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GS1 Standards

GS1 standards are the most widely used supply chain system of standards in the world, designed to enable efficient business communication between trading partners.

Standards provide a common global language that allow businesses to identify, capture, share and use key information about products, locations, assets and more. By enabling access to accurate, complete and robust data, GS1 Standards make it possible for the right product to be in the right place at the right time.

GS1 Standards recommended sequence of use is identify, capture, share and use.

Identify

GS1 Identification Keys enable organizations to identify products, services, locations and more across the supply chain efficiently.

Capture

GS1 Capture Standards enable organizations to carry critical data globally to improve supply chain efficiency.

Share

GS1 share standards include standards for master data, transactional data, physical event data and communication standards for sharing this information between applications and trading partners.

Use

With GS1 Standards, businesses can combine different GS1 standards to streamline business processes such as traceability, inventory management, product recalls and much more.

Standards in Action

GS1 Discovery App

Exploring how standards work in Consumer Packaged Goods and Foodservice.

What the GS1 Barcode Has Done For You

used the barcode to help make a difference in retail, online, food service and healthcare in our short animation.

Traceability

Apply the global framework for traceability solutions to your business.

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GS1 Standards Development

Get involved in solving industry-wide problems with standards.