Speaker
Anders GRANGARD
Description
GS1 is a not-for-profit organisation that develops global
standards for the unique identification of goods and
services with offices in 104 countries around the world. The
GS1 system consists of a set of complementary standards and
solutions that in combination allows for streamlined supply
and demand chain from manufacturer to end users. Physical
goods and products are marked with barcodes or RFID tags,
business information is exchanged using UN/EDIFACT or XML
based messaging standards and Internet based networks are
used for master data alignment and supply chain event
management.
The aim of this presentation is to describe these standards
and solutions as they are applied today as well as future
development. The focus will be on information sharing and
communication. This can then serve as a basis for a
discussion on whether Grid technology could be applicable
and, if so, what questions need to be resolved, such as
security, authentication, investments and migration path.