Major Release 3.1 Global Webinar 1 October 2015
Agenda of Webinar Introduction Maryam Mirza, GS1 Global Office Major Release Status and next steps Mark Widman, GS1 Global Office Abbott Brad Depke ICA Sylvia Rubio Alegren Delta Faucet Natalie Johnson and Shad Sperle Q&A All GS1 2015 2
GDSN Major Release 3.1 Status and Next Steps Mark Widman GS1 Global Office GS1 2015 3
Agenda 1. Benefits 2. Changes 3. Timing 4. Resources GS1 2015 4
GDSN Major Release 3 benefits There s a lot to be excited about: Increased speed to market Support for industry-specific functionality Richer product information Meeting new regulatory requirements Improved data quality Standards implementation time reduced from years to weeks Set data sharing requirements uniquely relevant to your industry Supports additional attributes like ingredient and allergen information and information for promotional processes EU 1169/2011 Increase confidence you are sharing accurate product information GS1 2015 5
Executive overview GDSN Major Release 3 is a scheduled update to the existing GDSN standard. The May 2016 update affects 36,000+ companies, 150+ countries and multiple industry sectors with GDSN-supported supply chains. Major Release 3 is not backward compatible, so significant activity is underway to help all parties prepare and leverage all its benefits. The GDSN standards are the protocols used to support real-time electronic sharing of standardised and accurate information between trading partners using the GDSN data pools. GS1 2015 6
GDSN Major Release 3 changes Over 1400 changes that add new features and improved functionality. 156 business requirements incorporated 140 change requests 300 new attributes 1,000 code values 250+ new validations and a lot more GS1 2015 7
Additional benefits for GSDN partners Data source Faster implementation of future business needs (e.g., B2B2C, sustainability and regulatory) Improved implementation of additional countries, product categories and customers Data recipients Ability to target information based on business context to different departments and/or legacy systems Data pools and solution providers Ability to onboard new segments faster GS1 2015 8
GDSN Major Release 3 timing to May 2016 2015 2016 May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Data Pool Activities Certification testing completed Engage with community Trading Partner Activities Review Major Release docs Perform readiness assessment Engage your data pool Engage in readiness assessment with trading partners Develop action plan Schedule testing with trading partners Make appropriate Changes and Schedule testing with trading partners data pool Migrate data/production roll out Migrate data/production roll out GDSN Activities Network development/testing 3.1 Beta environment for data pool migration Migrate data/production roll out GS1 2015 9
Get Ready: resources and next steps Look for additional resources from sites, including: Major Release 3: http://www.gs1.org/majorrelease Migration: http://www.gs1.org/data-migration Work with your data pool to implement testing and be prepared for data migration. Get ready for 6 May 2016 the next level of GDSN begins! GS1 2015 10
Abbott Brad J Depke GS1 2015 11
GDSN Major Release Abbott Insights GS1 Global Webinar Brad Depke, Director GS1 Programs, Abbott Laboratories October 1, 2015
Company Confidential Abbott 2015 13
A Small Sampling of Abbott Products Company Confidential Abbott 2015 14
Abbott GDS Story Our GDS is called GDSN Solution. It was designed and implemented based on our understanding of GS1 Standards and where the global market was heading. Abbott has created a centralized data hub for product data required by our external trading partners; i.e. customers. Customers are hospitals, health clinics, health systems, group purchasing organizations, etc. along with the U.S. FDA and eventually other country regulatory bodies. Our strategy is simple. Implement a single enterprise solution allowing for divisional flexibility that can meet or exceed the needs of our global customers. Company Confidential Abbott 2015 15
Key Steps to GDSN Realization at Abbott (Budget for team was already in place based on a prior program) Formulation of internal GS1 standards team; core, business and IT Design long range GDSN strategy Selection of GDSN software tools via RFP process: - LANSA Data Sync Direct solution and 1WorldSync data pool Secure funding for software tools (incremental to headcount above) Document comprehensive business requirements Implement GDSN Solution(s): - 2010 GLN Sunrise - 2012 GTIN Sunrise - 2014 U.S. FDA UDI Rule - 2015 U.S. Retailer Top-Off Attributes - 2016 GDSN Major Release 3! Company Confidential Abbott 2015 16
Abbott GDSN/GUDID Solution Flow Company Confidential Abbott 2015 17
GDSN Major Release 3 Historical work from 2012-2014 Participation in GS1 GDS/GMD Workgroup Participation in GS1 GDSN User Group Attend GS1 Industry Standards Events - Participate in GDSN User Group Meetings Healthcare Retail Foodservice Company Confidential Abbott 2015 18
GDSN Major Release 3 Preparations First Half 2015 Attend 1WorldSync Major Release 3 Quarterly Webinars Review 1WorldSync Major Release 3 Website Partner with GS1 US - Conference calls, informal consulting, Q&A - GDS Major Release 3.1 Workshop; March 2015, Business and IT Partner with GDS application solution provider (LANSA) Preparation meetings, expectation setting, issues, concerns Regular conference calls, consulting Company Confidential Abbott 2015 19
GDSN Major Release 3 Actions Second Half 2015 Prepare Abbott Mirrored Environment * - Duplicate Dev, QA, Prod environments for application and database servers This is required in order to keep current GDSN environment whole until the approximate cut-over date and allow substantial testing to occur simultaneously Execute Impact Analysis services with 1WorldSync and LANSA * - Identify specific attributes in current environment requiring change - Document precise requirements for our division and IT personnel - Begin testing GDSN MjR3 in development environment * These are viewed as key steps to successful MjR3 implementation Company Confidential Abbott 2015 20
GDSN Major Release 3 Actions Jan-May 2016 Testing in QA Environment - Emulates production environment - Rigorous unit, system and validation testing - Assure U.S. FDA GUDID process is exact - Gain user acceptance testing - Complete documentation - Estimate a 3-4 month process Moving to Production Environment - Implement major release 3 changes in production - Estimate a 2 week process with a 2 week contingency - Go Live May 2016 Company Confidential Abbott 2015 21
GDSN Major Release 3 Communications Essential component for this major program Solution Partner Communications (LANSA, 1WorldSync, GS1) - Change control and testing sequence; timing, implementation issues; calling for a FREEZE on implementation changes IT Communications - Requirements for technical environment(s), resource planning Business Communications - Impact to publications to trading partners including the U.S. FDA; new product launches (timing); retailer data attribute explosion requests Trading Partner Communications (Retailers) - Impact in meeting ongoing data attribute requests; calling for quiet period for May 2016 Company Confidential Abbott 2015 22
To begin, begin. William Wordsworth Company Confidential Abbott 2015 23
Contact Information Brad J. Depke Director, GS1 Programs Global Standards & Serialization Office T E +1 224 667 5879 Brad.Depke@Abbott.com Company Confidential Abbott 2015 24
ICA Sylvia Rubio Alegren GS1 2015 25
GDSN Major Release Global Webinar 2015-10-01 Sylvia Rubio Alegren
Presenting The ICA Group One of the leading retail companies in the Nordic region 1,556 own and retailer-owned grocery stores and more than 370 pharmacies Online stores Core business grocery retail Operations in Sweden and the Baltic countries. Divestment of ICA Norway completed in April 2015. Annual sales approximately 9,3 billion+ 19,132 employees Listed on NASDAQ OMX 27
ICA GDS Story Early adopters, dedicated since 1977, forced by need for cost efficient solutions Large country, sparsely populated Long distances between stores Highly automated warehouses Corporate audit and responsibility work Purchase goods all over the world Performed first successful GDSN test in Scandinavia A collaborative approach across the industry, has been key to our successful GS1 implementation in Sweden The basis for efficiency is data quality and harmonized standards 28
Solution Overview Validoo - powered by GS1 Sweden Master Data Hub Validoo DataEntry Own Brands/ Private label assortment Validoo Item Automated validations of electronic Trade Item Information Validoo Q-lab Validoo MediaStore Physically Quality assured Item Information and Product Images Physical product sample validation against Electronic Trade Item Information 29
Major Release Activities - In the past Requirements since 2008 (Preliminary Trade Item) Need for faster implementation of future business and regulatory needs Monitored by active participation in GDSN User Group since 2012 IT Strategy decision to change current ERP for standard systems Included a new dedicated Master Data hub with workflow support and GDSN framework Design to be based on Major Release Swedish Community (GS1 Sweden/Validoo) kick off meeting about Major Release Q2 2014 30
Major Release Activities - Currently Project to change our ERP systems since Q4 2013 Understanding the GDSN support in the standard system for Master Data Management Design based on Major Release since Q3 2014 (ICA and GS1 Sweden) Swedish Community activities includes harmonization with global standards Support project since Q3 2015 Business challenges for the overall Validoo solution as well as ICA internal business processes a result of the Major change 31
Major Release Activities - Challenges Understanding the standard system What s the standard functionality and how can it support our requirements? How to merge the GS1 raw trade item information with the ICA specific added on information Understanding Major Release Identifying the essential must have Harmonization with global standard Understanding Cross functional needs Adapting to Online needs Consumer focused information Regulatory needs 32
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Delta Faucet Natalie Johnson and Shad Sperle GS1 2015 34
Major Release 3 Presented by Natalie Johnson and Shad Sperle 10/01/2015
Who is Delta Faucet Company?
Delta Faucet GDSN Story: A 12-Year Journey 2003-2007 Lowe s kicks off data synchronization Delta begins collaboration with 1WorldSync Delta awarded Excellence in Data Synchronization award at uconnect 2008-2009 Lowe s pushes for synchronization of 1,500+ models Poor marketing data quality recognized in setup process Executive support to develop team focused on product data quality 2010 - Today Team began focusing on customer needs, data quality, mass clean-up of >450,000 data points PIM system implemented to manage product data, and offer one source of truth, while streamlining synchronization to 1WorldSync Product data team performs quarterly audits on internal product data and external customer facing data
GDSN Journey Continued Data Submitted from PIM - Package Dimensions - Case Quantities - Packaging Type
Major Release 3 Preparation Steps: 1) Collaborative meetings scheduled with IT o Understand the process o Define who owns the process o Outline a timeline for completion o Assign deadlines based on needs 2) Collaborate with Solution Provider 1WorldSync o Understand changes made by the solution provider vs manufacturer o How can they help deliver results? o 1WorldSync provided MjR3 Change Documents 2,769 changes simplified to 82
Major Release 3 Preparation Steps: 3) Begin review of GS1 MjR3 Documents for Data Changes o Old Values o New values o Migrating values 4) Revisit with IT on changes and timeline o Who owns each update? o What changes need to be made to PIM? Do we need to add attributes? o Schedule monthly progress report meetings o WORK TOGETHER Goal of Completion by December 2015 for 2016 release
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Thank you! GS1 2015 42
Contact Information GS1 GDSN E GDSN@gs1.org www.gs1.org/gdsn GS1 2015 43