How to overcome GS1 EDI and global standards implementation barriers There are a few barriers when it comes to companies adopting GS1 EDI standards. Healthcare companies not aware of the benefits. Today, many pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, as well as wholesalers and distributors leverage global standards for data exchange. More and more hospitals and retail pharmacies are also starting to … Read More →
GTIN: How to Identify Products If you need to identify products for retail point of sale or at all package levels (inner packs, cases, and pallets), or if you need to identify medical devices for U.S. FDA UDI, you’ll need a GTIN. A Global Trade Item Number® (GTIN) is the number you see underneath the … Read More →
GS1 Data Capturing Standards GS1 Data Carriers are capable of holding varying amounts of data to accommodate different needs for different products. The data encoded in GS1 Data Carriers not only uniquely identifies products at every level of packaging, it provides access to product information and visibility of product movement through the supply chain. Barcodes … Read More →
GS1 Information Sharing Standards With GS1 Standards as the common language of business, trading partners can seamlessly share information to support data synchronization, as well as the exchange of transactional and physical event data about products moving through the supply chain. Master data: The Global Data Synchronization NetworkTM (GDSN®) enables immediate electronic sharing of standardized, up-to-date product data, … Read More →