Meet Our Trading Partner Roundtable Hosts
Collaborate face-to-face with trading partners to work through your supply chain challenges.
AmerisourceBergen
Tuesday, June 6, 9:35 AM-9:55 AM MT and 10:10 AM-10:30 AM MT
Join us to discuss the ability to utilize Global Data Synchronization NetworkTM (GDSN®) master data in the setup of Rx items.
Key business topics: How AmerisourceBergen Has Successfully Piloted Rx-Item Setup via 1WorldSync GDSN, What Data Elements Are Needed To Set Up an Rx Item via GDSN, Why Move Toward GDSN for Rx-Item Setups
Company participants: Tim Beck, Director, MFG Data Management Services; Mike Miller, Vice President, Manufacturing Data Management Services
ARCOP, Inc. (Arby's Supply Chain Co-op)
Tuesday, June 6, 9:35 AM-9:55 AM MT and 10:10 AM-10:30 AM MT
Learn how ARCOP (Arby’s Supply Chain Co-op) has built the GS1 tracking and traceability program for the Arby's supply chain. We will discuss strategy, implementation of GS1-128 barcodes across our supply chain, key takeaways from our journey to compliance, and what's next as we all prepare for FSMA 204.
Key business topics: GS1 Standards, Data Quality, Journey to Compliance, Working Together To Prepare for FSMA 204
Company participants: Stacie Sanders, Senior Manager, GS1 & Redistribution; Tom Olson, Senior Director, Supply Management & Technology
The Axia Institute – Michigan State University
Wednesday, June 7, 9:00 AM-9:20 AM MT and 9:30 AM-9:50 AM MT
Join me to discuss the application of GS1 RAIN RFID for end-to-end pharmaceutical traceability.
Key business topics: The Workflow at Each Segment of the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain for the Implementation of RFID, RFID ROI That Mitigates the Ongoing Costs of the RFID Tags, The Technical Feasibility of RFID Compared to the Barcode for Traceability
Company participant: Bahar Aliakbarian, R&D Director - Professor
CKE Restaurants, Inc.
Wednesday, June 7, 9:30 AM-9:50 AM MT
CKE Restaurants would like to meet with trading partners to discuss their current and future GS1-128 barcode traceability capabilities. CKE is also interested in recent advances in RFID technology.
Key business topics: Traceability Implementation Costs, RFID Implementation & Capabilities, EPCIS
Company participant: Ann Kistler, Senior QA Manager
The Coca-Cola Company
Tuesday, June 6, 9:35 AM-9:55 AM MT
Wednesday, June 7, 9:00 AM-9:20 AM MT
Come join us and learn how to receive verified Coca-Cola Company product content data through your GDSN data pool provider. Reduce your setup time, improve your data accuracy, and ultimately increase your speed to market. Our product master data experts will be on hand to answer your questions.
Key business topics: Data Request Guide, Product Images, Verified by GS1, Key Contacts
Company participants: Xavier Garanzuay, Director, Data Governance, Industry, and Regulatory; Crystal Castellanos, Senior Mgr. Master Data Operations, Supply Chain
Dillard's
Tuesday, June 6, 9:35 AM-9:55 AM MT and 10:10 AM-10:30 AM MT
Wednesday, June 7, 9:00 AM-9:20 AM MT and 9:30 AM-9:50 AM MT
Dillard's is excited to meet with our vendors and third-party providers to discuss how we are using RFID today and how the 2D barcode will complement this technology to enhance our supply chain and store experience.
Key business topics: RFID, 2D Barcodes, Future Initiatives
Company participants: Anita Spence, Director, Vendor Relations; Chuck Lasley, Director, Application Development; Rachel Angell, Vendor Support Analyst
Dot Foods
Tuesday, June 6, 9:35 AM-9:55 AM MT and 10:10 AM-10:30 AM MT
Wednesday, June 7, 9:00 AM-9:20 AM MT and 9:30 AM-9:50 AM MT
Please join Dot Foods at our roundtable. We will have experts from our Master Data and Data Accuracy teams on hand to discuss and answer questions. We look forward to meeting with you!
Key business topics: Master Data, Images, Data Quality, E-Commerce, Scorecards
Company participants: Matt Wand, Senior Data Accuracy Analyst; Shane Terwelp, Master Data Analyst, Liz Niewohner, EDI Analyst
Georgia-Pacific Corporation
Wednesday, June 7, 9:30 AM-9:50 AM MT
Join Georgia-Pacific to learn about the value of Global Location Numbers (GLNs) and our initiative to move to electronic ordering.
Georgia-Pacific has seen the following benefits through the use of GLNs:
- Customer satisfaction. Georgia-Pacific believes in “meeting its customers where they are” when it comes to technology and was ideally situated to help its customers meet traceability objectives using GS1 Standards.
- Efficiency. Georgia-Pacific made the decision to use GLNs internally as the preferred location identifier for the efficient transaction of traceability information. Combined with the Global Trade Item Number® (GTIN®), a complete “what and where” can be communicated on widely accepted electronic channels.
- Future-proof. As more and more trading partners adopt GS1 Standards, Georgia-Pacific offers a richer set of standards-based solutions to reciprocally optimize operations more seamlessly.
- Scalability. By adding GS1 GLNs to its mix of identifiers, Georgia-Pacific has expanded beyond legacy systems to assign location information that allows for operations to scale with other GS1 Standards used throughout the worldwide supply chain.
Key business topics: Data Governance Model, Best Practices on the Use of GLN/GTIN, Best Practices on the Use of Electronic Orders
Company participants: Lindsay Savage, Sr. Director Data Governance & Business Platforms; Ardetha Bradley, Sr. Manager Digital Ops & Enablement
Gordon Food Service
Tuesday, June 6, 9:35 AM-9:55 AM MT
Wednesday, June 7, 9:00 AM-9:20 AM MT
Gordon Food Service is fully engaged with GDSN and invites vendor partners to learn more about how we use their data, what to expect, and why it's become more important than ever to publish via GDSN. Realizing that accurate and complete product information is vital to a great customer experience, we actively integrate GDSN-supplied content throughout our systems to our end-user customers.
Key business topics: GDSN-Integrated New-Item Sourcing and Setup, Item Synchronization, Accuracy and Completeness, Supplier Scorecards, Images
Company participants: Chad Metz, Senior Master Data Analyst; Sorangel Salcedo, Administrator, Supplier Portal & GDSN
Independent Purchasing Cooperative, Inc. (IPC)/Subway
Tuesday, June 6, 10:10 AM-10:30 AM MT
Wednesday, June 7, 9:30 AM-9:50 AM MT
Please join Subway/IPC at our roundtable. We will have experts from our Master Data and Data Accuracy teams on hand to discuss and answer questions. We look forward to meeting with you!
Key business topics: GDSN Data Quality, GS1-128 Barcodes, 2D Barcodes Vision, FSMA 204 Rule, RFID
Company participants: Rick Buttner, Senior Director; Priyanka Jindal, Senior Program Manager; Catalina Real, Project Manager
Kellogg Company
Tuesday, June 6, 9:35 AM-9:55 AM MT
Wednesday, June 7, 9:00 AM-9:20 AM MT
Come join us and learn how to receive or optimize Kellogg Company product content data through your GDSN data pool provider. Reduce your setup time, improve your data accuracy, and ultimately increase your speed to market. Our product data experts will be on hand to answer your questions.
Key business topics: Data Syndication, Data Quality, Verified by GS1, the Spin of Kellogg Company Into Two Separate Companies
Company participants: Shanan Walker, Senior Analyst, Data Operations; Tracie Vroman, Senior Analyst, Data Operations; Stacy Donnenwerth, Director, IT Data Governance & Operations
McDonald's Corporation
Tuesday, June 6, 9:35 AM-9:55 AM MT and 10:10 AM-10:30 AM MT
With the world getting faster and more digital-and disruptions happening all the time-the supply chain needs to keep up. McDonald's is addressing this head on and, if the food industry does this consistently, we can collectively help transform traceability and sustainability. Let's connect!
Key business topics: Supply Chain Transformation, Order and network optimization, Supply Chain Visibility, Inventory Management, Traceability, Cold Chain
Company participant: Sue Fangmann, US Supply Chain Services Director
McLane Company
Tuesday, June 6, 9:35 AM-9:55 AM MT and 10:10 AM-10:30 AM MT
Wednesday, June 7, 9:00 AM-9:20 AM MT and 9:30 AM-9:50 AM MT
McLane Company would like to meet with all trading partners to discuss any topic that can mutually benefit all companies.
Key business topics: Data Accuracy, Global Data Synchronization, Proper Barcode Usage, EDI
Company participant: Beckey James, EC Manager
Performance Food Group
Tuesday, June 6, 9:35 AM-9:55 AM MT and 10:10 AM-10:30 AM MT
Wednesday, June 7, 9:00 AM-9:20 AM MT and 9:30 AM-9:50 AM MT
Join PFG's data team to discuss our data initiatives and how we can work together to meet our customers' data needs.
Key business topics: Image Quality and Accuracy, Data Publication Requirements, Scorecards, ESG Data Requirements
Company participants: Brad Best, VP, Data Solutions and Process Automation; Brett Streeter, Senior Manager, Data Stewardship; April Moots, Manager, Product Content
Procter & Gamble
Tuesday, June 6, 9:35 AM-9:55 AM MT and 10:10 AM-10:30 AM MT
Wednesday, June 7, 9:00 AM-9:20 AM MT and 9:30 AM-9:50 AM MT
P&G envisions a world where holistic product master data, inclusive of item setup, digital content, and maintenance, can be exchanged seamlessly between retailers and vendors. We would like to engage in this dialogue with you.
Key business topics:
- Better understand retailers’ vision for holistic product master data, inclusive of item setup, digital content, and maintenance, and share upcoming changes related to these processes
- Understand current new-item setup process pain points–what’s working/what’s not working
- Reduce repetitive data setup (entering data multiple times across numerous retailer internal systems). Is your retailer ready for this?
- Enable efficiencies for retailers to improve data quality and timeliness
- Understand which suppliers, from retailer POV, have best-in class technology/processes
Company participants: Hien Ronas, Senior Director Trade Standards/Selling, Procter & Gamble North America; Pam Klein, Trade Standards Director, Procter & Gamble North America
Sam's Club, A Division of Walmart Inc.
Tuesday, June 6, 9:35 AM-9:55 AM MT and 10:10 AM-10:30 AM MT
Wednesday, June 7, 9:00 AM-9:20 AM MT and 9:30 AM-9:50 AM MT
Join us for an update on our transition to our new item management system, Item Data Management (IDM). You’ll get an update on our transition progress, attribution spec requirements, and what is expected of you in item management, GDSN adoption, and GS1 Standards.
Key business topics: Item Data Management (IDM), Supplier Expectations for Onboarding & Enrichment, New Item Onboarding Process, Attribute Requirements, GDSN Integration/Adoption, GS1 Standards
Company participants: Cherise Allison, Senior Manager, Item Management Systems; Sonya Thomas, Senior Manager, Data Stewardship – Item Master Data
Sodexo
Tuesday, June 6, 9:35 AM-9:55 AM MT and 10:10 AM-10:30 AM MT
Sodexo would like to meet trading partners to discuss how to achieve data quality through master data principles, leveraging GS1 Standards, including GDSN, and also discuss preparedness for FSMA 204 regulations.
Key business topics: Master Data Management, GDSN, FSMA 204
Company participant: Eddie Phillips, VP Supply, Data & Business Transformation
Taco John's International
Wednesday, June 7, 9:00 AM-9:20 AM MT
Are you in the process of establishing your company's standards? Are you working on traceability but questioning if you are on the correct path? Would you like to know what technology other restaurants are using to leverage their resources? Look no further!
This roundtable is a follow-up from Taco John's presentation "Applying GS1 Standards for Tech-Enabled Traceability." This roundtable will serve as a free environment for restaurant chain companies to discuss the following:
- Vision and progress
- Best practices learned during our traceability journey
- Technologies used within the industry
- Precise product traceability by applying GS1 Standards with conviction
Key business topics: Applying GS1 Standards for Tech-Enabled Traceability–After-sessions Roundtable
Company participant: Brando Tijerina
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Tuesday, June 6, 9:35 AM-9:55 AM MT and 10:10 AM-10:30 AM MT
Wednesday, June 7, 9:00 AM-9:20 AM MT and 9:30 AM-9:50 AM MT
Learn about the future plans the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has to incorporate GTINs and GDSN data into its risk assessment methodology to facilitate compliant trade at imports and improve the targeting of hazardous products.
Key business topics: Future Efforts to Access GDSN and Allow Importers to File GTINs in Lieu of Certificate Data, CPSC's eFiling Initiative for Certificate Data and Upcoming Beta Pilot, CPSC's Risk Assessment Methodology.
Company participants: Arthur Laciak, eFiling Program Specialist; John Blachère, International Trade Specialist; Brett Layton, IT Project Manager/PMO Lead
USDM Life Sciences
Tuesday, June 6, 10:10 AM-10:30 AM MT
Wednesday, June 7, 9:30 AM-9:50 AM MT
Learn how to meet your Global Unique Device Identification (UDI) Regulatory Requirements (U.S. FDA Global Unique Device Identification Database [GUDID]; European Database on Medical Devices [EUDAMED]; regulations in Saudi Arabia, China, Australia, etc.). Gain an understanding of the timing of regulations, attribute differences, and what you need to do to plan for success. Hear from those who wrote the regulations and have the experience.
Key business topics: Next Upcoming Mandatory Deadlines for Regulations Worldwide, Timing of Regulations, Attribute Differences, How To Succeed With a Global UDI Strategy
Company participant: Jay Crowley, VP, Medical Devices and UDI Practice Lead
US Foods
Tuesday, June 6, 10:10 AM-10:30 AM MT
Wednesday, June 7, 9:30 AM-9:50 AM MT
US Foods would like to meet with trading partners and answer any questions they have around the setup and maintenance of their items within the US Foods platform.
Key business topics: Master Product Data, Images, Scorecards
Company participants: Jocelyn Cahall, Manager, Product Data Strategy; Nicole Jones, PIM Business Analyst
Wakefern
Tuesday, June 6, 9:35-9:55 AM MT and 10:10-10:30 AM MT
Wednesday, June 7, 9:00-9:20 AM MT and 9:30-9:50 AM MT
Please join Wakefern Food Corp. to discuss how we can use GS1 Standards to improve the exchange of information, reduce new item setup time, and increase data quality. We will have experts on hand to answer your questions about Global Data Synchronization, EDI, and barcodes.
Key business topics: GDSN–Data Synchronization; Meeting Data Requirements to Ensure Data Quality, Accuracy and Completeness; EDI; FSMA 204; and barcodes
Company participants: Rebecca Nichols, Standards Architect; Jessica Hughes, Supervisor - Global Standards; Mike Durning, Manager - Digital Assets & Standards
Wegmans Food Markets
Tuesday, June 6, 9:35 AM-9:55 AM MT and 10:10-10:30 AM MT
Wegmans is excited to meet with our vendor partners to discuss data quality, current initiatives, and how we can partner together to reduce friction in the supply chain.
Key business topics: GDSN Item Synchronization, New Item Introduction, Accuracy and Completeness, Supplier Scorecards, Images
Company participants: Brian Becker, Master Data Manager; Cady McMaster, Master Data Coordinator
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