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E1. Common Identification Standards

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Concepts	General Meaning	Nothing Planned	Plans agreed but have not yet started implementation	Pilot tests being conducted	Roll out of implementation started	Fully Implemented
GTIN at Consumer Unit Level	Use of Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) at the consumer item level including (1) the ability to store and process 14 digit numbers in your interface with your trading partners, (2) the ability of all point-of-sale systems in your company if you have them to scan EAN-13, UPC-A, UPC-E, and EAN-8 bar code symbols and (3) application of automatic data capture (ADC) for bar-coding scanning and/or RFID.	Not used or planned	Plans approved to develop capability to store and process all GTIN structures including GTIN-14, -13, -12, and -8 and ADC at the consumer unit level. [Retailers only: changes required to scan EAN-13, UPC-A, UPC-E and EAN-8 at point of sale are understood but not yet implemented.]	All GTIN structures including GTIN-14, -13, -12, and -8 and ADC are being incorporated for consumer unit. [Retailers only: point-of-sale systems are being implemented to scan and use EAN-13, UPC-A, UPC-E, and EAN-8 at the point of sale.]	All GTIN structures including GTIN-14, -13, -12, and -8 and ADC being used for consumer unit identification and for monitoring goods movements. [Retailers only: all point-of-sales systems can scan EAN-13, UPC-A, UPC-E, and EAN-8.] Maintenance system, including bar-coding quality assurance, is in place delivering high reliability. Being rolled out with key trading partners.	All GTIN structures including GTIN-14, -13, -12, and -8 and ADC used on all consumer units. [Retailers only: all point-of-sale systems can scan EAN-13, UPC-A, UPC-E, and EAN-8.] Formal maintenance procedure in place resulting in superior visibility of product allocation in the supply chain.
GTIN at Trade (Case,Carton) Unit Level	Use of GTIN-14, GTIN-13, and/or GTIN-12 formats of the Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) at the Trade Unit level (case, carton) and application of automatic data capture (ADC) for bar-coding scanning and/or RFID.	Not used or planned.	Plans approved to upgrade database to support all GTIN structures (GTIN-14, -13, -12)/ bar-coding standards and ADC at the trade unit level, but not yet implemented.	GTIN structures (GTIN-14, -13, -12)/bar-coding standards and ADC are being incorporated for Trade Unit identification either as a GTIN-14, -13, or -12 in a GS1 bar code or via internal systems linkage to a GTIN-13 or GTIN-12 in GS1 symbol on the item.	GTIN-14, -13, or -12 in a GS1 bar code and ADC are beginning to be implemented and used for trade unit identification and for monitoring goods movements. Maintenance system, including bar-coding quality assurance, is in place delivering high reliability. Being rolled out with key trading partners.	GTIN-14, -13, or -12 in a GS1 bar code and ADC used on all trade units (cases). Formal maintenance procedure in place resulting in superior visibility of product allocation in the supply chain.
Serial Shipping Container Code (SSCC)	Use of Serial Shipping Container Code, at the pallet / container level using the GS1 Company prefix as it’s base for unique identification on a global basis. Uses the GS1-128 bar code plus the Transport Label.	Not used or planned	Plans approved to use the GS1 Standard SSCC at the pallet / container level and ADC but not yet implemented.	Pilots being conducted using the GS1 Standard SSCC at the pallet / container level and ADC to track pallet movement through the supply chain.	Pallets / Containers are being coded with the GS1 Standard SSCC. ADC is being used to track movement through the Supply Chain.	Pallets / Containers are being coded with the GS1 Standard SSCC. ADC is being used to track movement through the Supply Chain. Formal maintenance procedure in place resulting in superior visibility of product allocation in the supply chain.
Global Location Number (GLN)	Use of GS1 Global Location Identification Number (GLN) to identify either physical or logical locations where Supply Chain events, transactions or hand-offs occur.	Not used or planned	Plans approved to use the GLN, but not yet implemented.	GLN use limited to some key locations (eg. head office) but not all. Plans developed to move to a structured implementation.	GLN used in all locations. Early implementation, exchanging location details with trading partners underway.	All locations using GLN. Full exchange of information with trading partners.
Electronic Product Code (EPC)	Use of the SGTIN (GTIN plus a Serial Number) or SSCC as a unique identification using EPC RFID tags the appropriate level (pallet, container, traded unit or consumer unit) for the industry segment.	Not used or planned	The company has started to explore the use of SGTIN or SSCC in EPC RFID and is developing the business case for their deployment.	Pilot tests on the use of SGTIN or SSCC using EPC RFID are being conducted internally.	Pilot tests on the use of SGTIN or SSCC in EPC RFID are being conducted with trading partner(s) and a roll-out plan for implementation is being developed, differentiated by pallet, container, traded unit and consumer unit.	Targeted implementation is completed.
Product Classification Standards	Use of the GS1 GPC (Global Product Classification) standards to classify and categorise products in the areas of forecasting, planning, searching, procurement, category management and global data synchronisation in the communication both internally within the organisations and between trading partners.	No plans to migrate the GS1 GPC	Plans to migrate the GS1 GPC to current internal product classification	Restructuring of at least one part of the internal classification system based on the GS1 GPC schema and identifying trading partners utilising the GS1 GPC to communicate product information based on the GS1 GPC schema	Using the GS1 GPC schema with at least 1 category, between at least 1 trading partner.	All product classification communicated with the trading partners is based on the GS1 GPC.

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