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About ECCnet Data Excellence

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All of GS1 Canada’s ECCnet Industry Managed Solutions are powered by TrueSource™, GS1 Canada’s commitment to being the one source of truth for reliable and complete product data.

As a proven global leader in data excellence, this commitment is foundational to all of our industry solutions and drives the ongoing development of data excellence tools and processes, such as Dashboard, Content Certification, Data Quality Reports (GDRs) and Category Completion Audits.

With over 200,000 annual updates, the data in our ECCnet registry can be relied upon as the most reliable, perpetually cleansed and updated content available, enabling business leaders to rely on accurate and complete bilingual data to fuel their business processes, and helping to build trust along the value chain.

Different business processes require different levels of data quality, and industry provides this direction when new industry solutions are created.

The Impact of Poor Data Quality

Poor data quality can have a significant impact on your trading partner relationships and the business processes that rely on accurate and complete data.

Some of these impacts include:

  • Missed listings due to incomplete data
  • Loss of Revenue
  • Misinformed business decisions
  • Errors in product/mail deliveries
  • Inventory management issues
  • Low customer satisfaction and retention
  • Low productivity
  • Higher consumption of resources
  • Invalid reports

The 5 Levels of Data Quality

GS1 Canada Levels of Data Excellence

Ensuring the highest level of data quality required to meet your business process needs.

Level 5

UNKNOWN Source Data

Data and images whose source is unknown (e.g. crowdsourced). Cannot be authenticated.

Level 4

AUTHENTICATED Source Data

Data and images provided by a recognized source from a company with a valid GS1 Company Prefix. ECCnet New Item Setup data loaded through GDSN sits at this level.

Level 3

VALIDATED and Normalized Data

Data and images provided by an authenticated source governed by industry protocols to meet system validations and Canadian trading partner and regulatory requirements. ECCnet New Item Setup data is at this level if it has been loaded through ProSYNC.

Level 2

Third-Party VERIFIED Data

Data and images successfully audited and verified by a certified third party. All ECCnet Planogram, Marketing and Foodservice content in ECCnet Registry has been verified.

Level 1

Brand Owner CERTIFIED Data

Data and images certified as 100% accurate and complete by the brand owner, ensuring the highest level of data excellence. This highest level of certified data quality is available through our ECCnet eCommerce Content, ECCnet Nutritional Content, ECCnet Pharmaceutical Content and ECCnet Recall solutions.

Product Certification

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