The Global Language of Business

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RETAIL INVESTMENT 2006 CONFERENCE 27-29
April, Sovata
The Global Language of Business
Mihaela Stan Secretary General GS1 ROMANIA
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Who we are?

• GS1 is a fully integrated global organisation
  with more than 30 years experience in global
  standards.
• formed early 2005 from the joining together of
  EAN UCC
• 101 national Member Organisations
• More than 1 million user members
• 140 nations around the world

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What do we offer?

• GS1 operates in multiple sectors industries
• GS1 has more than 20 represented sectors ranging
  from Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) to
  healthcare, transport and defence.
• GS1 Member Organisations represent all points in
  the supply chain.

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What do we offer?

• GS1 offers a diversified portfolio of products,
  solutions and services that fundamentally
  improves efficiency and visibility of supply and
  demand chains.
• GS1 manages the GS1 System of standards - the
  most widely used supply chain standards system in
  the world.
• GS1s portfolio ranges from barcodes to next
  generation technologies and solutions such as
  GDSN, EPC and traceability.

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GS1 System
The GS1 System is a set of global standards,
which enable the unique identification of all
trade items, processes, services, shipments,
assets, companies and locations at any point in
the supply chain.

• The system can be used by all industries to
  facilitate trade by combining unique
  identification numbers with data carriers (bar
  codes) and electronic commerce processes.

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GS1 around the world
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GS1 Brand Architecture
GS1 system defined as an integrated system of 4
standards glued together by (or founded on)
GS1s Identification keys.
OVERALL BENEFITS Improving efficiency
visibility in supply and demand chains
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Strategic Matrix a summary
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GS1 Bar-Codes
A series of scannable numbers and codes that use
the globally recognised GS1 Identification Keys
to identify and item - product, case, pallet - or
location, enabling rapid and accurate electronic
reading at any point in the supply chain process
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GS1 eCom

• Global standards for electronic business
  messaging that allow rapid, efficient and
  accurate automatic electronic transmission of
  agreed business data between trading partners.
  Based on two components GS1 EANCOM and GS1 XML

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GS1 GDSN

• The Global Data Synchronisation Network (GDSN)
  is an automated, standards-based, global
  environment that enables secure and continuous
  data synchronisation , allowing all partners to
  have consistent item data in their systems at the
  same time.

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EPC

• A new global standards system that combines
  RFID (radio frequency identification) technology,
  existing communications network infrastructure
  and the Electronic Product Code (a number for
  uniquely identifying an item) to enable immediate
  and automatic identification and tracking of an
  item through the whole supply chain globally,
  resulting in improved efficiency and visibility
  of the supply chain.

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GS1 RomaniaNational Member Organization of GS1
Global
since 1993
Provides to Romanian Companies the GS1 System -
an integrated system of global standards that
provides for accurate identification and
communication of information regarding products,
assets, services and locations. is
the most implemented supply chain
standards system in the world! MEMBER COMPANIES
MARCH 2006 2300
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Welcome to GS1 Romania!
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GS1 ROMANIA THE NEW NAME OF EAN ROMANIA

• GS1 Romania is the only Romanian organization
  abilitated nationally and internationally for
  promoting the GS1 standards for
• the identification of products, services,
  logistic units and locations
• the electronic data changes EDI-EANCOM
  (Electronic Data Interchange)

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The goals of GS1 Romania

• It participates at GS1 activities and
  workshops and it coordinates its own activities
  with GS1 rules It organizes training courses
  and exhibitions for potential GS1 System users
  It prepares reports and analysis regarding the
  use of GS1 bar code technology for automatic data
  collecting in the industrial and commercial
  distribution field It works on studies
  regarding the extension of bar encoding and the
  development of new technologies for the economic
  agents in production, services or commerce field
  in order to use the bar code for administration
  It supplies marketing services for the Romanian
  economic agents by the international databases
  It implements GS1 issues as an active presence
  in press and other communication media It
  founds its own publications to inform and to
  present results, concerns and opinions about GS1
  on internal and international field.  

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ECR Romania- Founder MembersCreation date 15th
of June 2005
MANUFACTURERS UNILEVER SOUTH CENTRAL
EUROPE NESTLE ROMANIA KRAFT FOODS ROMANIA PROCTER
GAMBLE MARKETING HOCHLAND ROMANIA DOBROGEA
SA HENKEL ROMANIA BRAU UNION ROMANIA BIC
(ROMANIA) MARKETING DISTRIBUTION PHILIP MORRIS
ROMANIA FRIESLAND-NAPOLACT
www.ecr-romania.ro
Support Organization GS1 Romania (former EAN
ROMANIA)
CO-CHAIRS Mrs. Martina Kastler - President
UNILEVER SOUTH CENTRAL EUROPE Mr. Bert van der
Velde - Managing Director METRO CASH CARRY
ROMANIA
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ECR and GS1
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Personality - How do we act and behave?
Inspirational leadership
Trustworthy
Engaging
Collaborative
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One world One global language of business GS1
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