Cited as a top reason to attend, Trading Partner Roundtable sessions offer attendees an opportunity to meet face-to-face in an informal roundtable setting to address their challenges with sharing data—no endless emails or phone tag required!
We're adding new companies to the program every week! Interested in becoming a host? Email GS1ConnectRoundtables@gs1us.org for the application.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA) Food Safety Modernization Act Traceability Rule (FSMA Rule 204) compliance by January 2026 will require specific capabilities. What are the most efficient and accurate ways to accomplish this? Our goal is to meet with trading partners, discuss the value of their data, and understand their current and future GS1-128 and 2D barcode capabilities and recent applications of traceability technologies.
Key business topics: Traceability technologies; implementation; data systems and capabilities; Electronic Product Code Information Services (EPCIS)
Company participants: Ann Kistler, Sr. Traceability Analyst; Nicole Graves, QA Technologist
Please stop by our roundtable to connect with your Dot contacts! We will be available to discuss where you stand on item data quality and completeness, review scorecards, and talk about Item Manager and how it can help streamline item setups. We will also have team members on hand who are heading up our U.S. Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA) Food Safety Modernization Act Traceability Rule (FSMA Rule 204) work to help provide guidance and answer any questions.
Key business topics: FSMA Rule 204; data quality, Item Manager (Dot's new item setup tool!), Global Data Synchronization Network™ (GDSN®) synchronization and completeness; scorecards
Company participants: Bailey Keech, Sr. Master Data Analyst; Scott Allen, Data Accuracy Analyst; Matt Wand, Master Data Team Leader
We’re always at your table! Come connect with us to answer data questions and explore opportunities to partner with Gordon Food Service.
Key business topics: How to improve publications; Global Data Synchronization Network™ (GDSN®) scorecards; material data questions, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA) Food Safety Modernization Act Traceability Rule (FSMA Rule 204)
Company participant: Chad Metz, Sr. Master Data Analyst
Ready your systems to handle Electronic Product Code Information Services (EPCIS) data corrections in response to certain Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) transaction information (TI) exceptions.
Key business topics: Implementation of applying GS1 Standards for DSCSA and Traceability; diagrams and XML examples for serialized item-level exception handling
Company participant: Tim Stearns, Sr. Director Industry Relations
Welcoming industry partners to discuss the HDA-hosted Verification Router Service (VRS) Provider Network. Discussion will include VRS governance and policy development, VRS implementation guidance and policies, and how to get involved in the VRS Provider Network as a solution provider or stakeholder (end user).
Key business topics: VRS Provider Network: VRS implementation and governance
Company participant: Jaidalyn Rand, Director, Industry Relations
Stop by to get a better understanding of how Hershey will share U.S. Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA) Food Safety Modernization Act Traceability Rule (FSMA Rule 204) information and ask questions about our Global Data Synchronization Network™ (GDSN®) process and data quality initiatives. Providing customers with accurate and timely data is our number one goal!
Key business topics: FSMA Rule 204 and how Hershey will share this data; GDSN and data quality
Company participant: Tricia Adams, Data Syndication Data Steward
We love meeting with our customers and other industry experts face-to-face to share best practices, hear what is and isn't working for our customers, build a larger peer group of experts, and help others strengthen the use of GS1 Standards within their organizations.
Key business topics: Data synchronization; data quality and first-time-right data; product audits; driving business value; “Love Your Data”
Company participants: Joyce Ann Rosenfield, Master Data Value Creation Lead & Sr. Item Compliance Manager; Maureen Farese, GS1 Item Compliance Manager
We look forward to meeting with our trading partners to see how we can help with data synchronization; data quality and first-time-right data; product audits; driving business value; and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA) Food Safety Modernization Act Traceability Rule (FSMA Rule 204).
Key business topics: FSMA Rule 204; data quality; Global Data Synchronization Network™ (GDSN®); Electronic Data Interchange (EDI); vendor managed inventory (VMI)
Company participant: Beckey James, EC Manager
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