with consumers wherever they are in the world and collaborate more efficiently with supply chain partners.
A project was introduced aiming to implement end-to-end traceability using 2D barcodes and GS1 Digital Link from an Australian packing house, through the supply chain, to consumers in Asia Pacific markets.

Authorities in Zhejiang Province, China wanted to help the province’s 125,000 food sector companies achieve better traceability to protect citizens, make more product information available to consumers and boost supply chain efficiencies.

Tens of thousands of Zhejiang food companies are already benefitting from more accurate traceability and more modernised processes; tens of millions of Zhejiang consumers now have faster, easier access to product information.