LAWRENCEVILLE N.J. —Fifty-five foodservice manufacturers, distributors and chain operators have thrown their support behind the Foodservice GS1 US Standards Initiative and agreed to fund the GS1 US Team for Food-service to help guide execution.
The Initiative recommends a timeline for the implementation of GS1 Global standards, which encompass company identification, items identification and product descriptions. —Fifty-five foodservice manufacturers, distributors and chain operators have thrown their support behind the Foodservice GS1 US Standards Initiative and agreed to fund the GS1 US Team for Food-service to help guide execution.
Announced last month, the initiative is targeting 75 percent adoption in the foodservice industry, measured in terms of revenue, by 2015. It has been endorsed by the International Foodservice Manufacturers Association, the International Foodservice Distributors Association, the National Restaurant Association and GS1 Canada Foodservice. —Fifty-five foodservice manufacturers, distributors and chain operators have thrown their support behind the Foodservice GS1 US Standards Initiative and agreed to fund the GS1 US Team for Food-service to help guide execution.
Founding members cite three main objectives: drive waste out of the foodservice supply chain, improve product information for customers, and establish a foundation for improving food safety and traceability. —Fifty-five foodservice manufacturers, distributors and chain operators have thrown their support behind the Foodservice GS1 US Standards Initiative and agreed to fund the GS1 US Team for Food-service to help guide execution.
The initiative also calls for near-term steps. Companies agreed to assign GS1 global location numbers to their headquarters by the fourth quarter of 2009. Manufacturers will assign GS1 Global Trade item numbers to products and include them on order guides and other trading partner documentation by the third quarter of 2010. Manufacturers and brand owners will publish product and company identification and related logistic information to trading partners, while distributors will retrieve product information, and populate backend systems and customer product catalogs by the second quarter of 2011. —Fifty-five foodservice manufacturers, distributors and chain operators have thrown their support behind the Foodservice GS1 US Standards Initiative and agreed to fund the GS1 US Team for Food-service to help guide execution.
GS1 US is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the adoption and implementation of standards-based, global supply-chain solutions. —Fifty-five foodservice manufacturers, distributors and chain operators have thrown their support behind the Foodservice GS1 US Standards Initiative and agreed to fund the GS1 US Team for Food-service to help guide execution.