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GS1 US Retail Grocery Initiative members provide technical and functional expertise to address key industry opportunities through the adoption and use of GS1 Standards. The Initiative’s workgroups bring targeted teams together to develop a variety of implementation tools, educational materials, and industry recommendations in support of the Initiative.
Choose what topic areas are of particular interest and importance to your organization:
All members of the initiative are encouraged to participate in our workgroups and may join at any time. Our current workgroups include:
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Joining a workgroup allows you can get involved, foster broad collaboration, and make a difference—no matter your focus or expertise. As a participant, help identify challenges, explore solutions, and create adoption plans for:
The Joint Product Information and Image Governance Workgroup provides guidance as to how product data and images for items sold in retail grocery and foodservice can be best used and shared between trading partners and transmitted through the Global Data Synchronization Network™ (GDSN®).
Develops and deploys industry-specific guidance and best practices for managing supply chain visibility and the key business processes—including inventory management, on-shelf availability, and recall readiness—that require enhanced transparency.
Evaluates new technologies and business practices for identifying gaps and opportunities where applying GS1 Standards can drive cost reductions and business growth.
Collaborates across the two distribution channels to define evolving data quality requirements and develop best practices to satisfy consumer as well as trading partner expectations for rich and accurate information.
With growing interest in the transformative promise of blockchain applications, it has become clear that focused use case discussions are needed to address the future of transparency and data sharing. This discussion group meets monthly to explore challenges and opportunities.
To learn more about the connected consumer, traceability or operational efficiencies, attend our next live webinars. To participate in any of these Workgroups, you will need to join the Initiative. To begin the process, please complete the application below. If your company is already a member of the GS1 US Retail Grocery Initiative, please contact us at retailgrocery@gs1us.org and we would be happy to help you get started. Apply to join the GS1 US Retail Grocery Initiative