Deer velvet is an animal product and companies involved in food and food processing are becoming increasingly concerned about product safety, authenticity and integrity.

From the unique identification of an animal on farm, to delivery of cartons of deer velvet to the customer in Seoul, South Korea, the GS1 identification (GTIN, GLN, SSCC) and network (EPCIS) standards were used to identify the what, why, where and when details of the items as they move through the supply chain.

This visibility provides an efficient, accurate and robust solution for traceability, provenance and product authentication.

Food safety is always a top priority for DCH Logistics, a leading logistics service provider in China, especially when it comes to handling temperature sensitive food products.

DCH Logistics and a leading e-tailer company in China teamed up together to introduce a traceable food supply chain from farm to fork.

Having adopted Global Traceability Standards, and using an EPCIS standard-based globalised track and trace platform, and RFID-based cold chain solution, partners are now able to share traceability information which can be retrieved anytime and anywhere.

This guarantees close monitoring of product temperature and quality, connecting of various stakeholders along the supply chain, and confidence of all trading partners and consumers.

Pilot project to ship asparagus from Peru to the USA was aimed to meet products traceability, supply chain visibility and security requirements for international markets.

Using GTIN, GS1-128 standards for cases and RFID tags for pallets, pilot achieved 100% increase in visibility of asparagus supply chain that provides better control over quality of fresh products.

Pilot results also proved significant optimisations in processes, such as time of unloading pallets reduced by 50%, time pallets preparation for shipment reduced by 20%.

Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Limited, a Hong Kong-based jewellery retailer, has a vision to become the most trusted jewellery group in the world.

For their new diamond brand, Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group uses a set of unique serial numbers in the marking inscribed on each diamond.

This enables consumer to trace the journey of each stone from sourcing to production to retail sales point.

The solution not only supports product authentication, but it also registers a diamond owner's information, making the piece of diamond even more distinctive.

Carrefour improved productivity and food quality in supermarkets through implementation of a food traceability and monitoring program (RAMA).

Using the GS1-128 barcode standard, Carrefour gained access to critical product information enabling them to better manage stock and ensure the quality of the food they sell.  

More efficient processes gained 75.000 US$ annual savings and - foremost - ensured quality of food products for consumers.

The Atlantic Forest in Brazil is the biome with the largest biodiversity on earth.

A pioneering project, the Green Code, proved that GS1 standards can serve for environmental traceability.

Automation of management processes with technologies based on GS1 standards guaranteed traceability of plants from the reservation to nursery and further to the market.

The Supply Chain Improvement Project in Australia aimed to increase the visibility of food ingredients and raw materials across supply chains – to deliver efficiencies, cost savings and improve food safety in Australia.

The use of GS1 standards enabled automation of key ingredient sourcing, and traceability between food manufacturers and ingredient suppliers.

In the automotive industry, low quality copies of safety-relevant spare parts for motor vehicles can present a high risk for consumer safety.

ATE implemented individual item identification for its spare parts with the Global Trade Item Number® (GTIN®) and a randomised serial number. Each identification number is allocated via a secure verification database and encoded in a machine-readable GS1 DataMatrix barcode that is printed on the part’s label. With ATE’s smartphone app, customers can scan and read the DataMatrix barcode to verify the authenticity of the spare part.

With GS1 standards, the ATE product‘s journey has become transparent—from the repair shop to the driver— thus creating a reliable protective shield for ATE’s high quality products and brand.

Ports play an important role in the supply chain acting as a transportation hub, as well as an information hub. Shippers and logistics operators need to be able to share information documents with operators and administrators of other ports to achieve “end-to-end” visibility.

The APMEN Visualisation of Sea Freight Logistics Phase 1 project was commissioned in the Asia-Pacific, to improve the visibility, integrity and transparency of cross-border trade in the region by automating the exchange of sea freight data between APMEN members and using GS1 standards.

The exchange of critical sea freight data between ports delivers not only increased efficiencies of port operations, but also better customer service support to port community stakeholders.

Latest health eating trends suggest that fruits and vegetables are more sought after by consumers because they are considered natural and in some cases organic. Therefore identification of fruits and vegetables has gained relevance.

HEB Market Chain in Mexico has implemented the GS1 Databar standard for apples and pears that allows for 100% identificaiton of products.

Tres Generaciones S.A., a growing Peruvian pisco producer, faced a lack of visibility of their supply chain.

Using GTIN and GS1-128 standards, from the reception of grapes, through distillation process and up to shipment of finished products to customers, allowed higher competitiveness of brand, access to supermarket chains and to export markets.

Vartini Packing S.A.C sought meeting customer demands of monitoring the reception of materials, the packing and dispatch of special offers.

A Traceability System was developed using GS1 GTIN13 and GS1-128/SSCC Global Standards.

Vartini Packing gained competitive advantage as a result of offering visibility to its clients. The traceability system providing real time information access, reduced cycle times and costs related to information search, which in turn lead to increased sales and higher customer confidence and loyalty.