GS1 standards

Over 1 million companies globally use GS1 standards to increase their business efficiency

GS1 standards make it easy to do business globally using a unique set of identification numbers for products, companies, locations, services, assets, logistics units or customers at any point in the supply chain.

No matter where in the world a business is based or what language you use, trading partners can always understand one another using GS1 standards. The GS1 standards work for all industries, from food services and retail to healthcare and music, and can increase business efficiency by:

• reducing costs
• saving time
• preventing errors

This set of global standards: the GS1 System is founded on a common set of global identification numbers: GS1 Identification Keys. The four key areas of the GS1 System are:

	GS1 Bar Codes Global data and application standards for Bar codes that use the global GS1 Identification Keys to rapidly and accurately identify item, asset or location.
	GS1 eCom Global standards for Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) that allows companies to automate their entire order-to-cash process through the rapid, efficient and accurate automatic electronic transmission of business data between trading partners.
	GS1 EPCglobal GS1 EPCglobal standards enable globally unique identification numbers to be used for RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), with major benefits in the tracking and tracing of products, services and other items in supply chains.
	GS1 GDSN The Global Data Synchronisation Network (GDSN) is a system which lets trading partners consolidate, filter and share information globally product information in real-time.