7th GS1 Bar Code System Workshop
22 November 2012 – This workshop on GS1 Barcode System is a half day event designed for current and new Registered User of GS1 Singapore and those who wants to improve their knowledge on barcode management and standards. This workshop was attended by 12 companies, comprising of different sectors.
Mr Johnny Ang, Assistant Director, GS1 Singapore shared with participants the importance and needs for using the GS1 Global Standards especially in food traceability and recall. GS1 Registered User can tap on the wealth of available GS1 technical reference documents and best practices to help them learn from other GS1 users in implementing GS1 systems in different industries. During the session, many case studies were shared and also provided the latest update on the on-going industries developments of standards around the world.
Ms Joy Lee, Senior Executive, GS1 Singapore focused on basic identification and numbering system of GS1. Emphasis was put on how poor quality barcode affected business and areas to take note when printing barcodes. This workshop also incorporates interactive discussions and hands-on exercise for participants to work on some scenario related to assigning/generating different type of barcodes for different uses to them have better understanding on the topic.
(Photo above) GS1 trainers engaged actively with participants during hands-on activities and discussion.
Some of the feedbacks from the participants:
“Simple and clear explanation on the basic identification and numbering system” by local Manufacturer
“Provides useful case studies which are highly applicable to real life situations” by ICT Provider
“Very detailed explanation covering on the bar code print quality (technical specifications)” by local Manufacturer
At the end of the workshop, participants have better understanding on what they need to know when implementing item numbering and barcodes onto their packaging and the important steps in ensuring only quality barcodes reach the market.
(Article posted by Andy Siow)
GS1 celebrating Year Anniversary
GS1 will be celebrating its 40th Year Anniversary from April 2013 onwards with a series exciting activities. This was announced during GS1 Asia Pacific (AP) Forum at Palawan, Puerto Princesa from 30 October to 1 November 2012. It was attended by 16 Asia Pacific Member Organisations (MOs) from Australia, China, Hong Kong, Macau, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. GS1 AP is an annual event whereby GS1 Head office from Belgium will update the MOs the coming year’s directions and MOs CEOs will table their feedbacks and concerns for their respective countries.
AP MOs also took this opportunity to share their projects with different countries MOs to explore joint initiatives. AP Forum allowed both new and existing MOs the opportunities to learn from each other experiences.
As this is an annual event, Singapore requested to host GS1 AP Forum for 2015 had been approved soon after New Zealand and Australia in 2013 and 2014 respectively. Planning for the hosting will begin from 2013 onwards.
(Clockwise from Top-Left: CEO’s and delegates from Asia Pacific countries. Mr. James See (Executive Director) and Mr. Johnny Ang (Assistant Director) of GS1 Singapore presenting a token to GS1 Philippines CEO, Mr. Jose A. Albert.
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On 5th November, GS1 Singapore welcomed GS1 Russian CEO Georgy Nasonov and Director, External Relations Grigory Slusarenko who visited GS1 Singapore after GS1 AP Forum before returning to Russian. GS1 Russian and Singapore will explore more joint collaboration between both countries to strength GS1 standards in both regions.
(Starting from Left: Mr. Georgy Nasonov and Mr. Grigory Slusarenko of GS1 Russian, Mr. James See (Executive Director) and Mr. Johnny Ang (Assistant Director) of GS1 Singapore)
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(Article posted by Andy Siow)
Seminar on Global Data Synchronisation Network (GDSN)
25 October 2012 – GDSN is the GS1 Global Data Synchronisation Network, which builds around the Global Registry, GDSN-Certified data pools, GS1 Data Quality Framework and GS1 Global Product Classification (GPC) to provide a powerful environment for secure and continuous synchronisation of accurate data.
At this seminar, we invited Mr Alan Hyler, Director, Program Management, GDSN and Mr Sean Lockhead, Director, GDSN &amamp;amp; GEPIR from GS1 Global Office who shared with us concept of GDSN and successful case studies around the world. This seminar was well attended by 19 companies comprises of retailers, manufacturers, ICT providers, healthcare authorities (SingHealth and HSA) and IDA.
Some of the areas where GDSN can help improve efficiency and productivity for organisations:
- Customs using product information to gain visibility of products moving across border to facilitate risk assessment processes.
- Healthcare authority to be able to access to suppliers’ medical products and devices information to enable them to manage data more efficiently.
- Retailers currently using traditional methods of collecting product data from suppliers involved a lot of data-entry into multiple platforms prone to errors. Having retailers and manufacturers on the same global catalogue will address the issue of managing product data and having it most up to date.
At the end of the session, participants had a better understanding how GDSN works and also serve as an opportunity to explore new ways of managing data.
For more information on GDSN, please contact Andy Siow at andysiow@gs1.org.sg
(Guest speakers above left to right) Mr Alan Hyler and Mr Sean Lockhead
(Photo bottom left) Mr Alan Hyler presenting to the participants about the technical aspect of GDSN.
Article posted by Andy Siow