Additional Resources

If you want to learn more about the Global Data Synchronization Network, about the global GS1 Organization and the standards and processes in item sync, you will find further information on the following websites and documents:

GS1 Global, GS1 Standards, General Information:
GS1 Global Website

Global Data Synchronization Network (GDSN), General Information
GS1-GDSN

GS1 GDSN® is the GS1 Global Data Synchronisation Network
Data Quality Framework

Global Standards Management Process (GSMP), GS1
GS1-GSMP

GS1 Standards Knowledge Center:
GS1 XML Business Message Standards

Overview of standards such as EDI, XML and AIDC:
Global Data Dictionary

GS1 Standards Knowledge Center:
Global Data Synchronisation Network (GDSN)

GS1 Standards Knowledge Center:
Global Product Classification (GPC)

GTIN Allocation Rules

GLN Allocation Rules

A GDSN report from the University of Sankt Gallen, 2007:
Global Data Synchronization - Current Status and Future Trends, a 2007 report from the University of St.Gallen

Item Synchronization report of Accenture, August 2006:
Synchronization - The Next Generation of Business Partnering, an August 2006 report from Accenture

Package Measurement Rules and Tolerances (orientation and measuring)
GDSN Package Measurement Rules 1.9.1

Package Measurement Implementation Guidelines
GDSN Package Measurement Rules

Trade Item Implementation Guidelines
GDSN Trade Item

GDSN report of Global Commerce Initiative and Cap Gemini, 2005:
Global Data Synchronization at Work in the Real World, a March 2005 report from GCI/Cap Gemini

Further information:

• GDSN - a Glossary of Terms
  

Contact:

W. Grant Kille
Director Global Standards

Phone:
+1 703 234 5132
gkille@sa2worldsync.com

Contact:

Björn Bayard
Executive Director

Phone:
+49 221 770 1790
bbayard@sa2worldsync.com