Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
GS1 EPC &
Data Transparency Management
Douglas Hill
Chief Operating Officer
GS1 Denmark
IT University, Denmark
22nd May 2012
© 2011 GS1 Denmark
Slide stack contents
Psssst I have a secret
About GS1
GS1 standards
Managing (big) data with EPC
Conclusions
Questions
© 2011 GS1 Denmark
GS1 in a nutshell
GS1 is the most
widely used supply
chain standards
system in the world
• Known as the barcode people
• Formerly EAN, 2005 GS1
• Created 1977, GS1 not-for-profit organization
• We are a UN recognised NGO
• We are business partner neutral
• We are user-driven and user-governed
• We serve all companies, all sizes
• We have reach & traction
© 2011 GS1 Denmark
111 Member Organisations.
145 Countries served.
Local services, global reach.
Countries with a
GS1 Member
Organisation
Countries served on a
direct basis from GS1
Global Office (Brussels)
GS1 Member Organisations
© 2011 GS1 Denmark
Core Markets
Retail Consumer
Goods
Food &
Beverage
Healthcare
& Life
Sciences
Electronics
& High Tech Logistics &
Transport
© 2011 GS1 Denmark
GS1 liaisons and connections example in
healthcare
International
Organisation for
Standardization
European
Committee for
Standardization
Health Level 7
International
Society for Blood
Transfusion
International
Health
Terminology SDO
International Society
for Quality in
Healthcare
European
Association of
Hospital
Pharmacists
European
Association of
Medical Device
manufacturer
Clinical Data
Interchange Standards
Consortium
World Customs
Organization World Health
Organization
© 2011 GS1 Denmark
GS1 all about YOUR numbers
GS1 is the most
widely used supply
chain standards
system in the world
• 111 Offices globally & 145 countries
• 2,000 employees
• 2,000,000 user companies
• Active in over 25 sectors
• Globally, over 2 trillion transactions/year
‘Barcode reads’
© 2011 GS1 Denmark
GS1 philosophy
Global standards
for unique
identification
Global standards
for data carriers
Global standards
for electronic data
exchange
Identify > Capture > Share AND….. Manage business data
© 2011 GS1 Denmark
GS1 ID keys
GS1 Identification Keys
GTIN – Trade Item/product code
GLN – Global location number
SGTIN/SGLN – EPC serialised versions
GRAI – Returnable assets
GIAI – Assets
GSRN – Service relationship nr.
GDTI – Document id
SSCC – Logistics shipping code
© 2011 GS1 Denmark
3 major GS1 Identification Keys
13
E.G. Used on GS1 Logistics label •GS1 keys encoded into logistics labels
•As a barcode AND EPC number
© 2011 GS1 Denmark
Data carriers
At least 5 billion barcodes are
read every day, all over the
world
New “Young gun” in town = EPC
Wanted
Big reward $$
© 2011 GS1 Denmark
What is EPC?
EPC = Electronic product code
• A Nr used to identify an object INSTANCE
• Combines a silicon chip and an antenna
• EPC tag data is associated to other data
• GS1 keys can be applied in EPC format
© 2011 GS1 Denmark
EPC architecture – a suite of
standards to help you manage data
GS1 EPC
architecture:
Tags = ID
EPCIS = Hold info
F-ONS = Find EPCIS
Managing (big) data
with GS1 & EPC
Or…….”Managing data across
distributed networks where
value is added at the nodes!”
© 2011 GS1 Denmark
Growing data capture an issue?
GS1 is the most
widely used supply
chain standards
system in the world
• 111 Offices globally
• 2,000 employees
• 2,000,000 user companies
• Serve 145 countries
• Active in over 25 sectors
• 5 billion “beeps a day”
• Globally, over 2 trillion transactions/year
………the tip of the iceberg
© 2011 GS1 Denmark
Making data visible
Data, data, everywhere, and no products apparent,
Data, data, everywhere and none of it transparent!
Adapted by Hill from ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’, Coleridge, T. 1798
20
Data generation set to rise [at least] 40% per year*.
5 “Libraries of congress-worth” of data created by barcode reads per year#
*(McKinsey report, 2011)
#(Hill, 2012)
© 2011 GS1 Denmark
GS1 Today:
2 trillion
transactions/year
Transaction data
GS1 5 years:
11 trillion
transactions/year
Event driven data
© 2011 GS1 Denmark
Big data – what McKinsey say
“Leaders in every sector will have to grapple with the implications of big
data*, not just a few data-oriented managers.”
“Simply making big data more readily available to relevant stakeholders
in a timely manner can create tremendous value.”
McKinsey's Business Technology Office
*Big data – Large sets of captured data from enterprises and the Internet of Things
© 2011 GS1 Denmark
The trick is…connecting data!
• Digital data (to track products through the networks)
• Physical data (to identify products on the ground/sea)
23
Need to aggregate and filter big data across the supply
chain to create knowledge – we do this through EPC
standards
© 2011 GS1 Denmark
How GS1 EPC helps manage data
EPC provides a common
framework of specifications
(F)ONS, Object name service Find other dbs that hold info on EPC
The EPCIS – information services Where the ‘real’ data resides
© 2011 GS1 Denmark
EPC framework
Search and
Discovery
GEN 2
Tag
Security Specifications
EPCIS protocols Tag Data Standards
© 2011 GS1 Denmark
WHY
•Business Step (e.g., packing)
•Status (e.g., sold)
WHAT
individual asset instances
(e.g. SGTIN, SSCC, GRAI...)
WHERE
•Read Point (GLN)
•Business Location (GLN)
WHEN
Timestamp of this event
...recorded as an EPCIS Event using GS1 keys for object & location
The EPCIS – information service.
© 2011 GS1 Denmark
Standardised track and trace queries
© 2011 GS1 Denmark
EPCIS . . .
is not an application, but rather a GS1 EPC Standard
defines interfaces for the capture and query of data
can be integrated into ERP / tracking & tracing applications
augments rather than supplants traditional EDI
requires serialised identification objects!
does not require RFID
can be used with GS1 bar-coded objects
Clearing up some misconceptions on EPCIS
© 2011 GS1 Denmark
GS1 EPC/RFID rolled out . . .
29
Retail & Consumer Goods
• Inventory management in Apparel & CPG
• Anti-counterfeiting for luxury goods
• Traceability of fresh foods and livestock
Transport & Logistics
• Shipment tracking in cross-border
• Asset visibility in the rail network
• Letter/parcel tracking in the international postal system
• Warehouse management for T&L operators
Aerospace & Defense
Parts tracking
Baggage handling
© 2011 GS1 Denmark
Benefits of EPC Technology
For end users
• Globally MAINTAINED and
rolled-out standards
• One architecture for all GS1
keys
• Cross sector applicability
• No development costs
For software houses
• EPC certification available
to software houses
• GS1 partner programs
available
• Global standards with global
applicability
© 2011 GS1 Denmark
Final thoughts
‘Big data’ is coming
Think about GS1 EPC standards as a solution
The GS1 keys are the basis for data management
To manage different types of data (assets, Item, Logs)
To manage data across extended supply chains
The EPC technology is available now
The standards are free
The challenge is in the sharing not the technology
© 2011 GS1 Denmark
33
See you at the GS1 stand!
..... And how many ties?
Douglas Hill
Chief Operating Officer
GS1 Denmark
Vesterbrogade 149
1620 København V
T + 45 39 27 85 27
W www.gs1.dk
© 2011 GS1 Denmark
The EPC (F)ONS EPCIS network
© 2011 GS1 Denmark
EPCIS query of supply chain events
Query
&
Response
Query
&
Response
Query
&
Response
Query
&
Response
EPCIS query
pharmaceutical
plant logistics
provider
pharmacy •customs
•regulatory
•consumers
“Where are the drugs we ordered?”
“Which serialised blister packs were produced on line 33F in week 37?”
“Who had custody of these articles at any given point?”
“What has been commissioned and is waiting for us to pick up?”
© 2011 GS1 Denmark
GS1 EPC/RFID
Helps companies track their products and
assets more effectively through the whole
supply chain
Information about the product is stored on a
EPC/RFID tag on the item and transmitted
through radio-waves – so you can read it
even if the product is moving fast or if you
cannot directly see it
Global standards for RFID-based identification Immediate automatic identification and tracking of an item or asset
© 2011 GS1 Denmark
GS1 EPC Information Service
(GS1 EPCIS)
Helps organisations share data about the
location of products or assets within their
company and across multiple stakeholders
Provides end-to-end supply chain visibility
by answering questions such as What
product was Where, When it was there and
Why it was there (physical events data)
A service that works with barcodes and
EPC/RFID, in supplement to existing
enterprise systems
Global standard for sharing physical event data Real-time information on the movements of products in the supply chain
© 2011 GS1 Denmark
How GS1’s EAN-13 GTIN maps
into an EPC 96 bit SGTIN
© 2011 GS1 Denmark
Example business application EPCIS
Several identification
types could be read by
the same equipment:
a) Item
b) Rtn asset
c) Fixed asset
d) Service relation
e) Document
