Big Data for All. Enabling e-commerce & Satisfying Customers. April 30, 2015

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April 30, 2015

“

Big Data for All

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www.gs1ca.org

Enabling e-Commerce &

Satisfying Customers

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The GS1

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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

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Overview

- GS1 Global

* 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

Countries with a GS1 Member Organization

Countries served on a direct basis from GS1 Global Office (Brussels)

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Who We Are:

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Canadian branch of global GS1 organization

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200+ employees working in three offices: Calgary, Toronto and Montreal

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Not-for-profit financial structure, funded through membership fees and based on cost recovery only

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Exclusive Canadian source for licensing of bar codes (UPC/SCC) and the (EPC) Electronic Product CodeTM

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.

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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)

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ECCnet

Registry

Data Flow

Internal Processes for product management Internal Processes for item creation

Distributor,

Operator or

Retailer

Supplier

Product Images Nutritional Information Marketing Information Core Product Information

ECCnet Registry

ECCnet ProSYNC® _{Item Centre}

Data Validation

Automated Listing Forms

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GS1 Canada’s

Item Certification

ECCnet Item Certification

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• Address the increasing demands for accurate,

brand-validated product data

• Central source of nutritional data to enable one-to-many

sharing of information

• Collaborative, industry-driven process to drive

supply-chain efficiencies

• Based on GS1 global standards and existing Industry

protocols

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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:

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Phase 1 – B2B exchange of data

o

Phase 2 – Publish data to third party providers

(i.e.: Canadian Celiac Assoc, Heart & Stroke)

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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

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Current Activities

• Adoption Rate:

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Total Captured – 33,000

(Approx)

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Total Certified – 20,000

(Approx)

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535 members have subscribed

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Retailers have integrated or are in progress of

integrating to receive Certified nutrition data

• Industry Protocol:

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Approved by Associations and GS1 Grocery

Sector Board Sub-Committee to support the

implementation of ECCnet Item Certification

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ECCnet Item Certification

Process

End Prepare New or Updated existing Products 2 Image & Validation Service 3

Load into ECCnet Registry and

Publish

4

Certify Product Data and Images 5

Certified data flows to trading

partners

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Brand Owner GS1 Canada Brand Owner

(Certify) Trading Partner

Subscribe to ECCnet Item Certification and assign user roles 1 Subscribe to ECCnet Registry •Validate •Approver •Verifier

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Loading via:

Image & Validation

option

• Loading via the ECCnet Imaging and Validation Services

or directly via the ECCnet Product Registry.

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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

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GS1 Canada’s

Image & Validation

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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:

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100,000+ products in the Planogram image and

dimensions database

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500,000+ products in the Marketing images database

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I&V Marketing

Images users

• Participating retailers/distributors include

(alphabetical order):

Buy-Low Foods Inc. Canada Safeway Limited

Canadian Tire (food div.) Co-op Atlantic

Coleman’s Foods Federated Coop

Katz Group Loblaw Companies Limited

North West Company Overwaitea Food Group

Peoples Drug Mart Pharma-Choice

Pharmasave Shoppers Drug Mart

Sobeys Inc. Value Drug Mart

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ECCnet I&V

Some

Supporters Include:

Vendors

Retailers

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ECCNet I&V

Uses

Flyer Imaging

Planogramming

On-Line Marketing & Sales

Mobile Applications

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Best in Class Imaging Services

Flyer Process for Marketing

Images

Front, Left, and Right Views

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Planogram

Images

Plus

Third Party Dimension & Validation

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Best in Class Imaging Services

Advertising, Web, & Planogram

Imaging Process

1. Identify Products to be Advertised 2. Submit list of required images to GS1 Canada 3. GS1 provides images to your Firm 4. GS1 sources missing images for your Firm 5. Images are

provided via ftp or Item Centre

for Print, Web & Mobile

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GS1 Canada’s

Product Recall

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• Notification is delivered based on a

one to many

format;

• Increases efficiency and accuracy between the

manufacturer and their trading partner community

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GS1 Canada

Product Recall

B

ENEFITS

• 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

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GS1 Canada

Product Recall

S

UBSCRIBER

B

ENEFITS

For the Retailer/Distributor:

• 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

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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

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Contact Details

Gary J. Morris

Director, Industry Relations

T: 416.433.5831

F: 416.510.1916

E: [email protected]

GS1 Canada

1500 Don Mills Road, Suite 800 Toronto, Ontario M3C 1V9

Helpdesk 1.800.567.7084