Important Announcement to GS1net Users

16 Apr 2012

Foodstuffs and Progressive Enterprises fully support agreed set of Extended Labelling initiative and are now urging their suppliers to get on board and upload Extended Labelling product data into GS1net.... Read more

On choke points

12 Mar 2012

Dr Peter Stevens, GS1 NZ CEO, examines supply chain choke points.... Read more

Pulling it back

27 Feb 2012

Dr Peter Stevens, CEO GS1 NZ, explains the launch of a National Recall Portal.... Read more

GS1 New Zealand to launch National Recall Portal

16 Dec 2011

In collaboration with major food & grocery suppliers, GS1 New Zealand will introduce a National Recall notification service to improve the efficiency of removing potentially harmful grocery, food, liquor and other products from the supply chain.... Read more

Head in the clouds?

15 Dec 2011

Peter Stevens, CEO GS1 NZ, discusses the use of cloud-based services and the potential issues for some organisations. ... Read more

Major Release of GS1 XML approved and ratified by the GS1 Board

17 Mar 2012

The GS1 Board has recently approved and ratified the newly released GS1 XML Major Release standard version 3.0. ... Read more

PRESS RELEASE: MIT and Johnson & Johnson Representatives Elected to Lead GS1 EPCglobal Board

09 Mar 2012

Sanjay Sarma, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor, and Mike Rose, Vice President of Supply Chain Visibility for Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems, Inc., have been elected chairman and vice chairman, respectively, of the EPCglobal® Board of Governors. ... Read more

PRESS RELEASE: GS1 Launches New Tool Enabling Companies to Perform Privacy Impact Assessments ...

23 Nov 2011

Tool will help companies perform initial analyses and risk assessment on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology and Electronic Product Code (EPC) implementations... Read more

Keith?s Take: Eat better for a healthy planet

17 May 2012

According to the scientists, we could all eat a lot less chicken and deliver a huge boost to the health of the planet.... Read more

Tamara?s Thoughts: Metamorphosis

17 May 2012

During every journey, it helps to pause and look back occasionally, to appreciate how far you have come.... Read more

Book now for FMCG June issue

10 May 2012

We want to hear from you if you have any product launches or news to share. From the latest developments in security to important industry events, packaging and logistics ? FMCG covers it all.... Read more

Navizon's Cloud-based RTLS Service Tracks Wi-Fi Tags, Devices

The company's I.T.S. solution is designed to help users monitor the locations of people and assets indoors, via nodes that read Wi-Fi transmissions from smartphones, laptops and RFID tags.... Read more

RFID Helps Xplor Action Park Photograph Visitors as They Zip By

EPC tags embedded in safety helmets identify each individual, by means of readers installed in caves, along rivers and at the tops of towers.... Read more

Johns Hopkins' New Facility Tracks Food, Assets, Staff

Versus IR/RFID hybrid technology enables the hospital to know the locations of its equipment and employees, as well as automated carts transporting food, with a goal of improving efficiency.... Read more