Global data sync programme doubles in size in one year
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GS1, the global supply chain standards organisation, says that its global registry has doubled in size in just one year to 2 million registered items.
The service, which contains every product within the global data synchronisation (GDS) process, is growing at three times the rate of earlier years, and the organisation puts that down to increasing adoption of the Global Data Synchronisation Network (GDSN).
“GS1 has delivered a system that has met the business requirements of its users and it is great to see the increase in item registration this past year,” says Milan Turk of Procter & Gamble, chairman of GS1 GDSN’s board of directors. “Achieving this usage milestone indicates that data synchronisation’s benefits are understood around the world and that the GDSN is enabling business users.”
He expects growth in adoption of GDSN to accelerate with the certification of six new data pools, including: GS1 Belgium and Luxembourg, GS1 China, GS1 Croatia, GS1 Greece, GS1 Hungary and GS1 Sweden.
Their certification was facilitated by interoperability and conformance testing firm Drummond Group, and it brings the total number of GDSN-certified data pools to 26, supporting data synchronisation in more than 50 countries worldwide.
“Certified data pools offer an access point and related services for companies to leverage the benefits of the GDSN and the GS1 global registry. Together we operate the GDSN, enabling companies to increase efficiency and lower supply chain costs through data synchronisation,” says Sally Herbert, president GS1 GDSN.
“Data synchronisation also drives the need for trading partners to focus on creating and maintaining reliable data, as well as shifting their business relationships to be more collaborative,” she adds.