Fruits & Vegetables GS1 Standards Deployment in Europe Fruitlogistica 8th February 2013, Berlin.

Fruits & VegetablesGS1 Standards Deployment in Europe

Fruitlogistica

8th February 2013, Berlin

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Project Overview

• The Fruit & Vegetable sector has made a clear decision to adopt the GS1 Standards to improve the efficiency of the supply chain.

• The Fruit & Vegetable business is not a national, but a global business with suppliers from all parts of the world, which need to make efficient trade.

• There is a need to build a common European framework to ensure alignment in the implementation of GS1 Standards and avoid divergences in the deployment of the GS1 System:• Common European platform to gather and share European

requirements • One European voice in global standardisation and coordination.• Participation of industry (Producer, supplier, retailer) and

associations (GS1, Frug I Com, IFPS etc.).• Common implementation guidelines across Europe.


Scope of the project

Providing implementation guidelines according to European requirements/legislation and supporting implementation of the key stakeholders.

The main objective of the project 2013 will be:• Product identification• Master data alignment• Company and party identification


Benefits for stakeholders

• Facilitate cross-border trading by avoiding national solutions.

• Providing a unique solution with GS1 Global Standards will decrease the period and costs of implementation.

• Build a more efficient supply chain:• Category Management• Inventory accuracy• Perfect orders• Waste prevention


With the support of the industry

And many other stakeholders through local experts Groups: Netherlands, Germany, France, Spain, …

Contacts• Klaus Förderer – GS1 Germany• Pere Rosell – GS1 Spain• W www.gs1.eu

Fruits & Vegetables GS1 Standards Deployment in Europe Fruitlogistica 8th February 2013, Berlin.

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