Standards optimise business processes

Companies profit from uniform communication and process standards along the entire value chain

The central task of GS1 Germany is to automate data transfer and the movement of goods using standards and thus to make cross-company organisational processes more efficient. We have set ourselves the goal of establishing internationally uniform identification, communication and process standards on the German market. This is because the savings and sales potential for all the parties involved increase in proportion to the number of companies using the GS1 standards which are valid worldwide.

Complete solutions from a single source

GS1 Germany has geared its entire service offering to the requirements of the market and of the various industries. The product range of GS1 Germany is as varied as the requirements along the value chain and as varied as the opportunities we offer for you to obtain information on our standards, train yourself to use them and to put them into practice.  We work on new technologies and on the further development of standards and process recommendations, address the questions of individual industries together with representatives of these industries and help to introduce our standards in various companies. From the analysis of the initial situation to the development of strategies through to actual implementation in the companies. One of our basic principles is always to act in a neutral, independent manner.

Step by step to successful eBusiness

As new customer of GS1 complete you have the key in your hand, which allows you to enter the GS1 System  The individual components of the GS1 System build up on each other systematically like a “tool box” an can be combined according to requirements. Step by step companies can optimise their business processes on the basis of the GS1 standards. The basic tools include master data and the Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) for identifying products. This also permits processes which are downstream – such as orders, invoices and dispatch advices – to be converted to electronic data interchange and the EANCOM standards of GS1. With this basic equipment companies create the prerequisites for cooperative processes and the use of state-of-the-art technology such as EPC/RFID.