Pavan Heda
Vice President, Supply Chain Acceleration Programs, Johnson & Johnson
The Global Language of Business
Citrus fruit traceability in a snap…
Citrus growers in Australia are looking for new ways to protect their brand, engage with consumers wherever they are in the world and collaborate more efficiently with supply chain partners.
A project was introduced aiming to implement end-to-end traceability using 2D barcodes and GS1 Digital Link from an Australian packing house, through the supply chain, to consumers in Asia Pacific markets.
Better food safety and supply chain efficiency in Zhejiang Province, China
Authorities in Zhejiang Province, China wanted to help the province’s 125,000 food sector companies achieve better traceability to protect citizens, make more product information available to consumers and boost supply chain efficiencies.
Tens of thousands of Zhejiang food companies are already benefitting from more accurate traceability and more modernised processes; tens of millions of Zhejiang consumers now have faster, easier access to product information.
Working together on a single source to achieve reliable data for medical devices...
In the Netherlands, suppliers of medical devices and hospitals have joined together to try to standardise and automate the exchange of product information. A uniform dataset has been established in consultation with suppliers, healthcare institutions, and other stakeholders. It has been agreed that data on medical devices, including relevant certification documentation, will be shared through the Global Data Synchronisation Network (GDSN). Since February 2023, the dataset is fully integrated within the network and datamodel.
Optimising medicine management and reducing waste: a digitised approach for Dani...
The absence of a standardised tracking system in Central Denmark's hospitals had made it arduous for pharmacists to gain a comprehensive overview of medicine stock and identify packages approaching their expiration dates.
The manual nature of inventory management further compounded the challenge, leading to time-consuming and error-prone processes. Additionally, the fragmentation between departments and hospitals hindered the efficient sharing of medical resources.
To address these challenges, a specialised smartphone application was developed. This application leverages GS1 standards and smartphone camera capabilities to scan barcodes.
Top Greek yogurt brand sees GS1 GDSN as a key part of their digital transformati...
Market-leading yogurt company FAGE (pronounced: “FA-YEH!”) was one of the first businesses in Greece to join HellaSync, the GDSN-Certified Data Pool provided by GS1 Association Greece.
FAGE sees GS1 GDSN as a key part of their digital transformation. Using the Network has allowed them to deliver product data to their customers in just 20% of the time that they needed before. The company has also seen their internal operations and processes become faster and smoother. And GDSN has already allowed FAGE to penetrate new customers in Europe, as their product listings already met the high-quality digitised expectations of these customers. Going forward, FAGE intends to start adding to their GDSN listings information about packaging recyclability and sustainability.