UCCnet Educational Series Part 1 Building a Better Bottom Line

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UCCnet Educational Series Part 1Building a
Better Bottom Line
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Agenda

• Why UCCnet?
• Why eCollaboration?
• Industry Overview and Impact
• Who is UCCnet?
• UCCnet Offerings
• The Benefits of Using UCCnet
• The Case Studies
• How it Works/Impact
• UCCnet Community
• Next Steps

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Why UCCnet?

• Retailers and manufacturers, distributors, etc.,
  are getting involved in data synchronization
  efforts
• Increase supply chain efficiency
• Reduce costs for the industry
• Support the adoption of eCollaboration by the
  industry
• Implement common data standards of the EAN.UCC
  System
• Subscribe to UCCnet GLOBALregistry
• Implement UCCnet SYNCengine for item
  synchronization

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Why eCollaboration?
eCollaboration
The Industry UCCnet, UCC, EAN, FMI, GMA,
VICS,Transora, WWRE, ECCC, GCI, Wal-Mart, Kraft,
Colgate, Wegmans, PG, Ahold, Microsoft, IBM,
SAP, UDEX, etc
7. Collaborative insight product development

• Additional eCollaboration Activities
• 200-300
• additional basis points of
• benefits

6. Collaborative sales promotion planning
You
5. Collaborative supply chain management
4. Collaborative transaction management
3. Item synchronization

• Foundation for eCollaboration
• Provides 10 basis points in benefits
• ROI in less than 6 months

2. Single item registry
1. Common data standards
Source A.T.Kearney for GMA - FMI
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Industry Overview

• Industry leaders agree electronic collaboration
  is a critical business priority
• Industry leaders estimate eliminating inaccurate
  supply chain information could save the CPG and
  Retail industries 25-50 billion per year
• Almost 1 billion has been invested in enabling
  the continuous exchange and automation of item
  information
• Electronic collaboration (synchronization) is the
  first step to other forms of collaboration
• The need for a standards-based platform and
  business process

Source GMA-FMI Trading Partner Alliance
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Who is UCCnet?

• UCCnet is a not-for-profit, neutral, global,
  standards-based subsidiary of the Uniform Code
  Council (UCC).
• Provides a common means for many companies and
  industries to trade and communicate
• Lowers the costs of doing business
• Simplifies and streamlines business processes
• Essential for global commerce

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UCCnet Offerings

• UCCnet Registers, Validates, and Synchronizes
  UCC/EAN product and location information for
  trading partners within industries served by the
  UCC.
• A single vision for registry with industry
  partnerships.
• Enables collaborative relationships through
  standards compliant, internet based technology
  and business processes

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The Benefits of Using UCCnetWalMart Case Study
We knew there were benefits with UCCnet, we
didntrealize how much more we would find

• 98 of the items synchronized were updated
• Item maintenance that normally took 15 to 30 days
  went to same day maintenance
• Recognition of carry over of 30 of de-listed
  items
• 5-15 increase in market share for early arrival
  of new items

Source Randy Salley Wal-Mart, Retail Systems
2002 Presentation
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Staples Case StudyUCCnet will have a
cross-channel impact

• On average 25 of store communications errors are
  related to product data inaccuracies
• New item introductions take up more than two and
  a half resources to follow up and get complete
  information
• 25 of item maintenance/week is updates to basic
  attributes controlled by suppliers UPC, Model ,
  Vendor , Description, Sell UOM, TiHi, Dimensions
• Item dimensions can differ per distribution
  center for the same product based on measuring
  methods

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Estimated Benefits of Using UCCnetLowes Case
StudyAccurate product data and streamlined
business processes will allow us to focus more
time selling your products

• 44,400 hours in Merchandising activities saved
  per year
• 17,543 hours in Payables activities saved per
  year
• 5,200 hours in Marketing activities saved per
  year

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The Benefits of Using UCCnetProcter Gamble
Case Study
We had over 60 databases world wide, and not one
had Information correctly listed

• PG US saved 2-5 million in productivity costs
  by consolidating their databases and
  centralizing information
• 10 reduction in shelf out of stocks 10
  million reduction recovery
• Saved 30-50 thousand administration hours in
  rework of information
• 80 reduction of listing time for new items

Source Steve David, Procter Gamble, January
industry meeting
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UCCnet How it Works
GLOBALregistry A single location where
standards compliant and location data is
registered, identifies the ownership and accuracy
of the information is validated.

• Manko Staples WalMart Example
• Manko enters product data into the
  GLOBALregistry
• Manko product data validated
• Product data is registered
• Where product data should be sent is identified
• Utilizing the
• SYNCengine
• Mankos product data
• sent to retailers
• Staples/WalMart send response to Manko
• Product data is syncd

Manco
SYNCengine performs the transactions of sending
and receiving validated product information
between partners.
SYNCengine
SYNCengine
WalMart
Staples
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How it Works/Impact

• Item Maintenance/Item Change/Delete
• Item and party (owner of item) information stored
  in a central location (GTIN/GLN compliant)
• Electronic delivery of transacting information
  (public/private)
• Immediate response for item changes (intelligent
  routing)
• New Item
• Electronic delivery of transacting information
  (public/private)
• Capability to provide information to the accounts
  in advance with release dates
• Benefits
• Attribute information impacting store operations,
  merchandising, warehousing, accounting/finance.
• Accountability and maintenance of most up-to-date
  item information available
• Real-time search and browse feature of items
• Speed to market of products and increased market
  share due to compliant data
• Data Delivery private or public transmission of
  information by market group, retailer, or
  community

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UCCnet Community1/19/2004

• Per month growth of 100 125 Manufacturers and
  2-4 Retailers
• 2500 Manufacturers
• 29 Retailers
• 16 Industries

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Sampling of UCCnet Subscribers
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Next Steps

• Subscribe
• On-line www.uccnet.org
• Contact UCCnet at 1-800-219-8232
• Get educated
• You will have access to
• Experienced community members
• UCCnet Subscriber Website
• UCCnet Online Document Library (eRoom)
• UCCnet Help Desk 24/7 support
• Educational Web Seminars
• http//knowledgebase.uccnet.org/events/webEvents
  .asp?n2-13iEventType13
• Get implemented
• Training, Solution Partners