GS1 JAPAN
What is this whole traceability thingy?
In this post, we are going to talk about one of the biggest traceability system which is called GS1 system.
GS1 system are used in few countries all around the world including Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, Austria, Ireland, United States of America, United Kingdom, Belgium and Luxemborg, Egypt, Hong Kong, Costa Rica, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Denmark, Guatemala, Sweden, Brazil, Italy, Canada, India, Switzerland, Germany and Australia.
What is this whole traceability thingy?
In this post, we are going to talk about one of the biggest traceability system which is called GS1 system.
GS1
Standards are widely used in the supply chain between processed food
manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers in Japan, and EAN/UPC are marked or/and ITF symbol encoded GTIN that is
broadly used for shipping operations and receiving , traceability and merchandise
control, etc. Standard EDI and product databases also use
these GTINs.
Besides that, the use of GS1 standards has not
common among raw material manufacturers and processed food manufacturers in the
upstream of the supply chain, and many traded raw materials do not even have
identification numbers nor barcodes.
Therefore, manual management or visual
observation is common.
However, in recent years, there have been
cases in which some processed food manufacturers request raw material
manufactures to mark barcode on the raw materials they receive for efficient
receiving and shipping operations, inventory management and traceability
development.
Since GS1 Standards have not been widely used, and raw material manufacturers receive various requests from processed food manufacturers to mark barcodes in different items/ formats (which character set to use, the number of digits, etc.).
Therefore, there have been issues, such as
the manufacturers need to mark different barcodes (encoding different
information items/formats) according to clients even for the same raw
materials.
There were concerns that if more processed food manufacturers demand different barcodes on the products shipped to them, the burden on raw material manufacturers dealing with the situation would grow, or the burden would be so great that the manufacturers would not be able to respond.
Benefits
of using GS 1 system :
a) Increase in the rate at which raw
material manufacturers marking barcodes (source marking) on raw materials.
- Figure 1.1 has described standard data
format on barcode for raw materials. This makes it possible for raw
material/material manufacturers to “extinguish the need to change codes,”
enabling them to “deliver products under a standard format.”Manufacturers can
purchase these standard barcodes for more efficient operations and/or keeping
records if more raw materials are source marked.
Figure
1.1.3-2 Standard data format (Application Identifiers) on barcodes
b) Highly accurate shipping and receiving
operations
- By standardizing data format (Application
Identifiers) on barcodes for raw materials, the percentage of source marking by
raw material manufacturers is targeted to increase. Work can be done through
visual observation can be changed to work using by using barcodes in receiving
and shipping operations. A barcode enables information to be scanned quickly
and accurately by a machine and processed by a computer, and is expected to
have the following effects:
・ Prevent mistakes in receiving and shipping, due to mistakes in
checking through visual observation or misunderstandings
・ Extinguish inconsistencies in working hours/quality depending on
workers
・Reduce the burden on workers and reduce the problems of checking
products
・ Save time and save labor costs through using GS1 system
Figure 1.1.3-3 Shift of Receiving and Shipping
Operations Using Barcodes
c) Improved precision for inputting data or
reduce working time
-To ensure traceability, there is a need to
record/save information on arrival dates, places shipped to or places received
from, product names and numbers of raw materials were received/shipped. This
recording/saving process can be done manually, but by automatically retrieving
data from barcodes into the system, the recording can be done more quickly with
more exact.
Figure 1.1.3-4 shift to Data Using Barcodes
d) Increase speed handling of analysis or
inquiries
-When there is a request information from a
consumer or if an emergency occurs, the receiving and shipping records of the
raw materials will be referred. The records can be saved on paper, but when
data from barcodes are transferred to a database to be managed and saved, it
can be handled quickly while maintaining trust between workers and
manufactures.
Figure 1.1.3-5 Transferring Receiving and
shipping Records to a Database
That is all for GS1 system. We hope we cleared some of the confusion in your head but do type something in the comment section if you have any curiosity about the topic. Thanks!
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