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Introduction to the Local Community Network for Member Organizations

Introduction to the Local Community Network for Member Organizations. Think Globally! Act Locally!. Agenda. What is the Local Community Network (LCN)? The Value of LCN to Local Users Member Organizations (MOs) Global Standards Management Process (GSMP) How LCN Works Participants

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Introduction to the Local Community Network for Member Organizations

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  1. Introduction to the Local Community Network for Member Organizations Think Globally! Act Locally!

  2. Agenda • What is the Local Community Network (LCN)? • The Value of LCN to • Local Users • Member Organizations (MOs) • Global Standards Management Process (GSMP) • How LCN Works • Participants • Global Agendas Surveys • Other Useful Tools • How does an MO Get Involved? • Readiness Criteria • Joining LCN

  3. What is the LCN? … a way for local users to get involved in global standards development and … work on what’s important to their company (better ROI on company’s time) be a part of global decision making process represent specific Supply Chain expertise (Retailer, Supplier, etc.) protect legacy implementations built on existing standards

  4. What is the LCN? • … turns known barriers into opportunities … • Unequal access to GSMP • Language • Geography • Time Zone • Culture/MO perspective • Unknown local requirements/ impediments • Standards creation dominated by “Big companies” • Difficult for MOs to keep up… communicate uniformly

  5. The Value of LCN to Local Users MOs GSMP

  6. The Value of LCN • Global Enterprises Win • Get the Big Picture across geographies! • Small and Medium-sized Companies Win • Get to influence standards creation! • Member Organizations Win • Play a Key Role! • GSMP Wins • Gets Improved Standards Development!

  7. The Value of LCN to Local Users • An opportunity to • directly participate in the GSMP process in real-time • influence the outcome of issues relevant to them • be formally recognized for their participation • reduce the burden of participation for users who are interested but who are challenged by time and travel resources • receive an up-to-date summary of work-in-progress draft standards • give feedback to the Global Groups easily via the On-line Survey Feedback Form • if desired, get access to • Business Requirements Analysis Documents (BRAD) • Business Message Standards (BMS) • Technical Message Standards (TSD) through your LCN MO

  8. The Value of LCN to the MO • provides MO with opportunity to engage Small and Medium Enterprises • links core GS1 GSMP activity to their “Local User Group” • provides a real opportunity for communication • broadens MOs and GSMP collaboration • adds value to MO’s meetings with users • Organizes core work activity – 400 CRs yearly - into a manageable load • Fixed monthly forums with GSMP Staff to ask questions on complex work items

  9. The Value of LCN to GSMP • increases validity and correctness of standards • enhances the legitimacy of standards • helps Small and Medium Enterprises become involved in GSMP • helps GSMP understand and integrate local implications and issues into standards creation • grows GSMP user community • encourages participation from more business experts • brings immense opportunity to understand market conditions and implementation concerns

  10. How LCN Works Participants Global Agenda Survey Other Useful Tools

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  12. How Does LCN Work? Participants

  13. How Does LCN Work? Participants • MO LCN Liaisons • Structure and run their local community of users • work through the Global Agenda items with the LCN Users • LCN Members Representing User Companies • Participate in local meetings • Provide feedback via the Global Agenda Survey • Core Members • Engage in Standards Development • Request feedback from LCN Members • GSMP Process Group • Manages LCN • GSMP Staff • Supports LCN

  14. How Does LCN Work? Global Agenda Survey Votes Generates Core Requirements Providesinput Gives Feedback LCN to the standard • the global collaborative dialogue is aligned on one central agenda • the Global Agenda identifies key business issues • local users provide feedback on SPECIFIC business issues • LCN “validates” business requirements and work group outputs by weighing against global feedback • Updated monthly with active GSMP Change Request summaries and relevant review questions

  15. How Does LCN Work? More Useful Tools • LCN Community Room: • Membership lists – by MO • Orientation Folder • Welcome Letters • Link to the GSMP User Manual • Link to the LCN Webpages • Archived Survey Results • Archived Global Agendas • MO Folders – for use by individual MOs • LCN Web site • With public access to current Global Agenda and Survey results • LCN Sessions at GSMP events • LCN Buddies (contact information on LCN website)

  16. How Does an MO Get Involved? Readiness Criteria

  17. How Does an MO Get Involved? • An MO • decides to join the network starting the process • selects the LCN Liaison Staff • The LCN Liaison • is fully responsible for all interaction with their membership and fully supports the MO’s LCN Members • provides its members with an up-to-date summary of the work-in-progress of draft standards (Global Agenda) • ensures their Members give the BRGs and WGs feedback using the on-line survey feedback form

  18. How Does an MO Get Involved? Readiness Criteria • To become a member of LCN an MO must • be directly involved in GSMP • have strong GSMP and GS1 System knowledge • have access to GSMP BRADs, BMSs, TSDs • have strong business process expertise • have a community of engaged MO Users • have the ability to translate from English if necessary • follow a philosophy of collaboration between LCN Liaisons and LCN Members • devote sufficient resource time to execute the process and provide leadership to LCN members

  19. Joining LCN Start-Up Monthly

  20. Joining LCN Start-Up • The MO • provides GSMP Staff with LCN Liaison contact information • The LCN Liaison • determines how the local LCN should be established • ie. Level of activity, frequency, physical meetings • populates its local LCN with users • Submits the on-line form or spreadsheet member form to GSMP Staff • reviews the Global Agenda schedule and arranges LCN member meetings

  21. Joining LCN Monthly • The LCN Liaison • attends Global Agenda meetings • informs members on Global Agenda questions for resolution • informs members on core work activity using the Global Agenda • liaises with Business Requirements Groups and Work Groups when there are divergences in responses

  22. Joining LCN • For details go to GSMP User Manual: http://www.gs1.org/services/gsmp/support/user_manual.html • Contact: Melanie Kudela • LCN Buddy Contact: any LCN Liaison listed on the LCN website

  23. Contact Details GS1 Global Office Avenue Louise 326, bte 10 B-1050 Brussels, Belgium T + 32 2 788 78 00 W www.gs1.org

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