[Design and Technology] Has anyone heard of GS1 Standards?

[Tran, Lorraine I]

>From www.industrysearch.com.au <http://www.industrysearch.com.au/>
9/9/08:

Hardware retailers ask suppliers to use GS1 Standards

Australia's hardware retailers and buying group are calling on their
suppliers to join in a push for Supply Chain and eCommerce
implementations based on GS1 standards.

Australia's hardware retailers and buying group are calling on their
suppliers to join in a push for Supply Chain and eCommerce
implementations based on GS1 standards.

Chair of the newly formed Hardware GS1 Action Group (HGAG), Mitre 10
Information
Services Manager Andrew Price, said the Australasian hardware industry
had an opportunity to reap the benefits of the GS1 System already proven
by the grocery and other industries.

The GS1 Standards website is http://www.gs1au.org/products/gs1_system/

 

GS1 Standards can be used in any sector of industry at all levels of
manufacturing and distribution. In Australia, major system adopters
include the Health <http://www.gs1au.org/industry/healthcare/index.asp>
, Steel, Hardware <http://www.gs1au.org/industry/hardware.asp> ,
Electrical Appliances
<http://www.gs1au.org/industry/electrical_apps.asp> , Furniture, Meat
<http://www.gs1au.org/industry/meat.asp>  and Telecommunications
industries. The system is even used for fire brigades and electricity
generators. 

 

 

 

 

Lorraine Tran

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