GS1 Australia says it is also making GS1 Professional Services consultants available at reduced fees to the hundreds of Coles and Metcash suppliers who synchronise their data today on EANnet.
Others in the EANnet community are examining resources and timelines to ensure they are fully GS1net operational before EANnet shuts down for good in March next year.
GS1 Australia will offer free support through their Client Services unit. This includes access for up to two supplier representatives to a GS1net group training session, a documented impact statement, gap analysis and data porting from EANnet to GS1net, a data validation service and a GS1net Ready Steps guide.
However, for current EANnet users who require additional and more focussed support, GS1 Australia has said that for a limited time and at a special price GS1 Professional Services consultants would fully execute the migration process for moving from EANnet to GS1net.
The GS1 Professional Services team has the system experience and the product-specific conversion tools to help everyone in the EANnet user community to migrate from EANnet to GS1net, with significant business benefits in terms of a speedier migration, cost avoidance and cost reduction.
GS1net contains many improvements and new features. GS1net users will find it faster and easier to manage than previous versions, both reducing the cost of ownership and maximising return on investment.
The most significant difference between the old EANnet and new GS1net is the seamless integration between it and the Global Data Synchronisation Network (GDSN). This allows accurate data to be securely shared around the world between suppliers, wholesalers, logistics operators, retailers and other data recipients.
The new GS1net platform is also considerably easier to manage as it uses globally compliant standards that now bring Australian suppliers into global alignment.
GS1 Australia is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to providing local businesses with assistance and support to implement global GS1 standards for supply chain efficiency.
The organisation will exhibit at CeBIT Australia at the Darling Harbour Convention and Exhibition Centre from May 1 to May 3, providing demonstrations of the new GS1net technology and advice on how to migrate from the present EANnet data synchronisation service.
GS1 Australia is one of more than one hundred GS1 organisation located in countries around the world. In November 2005, GS1 Australia joined the GDSN and put into place a migration plan for alignment to this global standard.
The next phase was for GS1 Australia to deploy a new platform, known as GS1net. This development work ensures that GS1net not only meets the requirements for participation in the GDSN, but also delivers all the item and pricing functionality that the Australian and New Zealand communities depend on today.
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