www.gs1ca.org Big Data for All. Enabling e-commerce & Satisfying Customers April 30, 2015
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Big Date for Big Business GS1 Canada 1. GS1 Canada Overview. Who we are? 2. ECCnet Registry 3. ECCnet Item Certification 4. ECCnet Imaging & Planogram Services 5. Product Recall Services 3
Overview - GS1 Global Countries with a GS1 Member Organization Countries served on a direct basis from GS1 Global Office (Brussels) * Not-for-profit, industry-driven organization promoting standards-based electronic business & supply chain practices across the Globe * 108 GS1 Member Organizations, 154 Countries * Over 1 million user companies produce over 5 billion transactions daily in 23 industry sectors represented 4
Overview - GS1 Canada Who We Are: Canadian branch of global GS1 organization 200+ employees working in three offices: Calgary, Toronto and Montreal Not-for-profit financial structure, funded through membership fees and based on cost recovery only Exclusive Canadian source for licensing of bar codes (UPC/SCC) and the (EPC) Electronic Product Code TM Who We Serve: GS1 Canada serves more than 23,000 members organizations of all sizes from 23 sectors across Canada to enhance their competitiveness and cost effectiveness by adopting standards and best practices for supply chain processes. 5
ECCnet Registry Is an Online repository of product data Enables data synchronization 55 data recipients engaged in different phases of implementation o Over 900,000 GTINs loaded (Global Trade Item Number) o Over 2,500 suppliers engaged o 23,000 members and growing (80% are SMEs) 6
ECCnet Registry Data Flow Supplier ECCnet Registry Core Product Information Distributor, Operator or Retailer ECCnet ProSYNC Marketing Information Item Centre Internal Processes for product management Nutritional Information Product Images Internal Processes for item creation Data Validation Automated Listing Forms
GS1 Canada s Item Certification ECCnet Item Certification The Nutritional & Ingredient Site
ECCnet Item Certification Background
ECCnet Item Certification Background Address the increasing demands for accurate, brandvalidated product data Central source of nutritional data to enable one-to-many sharing of information Collaborative, industry-driven process to drive supplychain efficiencies Based on GS1 global standards and existing Industry protocols
Background The Item Level Nutrition initiative is to provide Brand Owner validated product nutrition information for protecting brand integrity and ensuring consumer trust Implementation Phases: o Phase 1 B2B exchange of data o Phase 2 Publish data to third party providers (i.e.: Canadian Celiac Assoc, Heart & Stroke) o Phase 3 Global interoperability (Phases 2 and 3 require approval by the GS1 Canada Grocery Sector Board). Phase 1 was approved by GS1 Canada Grocery Sector Board in late 2011. Future phases TBD. ECCnet Item Certification system was launched in March 2013 and it is a centralized industry solution for Brand Owners to validate product nutrition data
Current Activities Adoption Rate: o Total Captured 33,000 (Approx) o Total Certified 20,000 (Approx) o 535 members have subscribed o Retailers have integrated or are in progress of integrating to receive Certified nutrition data Industry Protocol: o Approved by Associations and GS1 Grocery Sector Board Sub-Committee to support the implementation of ECCnet Item Certification
ECCnet Item Certification Process Brand Owner GS1 Canada Brand Owner (Certify) Trading Partner 1 2 Subscribe to ECCnet Registry Subscribe to ECCnet Item Certification and assign user roles Prepare New or Updated existing Products 3 4 Image & Validation Service Load into ECCnet Registry and Publish 5 Certify Product Data and Images Validate Approver Verifier 6 Certified data flows to trading partners End
Loading via: Image & Validation option Loading via the ECCnet Imaging and Validation Services or directly via the ECCnet Product Registry.
How does this help your On-Line Presence Drives consumers to you website by ensuring product data accuracy Increases consumer confidence in your information Ensures the product data is accurate & correct the first time Populates your mobile presence or application with correct information Reduces potential liability with the correct information
GS1 Canada s Image & Validation ECCNet I&V Best in Class Imaging Service
ECCnet I&V today ECCnet I&V is responsible for and is the only shared Canadian image service that maintains a database of up-to-date product images and dimensions: 100,000+ products in the Planogram image and dimensions database 500,000+ products in the Marketing images database Over 2,300 vendors actively participating
I&V Marketing Images users Participating retailers/distributors include (alphabetical order): Buy-Low Foods Inc. Canadian Tire (food div.) Coleman s Foods Katz Group North West Company Peoples Drug Mart Pharmasave Sobeys Inc. Wallace & Carey Canada Safeway Limited Co-op Atlantic Federated Coop Loblaw Companies Limited Overwaitea Food Group Pharma-Choice Shoppers Drug Mart Value Drug Mart Wal-Mart Canada
Retailers ECCnet I&V Some Supporters Include: Vendors
ECCNet I&V Uses Flyer Imaging Planogramming On-Line Marketing & Sales Mobile Applications In-Store Promotions
Best in Class Imaging Services Flyer Process for Marketing Images 3 Front, Left, and Right Views
Planogram Images Plus Third Party Dimension & Validation
Best in Class Imaging Services Advertising, Web, & Planogram Imaging Process 1. Identify Products to be Advertised 5. Images are provided via ftp or Item Centre for Print, Web & Mobile 2. Submit list of required images to GS1 Canada 4. GS1 sources missing images for your Firm 3. GS1 provides images to your Firm
GS1 Canada s Product Recall Cloud Based Recall Application
GS1 Canada Product Recall Notification is delivered based on a one to many format; Increases efficiency and accuracy between the manufacturer and their trading partner community
GS1 Canada Product Recall BENEFITS Standardized form and process for Recalls Secure access rights and authenticated users Interface with ECCnet Registry Supports end-to-end audit trail Alignment to existing and future government legislation Based on global standards and built on a global platform Attributes identified by Canadian industry working group
For the Retailer/Distributor: GS1 Canada Product Recall SUBSCRIBER BENEFITS Ability to receive all industry recalls in a single standardized format Eliminate the need for time consuming follow-ups with suppliers Ability to integrate into existing legacy systems and forms Two-way messaging with suppliers Full document traceability For the Manufacturer: Removes trading partner proprietary forms Provides real time effectiveness reporting Standard form can be used in pdf format for non-subscribers Allows retailers/distributors to report on returned product Two-way messaging with retailers / distributors Full document traceability
Product Recall Grocery Sector Status Joint Retailer letter of support issued Feb 2012: Walmart, Metro, Longo s Safeway, Overwaitea Coop Atlantic Subscription process status: 1,412 + Vendors subscribed 300 + Vendors subscription pending Over 136 invited vendors
Questions?
Contact Details Gary J. Morris Director, Industry Relations T: 416.433.5831 F: 416.510.1916 E: gary.morris@gs1ca.org GS1 Canada 1500 Don Mills Road, Suite 800 Toronto, Ontario M3C 1V9 Helpdesk 1.800.567.7084 www.gs1ca.org