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| Invitation to 2011 General Assembly of GS1 Romania (15.11.2011) ( 31 October 2011 ) | |||
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Dear Mrs / Dear Mr General Manager,
We kindly inform you you that on 15th November 2011 will take place the General Assembly of GS1 Romania Association, which your company is member of. The meeting is scheduled at 10.00 at ROMEXPO, B-dul Marasti Nr. 65-67, Sector 1, Bucuresti - Conference room MADGEARU. The topic is as follows: 1. Presentation of GS1 and CS-EAN 2011 Annual Report; 2. Approval of BVC 2012; 3. Level of adhesion and licence taxes for 2012; 4. Presentation of projects: eInvoice, GDSN data syncronization, GEPIR, traceability; 5. Misc. If, after the arrival of the delegates, the General Assembly is not statutory established, it will be resummoned on 15.11.2011, at 12:00 when, according to the Statute, the decisions will be taken with the vote of half plus one of the people present. Please be so kind to attend the meeting, yourself or a representative empowered by the board of the company. We are waiting for your confirmation at fax 021 317 80 33 or e-mail office@gs1.ro Best regards, President of GS1 ROMANIA Ciprian Iosep |
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| 10.10.2011 - We just lauched the free online GS1 eLEARN trainings! ( 10 October 2011 ) | |||
| Starting October 2011, GS1 Romania is launching the free online GS1 eLEARN trainings http://learn.gs1.org/Default.aspx?Language=Romanian, in order to help the members that cannot participate at the trainings held at our headquarters. | |||
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| 05.07.2011 - Specifications concerning the access to the online services of GS1 Romania ( 05 July 2011 ) | |||
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Bucharest’s City Hall has deallocated, in the last days, the aerial cables from the center of the city, belonging to telecommunication operators, among which many internet providers, in order to move the infrastructure to the underground network Netcity.
In order to prevent the situations in which the Internet connection is temporary down on certain networks, regardless of the cause of the incident, GS1 Romania has 3 simultaneous optic fibre outputs, each ensured by a different Internet provider. In spite of this, due to the big number of Internet links between providers that were physically cut in a very short amount of time by Bucharest’s City Hall, and although the presence of GS1 Romania in the virtual space was uninterrupted, starting with 05.07.2011 many GS1 members found themselves unable to access our online services, because the outside access towards our websites was highly limited. We hope that the situation created by the City Hall will be fixed soon and that the physical Internet links that were interrupted will be repaired, so that the online services of GS1 Romania can be accessed again by all the members, regardless of their Internet provider. |
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| Searching barcodes on mobile phones is now available! ( 27 September 2010 ) | |||
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CODALOC (http://codaloc.gs1.ro) - the online barcodes allocation tool - which has been added a new function: to each barcode there can be associated an Internet link to:
* the product itself, containing information that doesn't fit on the label, * promotions, * the company. The Internet link can be added accessing CODALOC, Product List menu, click on Product Description and type the Product Internet Link. This new function, together with the new mobile GEPIR application (www.coduridebareonline.ro or m.coduridebareonline.ro) - which actually is a webpage, with the advantage of opening it with any mobile phone connected to the Internet - can become a powerful marketing tool for the companies which implemented or intend to implement mobile marketing as a part of their market strategy. By typing the 13 numbers of the product barcode, the application brings information from the GS1 Global Electronic Party Information Registry (GEPIR) about: * Product: - GTIN - Brand Name - Item Name - Information Provider GLN - Net Content - Last Change Date Time - Internet Link * Manufacturer: - GLN - Information Provider GLN - Last Change Date Time - GCP - Party Name - Street Address - Postal Code - City - Country ISO Code - Contact Name - Communication Channel: E-mail, Telefax, Telephone In case of promotions, a special function can be activated on request: when searching a barcode - the direct Internet link of the promotion will be displayed, instead of the information from the GEPIR. Check the test code with Internet link at www.coduridebareonline.ro: 5940010700185 |
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| Update GEPIR ( 09 July 2010 ) | |||
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Starting with 09.07.2010, the GEPIR Global Catalog provides a search for Romanian SSCCs - option Search by Container Code (SSCC).
We remind you that GS1 logistic tags can be generated online at www.csean.ro, using your username and password from the GS1 Romania contract. GEPIR's classic function - Search by Barcode (GTIN) - will be upgraded by the end of this year, we hope, by the adding of a new facility (link to the internet page of the product/producing company). |
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| A new GS1 Standard for Product Identification - fundamental for the safety of pacients and for upgrading the healthcare distribution chains ( 26 January 2010 ) | |||
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The standard ensures the efficient harmonization of the systems for bar-codes, the RFID and for traceability in healthcare, at an international level.
GS1 Healthcare, the global group of users in healthcare, created based on volunteer work, announced in Bruxelles, the publication of the GS1 Standard for Automated Identification and Data Capture – AIDC for medical products. This volunteer standard assures the various healthcare actors a common set of data and data carriers for medical products, including specific indications regarding the selection and utilization of: - The most appropriate product identification keys; - Extra data about the product and its manufacture, meaning the lot number, the expiration date, the serial number (when needed); Data carriers, including: linear or bidimensional bar-codes or identification tags through radio-frequency (Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). “The large scale implementation of the systems for for Automated Identification and Data Capture in healthcare will upgrade the safety of patients by reducing errors of administrating the medicine, by creating conditions for a more efficient withdrawal from the market of unapropriate products and by a more effective rapportation of the events that imply side-effects of utilization.”, declared Mike Wallace, Director of Global Standards and Serialization at the Abbot Laboratories and Co-President of GS1 Healthcare, “The present standard will help eliminate the inefficiencies on the distribution chains, allowing the various actors involved to upgrade and integrate their processes.” “The implementation of this standard will assure the unambiguous identification of medical products by any participant in the foreign distribution chains”, declared Joe Pleasant, Chief Information Officer la Premier, Inc. and member of the Global Leadership Team of GS1 Healthcare, “Healthcare must make the most of the technological advances, in order to create more efficient distribution chains, bringing us a step closer to other models of distribution chains from other industries.” “We need a global vision: Healthcare is a global industry where partners from the distribution chains exchange goods and information. The non-standard demands, specific per country have a major impact on the type of products and on the management of distribution chains”, declared Volker Zeinar, Global Coordination Auto-ID Affairs la B Braun and member of the Global Leadership Team of GS1 Healthcare, “The global standards are key factors for success in everything that is related to the upgrade of processes for providers. ” “Many countries readjusted the identification systems domain for products in order to register the medical products and to compensate the costs,” declared Ulrike Kreysa, Healthcare Director at GS1 Global Office, “In spite of this, the utilization of these numbers for managing the distribution chains is inefficient. A GS1 Identification Key can be mapped over a national number, from a national database, by the owner of the label. Over 65 countries accept, at this moment, the GS1 Identification Keys for medical products.” The GS1 Standards assure the interoperability and compatibility and allow the partners to respect several requirements concerning identification, traceability and the cataloging and certification of the product. Various international authorities already created, or are creating a settlement of the automated identification, the serialization or the traceability systems in healthcare, in order to upgrade patient safety. Here we include The European Committee, Food and Drug Administration from the United States, ANVISA (National Health Surveillance Agency), and the Healthcare Ministry in Turkey and India. “This standard assures a global view, considering all the specific requirements of medical products.”, Mrs. Kreysa concluded. Through this global standard, GS1 accomplished several important developments, including: - Recognizing the value of the bidimensional GS1 DataMatrix bar-code, which fulfills the specific requirements of healthcare distribution chains, including the need to encode more fixed and variable information, and the need to use a bar-code which covers only a small part of the packaging, but also the need to directly mark some parts (surgical instruments for example). This type of bar-code will be used in pharmacies and hospitals. - The confirmation of the fact that the identification through GTIN-14 (Global Trade Item Number on 14 digits) will be used in non-retails applications. For more information about the impact on industry of this development, see the positive declarations at the web address: www.gs1.org/healthcare/library. “In the last 3 years, more that 100 experts from all over the word, representing every segment of the distribution chains in healthcare, have contributed to the development of this GS1 global standard.”, declared Grant Hodgkins, Alcon Laboratories, Inc., Co-President of the Work Group AIDC Application Standards and member of GS1 Healthcare Global Leadership Team, “In more than 150 meetings and more than 4500 hours of work, our teams formed the requirements for the business environment, than came with global solutions that respond to these requirements. The healthcare industry can now begin with the effort of putting this standard in practice, having the same gains that were already proven in other sectors through the utilization of the GS1 Global Standards.”, M. Hodgkins concluded. - NOTE: About GS1 and GS1 Healthcare Global Standard 1 (GS1) is a non-profit, neutral, global organization, dedicated to creating and implementing global standards and solutions that will raise the efficiency and the visibility on distribution chains. GS1 is set on the needs of over 1 million companies member and over 15 million users of the GS1 System of Global Standards, realizing more than 6 billion transactions every day. GS1 Organization is present in 108 countries, at an international level, including Romania, and has its headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. GS1 Healthcare is the global group of users in healthcare, created based on volunteer work, which develops global standards for the medical distribution chains and promotes global harmonization. GS1 Healthcare has members that represents juridical entities which play a part in the entire distribution chain: producers, ware-housers, distributors, hospitals, pharmacies. GS1 Healthcare maintains close contact with the gouvernmental agencies and with international trading organizations. For more information, go to www.gs1.org/healthcare si http://www.gs1.ro/gs1-web/coduridebare_si_sanatate.do The GS1 Standard for Automatic Identification and Data Capture – AIDC for medical products is a part of the GS1 Technical Specifications. Contact: Valentin Popescu, Director Programe, GS1 Romania, valentin.popescu@gs1.ro, tel: +40 21 3178031, fax: +40 21 3178033 |
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| We have moved! ( 27 November 2009 ) | |||
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Our new headquarter address is: Mexic Street 13, Sector 1, Code 011755, Bucharest.
All the other contact details are unchanged. |
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| 1st January 2010 - GS1 DataBar launch also in Romania ( 23 October 2009 ) | |||
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Benefits of the new GS1 DataBar:
* Globally Unique Product Identification for fresh foods replacing today’s generic information * Increased accuracy of product identification of loose produce by scanning versus key entering PLU codes * Shrink control * Traceability (i.e. Lot Number, Country of Origin) * Improved product replenishment / Out-of-Stock anticipation * Category Management in sectors not covered today * Helps facilitate Data Synchronization * End of 4-digit price limitations (can code more than $99.99) * Sell by / expiration date management * Product weight management * Improved scan rates on very small, low performing EAN / UPC symbols * Enabler of ECR (Efficient Consumer Response) * Improved consumer shopping experience with more efficient bar codes * Ability to capture markdown pricing * Country of Origin information * Ability to stop the sale of out dated or recalled product * Increased customer satisfaction at self-checkouts The section of the website related to this topic will host: * a brochure about the new GS1 DataBar which will launch a real "revolution" at the Points Of Sale * a GS1 DataBar Test Card in order to check the retailers' scanners and software applications * an online database of the retails stores that are hardware and software aligned to GS1 DataBar Reminder: As retailers become GS1 DataBar ready they can start as long as it is done internally or specified for use in bilateral agreements between trading partners (private label). |
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| Concerning the members of GS1 Romania ( 06 October 2009 ) | |||
General Assembly of GS1 ROMANIA AssociationOn 21st October 2009, 10:00, at ROMEXPO, B-dul Marasti Nr. 65-67, Bucuresti - Sala Madgearu, will take place the General Assembly of GS1 ROMANIA Association.We are waiting for your confirmation at fax 021 317 80 33 or e-mail office@gs1.ro. |
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| GS1 MobileCom Steering Committee formed ( 07 September 2009 ) | |||
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Proving once again the commitment of leading brands and retailers to using GS1 standards to connect businesses and consumers, six global brands and retailers are leading an effort to allow businesses and consumers to interact using mobile phones supported by open standards.
Representatives from Nestlé, Kraft, Johnson & Johnson, Walmart, Metro and Carrefour join GS1 Colombia, GS1 Hong Kong and GS1 France in the newly formed GS1 MobileCom Steering Committee. “The Steering Committee is a group of organisations dedicated to using GS1 standards as a foundation for mobile commerce. It shows that brands and retailers are convinced that mobile technology will become a key touch point for consumers in coming years,” commented Vanderlei Santos (Nestlé), co-chair of the Steering Committee. GS1 MobileCom is a cross-industry initiative involving manufacturers, retailers, mobile industry companies and solution providers that aims for: • all consumers to have access to trusted product information and related services via their mobile phones; • all stakeholders to use open standards to make this possible and so ensure inter-operable, scalable and cost-effective applications. The Steering Committee aims to represent all key stakeholders with global scope including manufacturers, retailers, mobile industry companies and solution providers. As a result, there are currently open positions for 3 companies from the mobile industry or the wider solution provider community. “We are happy to start to work more closely with the mobile industry to develop a truly balanced vision of the mobile commerce ecosystem and create an simple, reliable and intuitive consumer experience,” said Olivier Raynal (Carrefour), co-chair of the Steering Committee. The first task of the Steering Committee has been to define and validate the GS1 MobileCom roadmap for the coming 2 years. To mid-2009, the initiative has focused on a foundational application called Extended Packaging that defines how consumers can access information about products via their mobile phones. Now with Extended Packaging pilots underway in over 10 countries, the following work is in preparation: • A white paper describing the impact of mobile applications on retail stores; • Business case for Mobile Coupons and Promotions. |
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| GS1 Logistic Label online generator ( 23 April 2009 ) | |||
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In order to correctly label your traded units, GS1 Romania made available the LABEL-128 online generator for GS1 logistic labels, a web application developed by EAN Solution Center that can be accessed at www.csean.ro using the username and password received together with your GS1 System usage contract.
LABEL-128 allows you to create and print GS1 logistic labels in order to track and trace homogenous and non-homogenous, standard and non-standard units that contains any kind of goods (food or non-food, fixed or variable weight, FMCG, industrial etc.). At the core of this web application is the standard developed by GS1 in Europe for harmonising the use of the logistic label design and content across the entire Europe. If you need any support regarding the use of LABEL-128 web application, please contact EAN Solutions Center. |
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| The launch of the 2009 Code for Good Practices in the Scanning Domain ( 15 April 2009 ) | |||
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In order to support the costumers, the 2009 version of the Code of Good Practices in Scanning was launched, a collection of procedures for stores that guarantee the consumers that the Price Shown at the shelf is identical to the Price Paid at the selling point, after scanning the product code.
Today, on the 15th of April, at Marriot Hotel, GS1 Romania – The National Association of Article Codification in the GS1 System, with the help of SELGROS Cash&Carry Romania and with Unilever South Central Europe as a sponsor, officially launched the Code of Good Practices in Scanning 2009. The professional initiative benefits from the support of the National Authority for the Protection of Customers for almost 3 years and already has four important members of the national retail domain: PRAKTIKER Romania, METRO Cash&Carry Romania, SELGROS CASH & CARRY and CARREFOUR Romania. The Event benefited from the presence of the leadership of the National Authority for the Protection of Customers, of top or senior management representatives from companies that are members of this Program, of representatives of the Industries and Services Committee of the Lower House, of other companies in the retail industry, of the MEDNET Marketing Research Center company and of the professional GS1 Romania Associations and the Association of Grand Commercial Network in Romania. During her intervention, Mrs. Silvia Claudia MIHALCEA, Subsecretary of State, Vicepresident of ANPC highlighted that “ the National Authority for the Protection of Customers supports the GS1 initiative to coach as many en-gross and en-detail sales companies as it can in order to develop a type of commerce based on respecting consumer’s rights. In this way, the access of Romanian citizens to quality services and unambiguous prices is assured. ” Mister Dorin IORDACHESCU, Acquisitions and Food Sales Director, SELGROS CASH & CARRY SRL, mentioned that: “The message Price Shown is Price Paid has been a part of the SELGROS policy since the first store was opened, as a way of obtaining customer’s trust. This is why we were interested in the program initiated by GS1 regarding the Code of Good Practices in Scanning, which lead to an official certification of the precision in SELGROS stores in labeling products. After we joined the Program, we focused on informing and training our staff and our customers in order to assure that they know their rights and obligations. We understand that applying the Code of Good Practices in Scanning will bring customers high quality services and SELGROS is going to promote it among the smaller merchants in Romania.” Mister Cristian PETRESCU, Industries and Services Committee of the Lower House, said that: “The slogan promoted by the Code of Good Practices in Scanning, Price Shown is Price Paid, primarily represents a legal obligation and the implementation of the code is welcomed in order to strengthen and complete the respectation of law concerning the labeling of products in stores. ” Mister Adrian MANOLACHE, General Secretary of the Association of Grand Commercial Networks in Romania highlighted that: “Having as members 20 of the most representative retailers in Romania, AMRCR assumed, along with GS1 Romania, the promotion of the Code of Good Practices in Scanning and launched an invitation to join to all its members. The immediate response came from Carrefour, followed by REAL HYPERMARKET ROMANIA, which is now discussing about implementing the Code. The involvement of AMRCR was determined by its position in the retail sector in Romania. From this position it was exposed to unwanted situations as a prime receptor of costumer complaints, thus, it is the first to want the respectation of the Code of Good Practices in Scanning.” Mrs. Lacramioara Laura VOINEA, Managing Director of MEDNET Marketing Research Center presented some of the results of the studies made and said that: “Following a study made in 2008 through CATI method, the price is a very important criteria in the behavior of consumers. But, surprisingly, the price of products is only on the third place in list of aspects that are important to consumers. The first place is taken by the“clear display of the price, readable at the shelf”, followed by the “”the accordance of the price shown on the label with the one at the cash-desk. This might be explained by the high number of complaints registered, in time, in this area.” “The Code of Good Practices in Scanning promoted by GS1 Romania and supported by the National Authority for Consumer Protection represents a set of technical and behavioral rules in trading units, which, when applied, eliminates errors in the identification and labeling of products at the shelf, resulting in a higher transparency for the customer and increasing his level of trust towards the price shown at the shelf which will be identical to the one at the cash-desk. The code permits the line-up of existing products to the best approach of this subject, at an international level.”, announced mister Ciprian IOSEP, President of the GS1 Romania Association. GS1 Romania representatives said that there still are two big retail network which are still preparing to join this Code of Good Practices. Global Standard One (GS1) is the most important global organization which develops and administrates the international standards for the identification, codification and communication in the modern distribution chains domain. |
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| GS1 Testimonials and Certificates ( 10 April 2009 ) | |||
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We invite you to obtain your GS1 Certificates Level 1 and 2 as fast as you can, as well as the Analysis Rapport of the decodability of your barcodes.
Level 1 Certificate of GS1 Certification. It certifies the retailers that your company has employees that were trained by the GS1 Romania staff regarding the correct codification of barcodes, promotion, collective packaging, pallets. It implies a person from your company being trained at us. This training takes about an hour and is performed by Mrs. Letitia Cazanaru, Codification Director. You can make reservations at 021 317 80 31/32. Level 2 Certificate of GS1 Certification. It certifies the retailers that your product have a correctly positioned barcode, readable by a POS. It is accompanied by a Analysis Rapport of the decodability of barcodes. For this, you have to mail us a sample of each package / magazine or book cover, or you can send them through the person you elected at the Level 1 training. The Analysis Rapport of the decodability of barcodes. It certifies the retailers of the degree of POS decodability the barcodes on your products have. It is accompanied by a verification cards for each barcode, generated by the IntegraTM 9500 BarCode Quality Station equipment. It represents a sure method of finding out the quality of printing for your barcodes and the measures you need to take if they cannot be read by the POS. All these services are free and are offered only to GS1 Romania members. |
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| To the GS1 Romania members ( 25 February 2009 ) | |||
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We are pleased to inform you that the following sections of our website have been updated:
* Search by Romanian GTINs (GEPIR) (available to all your business partners and clients, domestic and abroad). * GS1 documentations regarding the right use of barcodes on consumer and traded units (PDF files / password required). * Guides issued by EAN Romania Solutions Center dealing with: interoperability, e-Commerce, RFID/EPC applications, traceability, commerce (PDF files / password required). * INFO Magazine presents useful information regarding the GS1 System, news and its applications, issues starting 2005 (PDF files / password required). * INFO Magazine Supplement presents the GS1 System and its importance, issues starting 2006 (PDF files). |
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| GS1 Germany uses GEPIR in fight against rogue numbers and counterfeiting 2008 ( 19 December 2008 ) | |||
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GEPIR already is today the tool for fighting illegal numbers. With the current GEPIR Version 3.1 and with the additional information, like historical data, all users could be sure that they are using the correct GS1 keys.
We can take GEPIR Germany as an example with the 130 000 GLN (Companies member of GS1), 3 500 GLN (Companies information withheld, but a member of GS1), 60 000 GLN (Companies that are no longer a member of GS1) For users searching “German numbers” in the database of approx. 200 000 GLN, this means that if a requested number is not found, it is an illegal number!! Since July 2008 GS1 Germany integrated those 60 000 historical GLN Information into GEPIR. This information is not shown but the user is informed that the requested GS1 key is not allowed to be used anymore. The phenomenon that came up with adding historical GLNs was the so called “GEPIR police”. Before users type in GS1 keys into their ERP, EDI or CRM system they look up those numbers in GEPIR. When they are informed that the number should not be used anymore, they get in touch GS1 Germany, that is able to convince the identified companies to become a regular member of GS1. “In Sweden, which has always kept historical data, approximately one percent of GEPIR queries are for unallocated or unpaid numbers. |
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| Concerning the members of GS1 Romania ( 27 October 2008 ) | |||
The General Assembly of the ROMANIA GS1 AssociationOn the date of 06 November 2008, at 9:00 o'clock at ON TOP OF BUCHAREST - 7th floor, Uzinexport Building - Iancu de Hunedoara Blvd no. 8, sector 1, Bucharest the General Assembly of GS1 Romania Association will take place We are waiting for your confirmation of participation at 021 317 80 33 fax or e-mail office@gs1.ro. |
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| Concerning the members of GS1 Romania ( 01 August 2008 ) | |||
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The agreement underlies the combined action of the two institutions in order to better inform the profile market about the numbering systems used to identify the printings and to assure that the standards and international practics are being respected.
The goal of the actions performed by the National Library and the GS1 Romania Global Standards Association is the proper utilization of the ISBN/ISSN/GTIN codes (GS1 Global Trade Item Number), avoiding the eventual codifications that do not respect the international standards and the support of the market for the correct implementation of the Law 186/2003 regarding the promotion and support of written culture. The parties will take part in specific activities of public communication through all the available communication channels. In perspective, the possibility of attending together different projects sustained by automated identification technology and automated collection of data in electronic format sustained by the Global GS1 Standards is also taken into account. |
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| GS1 Romania Board meeting ( 19 May 2008 ) | |||
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On May 15 took place GS1 Romania Board Meeting, with the following Agenda:
1. The approval of the new functional structure 2. The approval of trade-of numbers by GS1 Romania Solution Centre 3. The approval of the GS1 product certificate: a. The certification of a person in each company for knowing the GS1 System b. Ensuring the correct international numbering c. Ensuring the correct bar code printing d. Ensuring the correct positioning of the bar code symbol on the package 4. The constitution of the retail working group for establishing the modality for coding the variable weight products at national level 5. Organizing the elections for ECR ROMANIA, establishing the data, candidates proposition. |
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| Courses organized by GS1 Romania ( 21 April 2008 ) | |||
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As it was announced since the General Assembly, starting with April, GS1 Romania has organized, through its Solution Center, a series of manifestations with instructive character in several locations of the country: Cluj, Arad, Bucharest. Also, other seminars will be held in different regions. Representatives of over 30 companies, members of GS1 Romania attended the courses. Being organized for members, already initiated in the GS1 system, these meetings were more like study groups in the newest domains. Because of these thematic structures the presentations has such a big success, surprising the public with perspectives broadened by the possible application of the new GS1 keys, besides the generalized and well-known EAN/UPC article codification. So, the four courses included in the instruction plan this year are:
1. The GS1 Codification System – Packaging units and logistic tags 2. EPC – Electronic tags and radiofrequency 3. The pursuit and traceability of goods. 4. Electronic catalogs – GDSN. |
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| GS1 Training at the Coca Cola HBC Romania ( 20 February 2008 ) | |||
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On the 15th of February, at the Coca Cola HBC Romania Headquarters in Ploieşti, representatives from the GS1 Romania Association started an internal training event aiming at the company’s staff, with responsibilities in logistics, warehousing, quality and production.
In order to ease the training session, the GS1 Association invited experts from the GS1 Romania Solution Center and experts from Logicode SA for a demontrative-applicative presentation. The training covered four modules that regard the GS1 Global Integrated Standards and applicative solutions based on them : - The GS1 Global Standards System - The traceability of the products and the logistics tag - EPC – the electronic tag and radio-frequency identification - EDI – Electronic Business Messaging The event is part of the internal payable training sessions, requested by the members and organized by the Association. This type of training will be multiplied in other centers in the country, at the request of Coca Cola HBC Romania. On this occasion, we inform the GS1 members that, starting with April, they can benefit from free general courses, as a part of the Annual GS1 Training Program. The courses will be organized according to a calendar which will be posted on the website and will be held in different regions of the country. |
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| Advertising for the GS1 system in Romania, through common actions with the Chambers of Commerce ( 04 December 2007 ) | |||
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Representatives of the economic field in Arad attended, on the 22nd of November 2007, the presentation made by GS1 Romania experts, regarding the International System for GS1 Standards. The seminar was held with the collaboration of the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture, Arad.
The topics discussed were with reference to the entire GS1 standards portfolio. The codification of products was highlighted, as well as the quality of the printing for bar-codes on packages in the context of modern trading. The items presented were the various techniques for the electronic transmission of commercial GS1-eCOM messages between commercial partners, GS1 solutions for the traceability of food supply, and the GS1 portal for meat and meat-products along with the portal for wine. At the end of the seminary, the national program for increasing consumer trust in the modern distribution networks was presented: “The price at the shelf is the price you pay”, which was developed and sustained by the National Authority for Consumer Protection. |
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| GS1 Romania General Assembly ( 05 November 2007 ) | |||
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On the 16th of November 2007, the General Assembly of the GS1 Romania Association is being held and your society is a member of it.
The meeting is scheduled at 10:00 at Sala Enescu - Ibis Hotel Gara de Nord (Grivitei Street, no.143) in Bucharest. If, after the arrival of the delegates, the General Assembly is not be statutory established, it will be resummoned on 16.11.2007, at 12:00 when, according to the Statute, the decisions will be taken with the vote of half plus one of the people present. Please have the kindness to attend the meeting, through a representative empowered by the board of the company. |
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| The first barcode verifier with video camera in Eastern Europe ( 12 September 2007 ) | |||
| GS1 Romania has now the best equipment on the market for verifying the barcode printing quality in the following symbologies: EAN/UPC, Data Matrix, Data Bar, ITF, and GS1-128. The verifier generates standardized reports, according to GS1 Specifications, ISO 15415/15416, and other standards on request. | |||
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| GS1 supports actions of romanian service providers ( 27 June 2007 ) | |||
| During 25-29 June 2007, answering to the Invitation of Logicode S.A., distributor of Intermec and Markem brands, specialists from GS1 Romania and CS EAN sustained some communications on Traceability issues. Enjoying a large audience, the meetings with users took place in Bucharest, Brasov and Cluj. Any service provider (soft provider or equipment supplier), using GS1 standards and solutions, may benefit of GS1 expertise. | |||
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| Healthcare forum - „Medical Innovation and perfection in the European Union” ( 26 June 2007 ) | |||
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In June 28 and 29, 2007, takes place the Healthcare Forum, organized by Magna Media, with national and international participation – Hospitals Direction, Pharmaceutical Companies, members of Government and Parliament. GS1 Romania participates to this important event as an official partner, contributing, in both days of the forum, with presentations about GS1 system application in the Healthcare sector.
The presentations will be made by: Ciprian Iosep - president GS1 Romania and Laurentiu Vasilache - programme director GS1 Romania |
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| GS1 and HL7 Join Forces to Develop Global Standards to Improve Patient Care ( 18 June 2007 ) | |||
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Two complementary global standards organizations will collaborate to develop global healthcare standards
to reduce medical errors and to increase the effectiveness of the healthcare supply chain. June 13, 2007 -- HL7 and GS1 have announced today they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that begins an era of collaboration in developing global standards for improving patient care. GS1 aims to adapt their existing global supply chain standards to the specific needs of the healthcare sector. GS1’s global standards for automatic identification (through bar codes and radio frequency identification) provide the opportunity to make the healthcare supply chain more efficient and accurate, and thus safer. Medication errors can be avoided by automatically matching product data to patient data. These standards also enable effective traceability and reduce counterfeiting. HL7’s clinical interoperability standards, such as the Version 3 Messaging Standard, increase the effectiveness and efficiency in exchanging, managing, and integrating electronic healthcare information. HL7 has been successful in improving information sharing at the time and point of care to enhance quality and reduce errors. Michel van der Heijden, President Healthcare, GS1, said: “We are convinced that the collaboration with HL7 will be at the benefit of the healthcare community by aligning the standards development and joining forces in promoting global standards in the healthcare community.” In 2005, GS1 established The GS1 Global Healthcare User Group (GS1 HUG) which has been primarily focused to develop global standards for automatic identification in Healthcare. The GS1 HUG consists of participants from all stakeholders of the Healthcare supply chain: manufacturers, wholesalers & distributors, as well as hospitals and pharmacy retailers. GS1 HUG also maintains close contacts with regulatory agencies and trade organizations worldwide. “For the past 20 years, HL7 has been successful in improving interoperability of healthcare information sharing at the time and point of care, that improves the quality of patient care and reduces errors,” said Dr. Charles Jaffe, CEO of HL7, “The partnership with GS1 will accelerate the development and adoption of global standards for sharing information among our stakeholders.” “GS1 is committed to the healthcare sector to facilitate the development and adoption of global supply chain standards, first and foremost to improve patient safety”. Founded in 1987, Health Level Seven (HL7), Inc. (www.HL7.org) is a not-for-profit, ANSI-accredited standards developing organization dedicated to providing a comprehensive framework and related standards for the exchange, integration, sharing, and retrieval of electronic health information that supports clinical practice and the management, delivery and evaluation of health services. HL7’s more than 2,400 members represent approximately 500 corporate members, including 90 percent of the information systems vendors serving healthcare. HL7’s endeavors are sponsored, in part, by the support of its benefactors: Accenture; Booz Allen Hamilton, Boston Scientific Corporation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI); Eclipsys Corporation; Eli Lilly & Company; Epic Systems Corporation; the Food and Drug Administration; GE Healthcare Information Technologies; GlaxoSmithKline; IBM; Intel Corporation; InterSystems Corporation; Kaiser Permanente; McKesson Provider Technologies; Microsoft Corporation; Misys Healthcare Systems; NHS Connecting for Health; NICTIZ National Healthcare; Novartis; Oracle Corporation; Partners HealthCare System, Inc.; Pfizer, Inc.; Philips Medical Systems; Progress Software; QuadraMed Corporation; Quest Diagnostics Inc.; Science Applications International Corporation; Siemens Medical Solutions Health Services; Solucient, LLC.; St. Jude Medical; the U.S.Department of Defense, Military Health System; the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. Numerous HL7 Affiliates have been established around the globe including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom, and Uruguay. Contact: - Laurentiu Vasilache, Director programs, GS1 Romania, laurentiu.vasilache@gs1.ro, - Jan Denecker, Marketing Manager Healthcare, GS1 Global Office, jan.denecker@gs1.org - Andrea Ribick, Director of Communications, HL7, andrea@HL7.org |
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| CODALOC V.2 is now functional ! ( 04 May 2007 ) | |||
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The V.2 Version of the CODALOC application has successfully passed the trial period. Tests have shown that the application is functional and it can enter everyday utilization. This is why, starting with the 7th of May 2007, CODALOC V.2 will replace its former version in the process of numerical code allocation for products.
The new application, available at codaloc.gs1.ro has a friendly and intuitive interface, which is a real help in formulating requests for codes. Starting with the mentioned date, please use the address above for requesting GS1 identification codes. |
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| The launch of the GS1 DataBar in Romania ( 20 April 2007 ) | |||
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A meeting to launch the GS1 DataBar in Romania was held on the 20th of April, at the GS1 Romania headquarters in Bucharest. The assembly opens a series of seminaries which will be held in order to prepare the Romanian market for the transition to new symbols for identifying commercial articles.
GS1 DataBar has already been used in healthcare, but, starting with the 1st of January 2010, its utilization will be possible on any commercial article. The „GS1 DataBar 2010” presentation briefly highlighted the advantages of the new identification system and the steps that need to be made for it to be put into effect. On this occasion, GS1 Romania presented the participants, representatives of big retails chains from the Romanian market, with two other products from the GS1 portfolio: GDSN - The global synchronization of commercial data among partners in the distribution chain and EPCglobal - the identification and communication network for data about commercial articles, on the basis of the product’s electronic code. The presentations included references about the services provided by GS1 Romania in the specific domains: the CEROM – SINFOS Connector and the EPC/RFID testing and instruction laboratory. |
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| CODALOC version V.2 has been released ! ( 19 December 2006 ) | |||
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The V.2 version of the CODALOC represents a redesign of the application created in 1999 on the database of the CEROM electronic catalog. At the base of the design were the two main requirements of the customer: adding new layouts for allocation code requests and the division of the CEROM database from the central GS1 Romania database.
CODALOC 2006 (codaloc.gs1.ro) has a friendly and intuitive interface, which is a real help in formulating requests for codes. |
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| GS1 Romania launched his EPC/RFID Laboratory! ( 12 November 2006 ) | |||
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Following the great interest of the international community, with regard to EPC/RFID emerging technology, GS1 Romania opened the first EPC/RFID Laboratory in Eastern Europe, on 27th of October 2006. The lab is located in Bucharest and focuses on supply chain activities that should switch the present identification technologies to RFID. The available demonstration stands are basically used to prove to the audience:
- the reliability of EPC/RFID; - radio-tags testing in different ways of scanning, simulating real environment; - readers testing in several simulated situations (conveyor, shelf, portal, pallet a.s.o.). The EPC/RFID lab is intended to create the right place of meeting between supply and demand partners on the supply chain allowing their collaborative effort that leads to efficiency improvement in their activities. |
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| GS1 Romania General Assembly ( 06 November 2006 ) | |||
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On the date of 27 October 2006, at Sala MADGEARU, COMPLEX ROMEXPO, Bucharest, the General Assembly of the GS1 Romania Association was held.
The following subjects were on the agenda of the meeting: 1. The activity rapport of the GS1 Romania Association during october 2005 – september 2006 and coordinates for the professional programs in 2007; 2. The CS-EAN SRL activity rapport for october 2005 – september 2006 and the technical themes for 2007; 3. The ECR Romania rapport and the programs approved until june 2007; 4. The decision blueprint regarding the level of taxes and fees for the year 2007; 5. The Rapport of the Censor Committee for the year 2006; 6. The budget of income and expenditures for 2007. In the password section of the site you con consult Hotararile Adunarii Generale |
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| GS1 Romania General Assembly ( 11 October 2006 ) | |||
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The General Assmebly of GS1 Romania will be held on the 27th October 2006; the meeting will take place at 10:00 in Sala MADGEARU, COMPLEX ROMEXPO, Bucharest.
If, after the arrival of the delegates, the General Assembly is not be statutory established, it will be resummoned on 27.10.2006, at 12:00 when, acording to the Statute, the decissions will be taken with the vote of half plus one of the people present. The agenda contains the following: 1. The activity rapport of the GS1 Romania Association during october 2005 – september 2006 and coordinates for the professional programs in 2007; 2. The CS-EAN SRL activity rapport for october 2005 – september 2006 and the technical themes for 2007; 3. The ECR Romania rapport and the programs approved until june 2007; 4. The decision blueprint regarding the level of taxes and fees for the year 2007; 5. The Rapport of the Censor Committee for the year 2006; 6. The budget of income and expenditures for 2007. |
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| GS1 has now a new President ( 29 May 2006 ) | |||
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On May 17, 2006, at the GS1 2006 General Assembly, in Malta, Daniel R. Wegman was nominated to the position of Chairman of the GS1 Board.
He takes over the position held since 2003 by Timothy J. Smucker, Chairman & Co-CEO of The J. M. Smucker Company who will remain a member of the GS1 Board of Directors. Danny Wegman is CEO of Wegmans Food Markets, Inc., a major regional supermarket chain and one of the largest private companies in the United States. He graduated with honors from Harvard University in 1969 with a degree in economics. Aside from his activities at Wegmans, he is a former chair of the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and remains an active member of FMI. He is also a senior member of the Board of Trustees at the University of Rochester. Wegmans Food Markets, Inc., a leading supermarket chain in the northeast United States, operates 70 stores with annual sales of $3.8 billion in 2005. The company has built an international reputation for its overall excellence in quality, customer service and variety, and has been named for the ninth consecutive year to Fortune Magazine's list of the "100 Best Companies to Work for in America". |
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| EPCglobal launches Transport and Logistics Business Action Group ( 12 December 2005 ) | |||
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Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is widely promoted as providing many benefits within the supply chain, with important contributing benefits accrued throughout transport and logistics processes.
Many transport and logistic enterprises have experimented with RFID exploring opportunities for improving operational effectiveness and efficiency. It is probably fair to say that most transport and logistics enterprises have eventually considered both the technical challenges, as well as the lack of standards, as a major barrier to widespread adoption. EPCglobal’s Transportation and Logistics Services (TLS) Provider Business Action Group (BAG) is being established to tackle these concerns. The TLS Group is one of an expanding number of industry focused global RFID standards groups developed under the EPCglobal standards framework. This framework provides the assured commitment, that all standards work completed will be compatible with your transport and logistics partners, as well as your customers’ requirements too. The TLS BAG is en route to being launched in the autumn of 2005 with direct support and contribution from more than 25 transportation and logistics organizations. The objective of the groups is to develop standards that meet with business justified and clearly defined community goals. Interoperability, important to the majority of transportation and logistics process is likely to be a key driver. It is anticipated that each enterprise will use the standards developed under the EPCglobal framework to create their own products and services, exploiting opportunities provided by EPCglobal standards to their competitive advantage. |
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| General Assembly of GS1 Romania ( 20 October 2005 ) | |||
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Thursday October 20th, 2005, 4 p.m. The General Assembly of GS1 Romania is summoned in the conference room of New Montana Hotel, Sinaia. With this occasion we have the pleasure to invite you to the launch of the new brand.
- The dinner offered by GS1 Romania in the evening of October 20th, 6 p.m. in Palatul Foisor in Sinaia. The representatives from GS1 International Organization are expected to be there, also from some national MO with whom we run mutual programs: France, Belgium, Austria and Germany. - Symposium “GS1, a new name for new objectives”, Friday, October 21st, 9:30 – 16:00 in the conference room of Palatul Foisor from Sinaia. For confirming your presence at this meeting, you can fill in the online form |
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| UCCnet and Transora finalize unification: 1SYNC™ is formed ( 10 September 2005 ) | |||
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GS1 US™ announced the completion of the process to unite UCCnet and Transora, two leading providers of data pool services.
The new, combined company, called 1SYNC, will operate as a not-for-profit subsidiary of GS1 US, formerly the Uniform Code Council, to more effectively help companies realize the value of data synchronization through the Global Data Synchronization Network (GDSN). |
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| HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY WORKS TOGETHER TO IMPROVE PATIENT SAFETY ( 25 August 2005 ) | |||
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Leading global companies from the pharmaceutical and medical device industry have formed a global GS1 Healthcare User Group (HUG).
Its objective is to lead the utilisation and development of global standards for the healthcare industry, with the primary focus on automatic product identification to improve patient safety. The work of the HUG will improve the performance of the healthcare supply chain for drugs and medical devices through the collaborative development and endorsement of recommended voluntary GS1 standards and best practices. The main focus areas for the group are the following: - Prevention of Medical errors - Product Authentication - Tracking and Tracing - Increase total Supply Chain efficiency The HUG is a voluntary and open group and welcomes all GS1 members from the healthcare industry. |
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