ECCnet New Item Setup

New Item Setup offers a range of attributes specific to your sector:

• Foodservice - 480 attributes
• General Merchandise and Hardlines - 456 attributes
• Grocery - 530 attributes
• Healthcare - 56 attributes
• Pharmacy - 198 attributes

ECCnet New Item Setup supports the following product categories:

To get started, you must first be a GS1 Canada subscriber
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If you are a Data Provider (Manufacturers, Brand Owners, Brokers and Distributors) get started with ECCnet New Item Setup by registering for ProSYNC.
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If you are a Data Recipient (Retailers, Foodservice Distributors and Operators, Healthcare Providers) get started with ECCnet New Item Setup by registering for Item Centre or ECCnet Content API. Learn more, or email or call us at 1.800.567.7084 to register.

To get started, you must first be a GS1 Canada subscriber
Subscribe to GS1 Canada Now

Already a subscriber?
Get started with ECCnet New Item Setup by registering for ProSYNC.
Register for ProSYNC Now

To get started, you must first be a GS1 Canada subscriber.
Subscribe to GS1 Canada Now

Already a subscriber?
Get started with ECCnet New Item Setup by registering for Item Centre. To do so you'll need to email or call us at 1.800.567-7084

Data Loading and Management Options

• A variety of options are available to meet your business needs for loading, managing, and sharing your product data. These options include ProSYNC and ProSYNC BD, developed in collaboration with Canadian industry to help meeting trading partner and regulatory requirements for attributes and data quality, as well as GDSN and EDI options.
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ProSYNC BD

Achieve a higher level of data quality with ProSYNC BD

ProSYNC BD is for brokers and distributors with annual revenues of more than CAD$5 million.

How to Register for ProSYNC BD

1. To get started, you must first be a GS1 Canada subscriber
   Subscribe to GS1 Canada Now
2. If you're already a GS1 Canada subscriber, talk to your account manager, contact us at 1.800.567.7084 or email info@gs1ca.org for more information on getting started.

Full View of Your Data Completeness Through TrueSource™ Dashboard

• TrueSource™ Dashboard is a value-added data excellence tool, providing visibility to the status of all your organization's product image and data content across all industry solutions in one place. This streamlined visibility helps identify data gaps, provides opportunities to address existing or new trading partner requirements, and enables you to manage your product catalogue to achieve 100% completion.
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Simplified Visibility to Data Gaps Across Trading Partners

• TrueSource™ Dashboard is a value-added data excellence tool, providing visibility to the status of all your organization's product image and data content across all industry solutions in one place. This streamlined visibility helps identify data gaps, provides opportunities to address existing or new trading partner requirements, and enables you to manage your product catalogue to achieve 100% completion.
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Data Excellence

• Product data loaded through ECCnet Registry, Canada's largest national bilingual product registry, is validated against industry-defined rules, helping ensure data quality and consistency across trading partners.
  
  The ability to perpetually cleanse and update your data also ensures your trading partners always have access to your most accurate and up-to-date product information.

Global Standard Data

• Mandatory, global-standard attributes directed by Canadian industry help ensure you're providing trading partners with the exact bilingual product data they need to successfully bring products to market and meet Canadian regulatory requirements.

One-to-Many Data Sharing

• Load your product data once and seamlessly share with multiple trading partners simultaneously from one centralized place for maximum efficiency, accuracy and consistency.

Data Excellence

• Product data loaded through ECCnet Registry, Canada's largest national bilingual product registry, is validated against industry-defined rules, helping ensure data quality and consistency across trading partners.
  
  The ability to perpetually cleanse and update your data also ensures your trading partners always have access to your most accurate and up-to-date product information.

Global Standard Data

• Mandatory, global-standard attributes directed by industry help ensure data providers are issuing the accurate and complete bilingual product data you require to manage your product listing processes.

Primary Source of Truth

• Quick and convenient access to accurate, complete, and bilingual product content for multiple brands and data providers from one central location saves time and resources required to request and manage product information from individual trading partners.

Trusted, Strategic Partner

• ECCnet New Item Setup was developed through industry direction to simplify the product listing process. Based on the needs of the Canadian market, mandatory product data helps eliminate confusion or uncertainty about what is needed to meet trading partner and regulatory requirements.