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This kick-off meeting introduces the GS1 organization and its mission to improve the supply and demand chain through global standards. The meeting will cover administrative topics, an overview of GS1 standards, analysis of the global healthcare situation, and a panel discussion on the usage and issues of EAN UCC standards in the pharmaceutical and medical device industry.
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Miodrag Mitic General Manager Business DevelopmentPrinceton 23 May 2005Kick-off Meeting HUG
Introduction to GS1 • Mission: • To lead the design and implementation of global standards to improve the supply and demand chain • Roles: • Develop global, open, multi-sectorial standards • Train and educate on the standards • Promote and help to implement standards, thus facilitating best business solutions • Ultimate Objective: • To be the number One Standards Organisation in the world for the management of supply and demand chains
GS1 • GS1 was formerly known as EAN International. • In 2002 the Uniform Code Council (UCC) and the Electronic Commerce Council of Canada (ECCC) became members of GS1.
GS1 World Map GS1 Member Organisations Membership allocated on a direct 101 MOs representing 1,000,000+ member companies in 155 countries company basis by GS1
GS1 is… • A “not-for-profit” organisation • Neutral from the business partners • User driven and user governed • Committed to serve all companies, both multinationals and SMEs • A platform for collaborative agreements between business partners
Ahold USA Cisco Systems Delhaize Group DHL Logistics Hewlett-Packard Johnson & Johnson JM Smucker Company Lowe’s Kraft Metro MIT Nestlé Procter & Gamble Reckitt Benckiser Royal Ahold Unilever US DoD Samsung Tesco Wal*Mart Stores Wal*Mart International Wegmans … Management Board (selection)
The GS1 global Healthcare User Group (HUG) is established as a voluntary global group of GS1 members and invited supply chain participants Minimum two meetings per year Scope to be defined during first meeting TOR
Work with key partners in the healthcare supply chain to develop and optimise the use of global standards. Facilitate awareness in the healthcare sector of new technologies and methods of doing e-business. Provide advice and recommendations on GS1 on issues and opportunities in the healthcare sector. Promote the implementation of GS1 voluntary, global business standards throughout the healthcare sector. TOR - Objectives
Agenda 23rd May 2005 13:00 PM Welcome from UCC Dennis Harrison, Acting UCC president for EAN.UCC and UCCnet 13:10 PM Opening Remarks Miodrag Mitic, General Manager Business Development, GS1 Head Office 13:20 PM Administrative Topics and Opening Issues §Agenda review §Anti trust statement §Self-introduction participants and expectations from HUG 13:45 PMEAN.UCC Standards – an overview John Roberts, Director Channel Management Uniform Code Council, Inc (soon to be GS1 US) 14:30 PM Analysis of the Global Situation in Healthcare Ulrike Kreysa, Business Development Project Manager, GS1 Head Office 15:00 PM Coffee break
Agenda 23rd May 2005 15:20 PM Usage and Issues of EAN.UCC standards presented by users from the Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Industry Synchronization of different Activities/Players as prerequisite & big first step to harmonized Product Identification Systems for the global HCB Alfons Rathmer, Manager Information Technology Health Care Business Europe & MENA, 3M Harmonized product bar codes - the big challenge !? Volker Zeinar, EAN-Coordinator world-wide, B.Braun Panel-discussion Pharmaceutical Industry Stephen Hess, Global Packaging Merck Rich Hollander, Global Packaging Pfizer 18:00 Wrap-up for the day 19:00 Networking-Dinner
Agenda 24th May 2005 9:00 AM Industry Issues and Challenges – Identification of the business process and related issues - prioritisation What are the issues on global and local level? What is missing in the standards? How can we improve them? Which are the hot topics? 12:00 AMLunch 1:00 PM Strategic direction for HUG 2:30 PM Evaluation and action points, Next steps 3:00 PM Closing of Meeting