July 27, 2022 | COLOGNE
Following the successful completion of a pilot project, GS1 Switzerland has decided to build its new pan-industry product data hub including GDSN connectivity – working with BAYARD as its strategic partner for technology, implementation, consultancy and supplier onboarding
GS1 Switzerland has completed an evaluation project to build a pan-industry product content platform and has selected BAYARD as its partner for the project. The organisation will build the new industry solution based on BAYARD‘s BYRD platform, launching its own data pool in the Global Data Synchronisation Networks (GDSN). BAYARD will also provide implementation consulting as well as significant parts of the supplier onboarding.
With the further development of its current product content platform trustbox, GS1 Switzerland aims to use a single solution in the future to cover all market participants’ requirements across various industries for structured data exchange between companies.
„We were convinced by BAYARD‘s outstanding technical expertise and overall package of services. They complement us perfectly,“ says Jörg Mathis, CEO of GS1 Switzerland. He expressly praises BAYARD's work in the now completed pilot project, which assessed the choice of technology and consulting partner for the project. BAYARD already has many years of experience in the Swiss market through numerous projects at Swiss companies such as Migros, Denner and A.Vogel.
The platform will initially meet the requirements of the consumer goods industry and the healthcare sector but will later be open to other industries as well. Suppliers can use it to bring together all product information at one source, manage it and make it available to all recipients in a quality-assured manner.
In the health sector, the data will be used not only by the customers of medical technology manufacturers, but also by official registers such as the European Commission's EUDAMED database, the US FDA's GUDID and various implant registers such as the LIR in the Netherlands or, later, SIRIS in Switzerland.
Today, trustbox serves the Swiss consumer goods industry for the exchange of product content required by online retailers and consumer information portals on the internet. However, it cannot map logistical information such as packaging hierarchies and does not meet the requirements of the health industry.
The product content that is exchanged in Switzerland via trustbox today, will together with all other product data that wholesalers, retailers and buying groups need from their suppliers, be aggregated, consolidated, validated and made available to business partners on a modern and intuitively usable platform going forward. In this way, trustbox and the GDSN are brought together on one platform. Trading companies then only need to connect to the new GS1 Switzerland hub to receive all relevant product data in a quality-checked manner. All members of GS1 Switzerland, whether large or small companies, will thus be given access to electronic data exchange.
With BAYARD‘s BYRD Product Content Exchange Platform as the technological basis of the new industry solution, suppliers of goods will be able to validate and provide their product data via a user-friendly interface, by importing data from other systems or by fully integrating their in-house systems. Data from other sources such as foreign GDSN pools or the private Swiss data provider xyxle will also be received by the new solution in future and made available in a quality-checked manner in the GS1 standard and also in other formats.
GS1 Switzerland – The Global Language of Business
GS1 Switzerland provides solutions for more efficient value networks using global standards. We help companies optimise the flow of goods, information and value and share practical knowledge with them. Together with our members, we devise standards and process recommendations and create benefits for everyone involved.
GS1 Switzerland is a neutral association based in Bern and forms part of GS1, a not-for-profit organisation active in 140 countries.
BAYARD
BAYARD enables companies from the retail, manufacturing and healthcare sectors with data syndication services laying the foundations for digital commerce. With its unparalleled experience in product content management consulting, its extensive expertise in the implementation of enterprise PIM solutions like Syndigo, Stibo and Informatica and its outstanding Product Content Life Cycle Management platform BYRD, BAYARD is the true partner for the European retail, manufacturing and healthcare industries for the digital transformation.
Retailers including Schwarz Group, Migros and Colruyt, consumer goods manufacturers such as Danone, Radeberger Group and Cosnova, healthcare product providers such as Pajunk, Vygon and Medika as well as healthcare buying groups such as Prospitalia, P.E.G. and EKKplus have improved their data quality as well as efficiency of their product content sourcing, syndication and aggregation significantly with the help of BAYARD’s services.
With BYRD, BAYARD provides a smart Product Content Life Cycle Management platform with industry-specific packages that can be used out-of-the-box with no customisation or implementation effort. BYRD contains not only dedicated modules for Product Information Management (PIM), Product Content Syndication, Product Content Aggregation, and AI-based product classification but also the well-established GS1 certified GDSN data pool b-synced.
GS1 Switzerland has completed an evaluation project to build a pan-industry product content platform and has selected BAYARD as its partner for the project. The organisation will build the new industry solution based on BAYARD‘s BYRD platform, launching its own data pool in the Global Data Synchronisation Networks (GDSN). BAYARD will also provide implementation consulting as well as significant parts of the supplier onboarding.
With the further development of its current product content platform trustbox, GS1 Switzerland aims to use a single solution in the future to cover all market participants’ requirements across various industries for structured data exchange between companies.
„We were convinced by BAYARD‘s outstanding technical expertise and overall package of services. They complement us perfectly,“ says Jörg Mathis, CEO of GS1 Switzerland. He expressly praises BAYARD's work in the now completed pilot project, which assessed the choice of technology and consulting partner for the project. BAYARD already has many years of experience in the Swiss market through numerous projects at Swiss companies such as Migros, Denner and A.Vogel.
The platform will initially meet the requirements of the consumer goods industry and the healthcare sector but will later be open to other industries as well. Suppliers can use it to bring together all product information at one source, manage it and make it available to all recipients in a quality-assured manner.
In the health sector, the data will be used not only by the customers of medical technology manufacturers, but also by official registers such as the European Commission's EUDAMED database, the US FDA's GUDID and various implant registers such as the LIR in the Netherlands or, later, SIRIS in Switzerland.
Today, trustbox serves the Swiss consumer goods industry for the exchange of product content required by online retailers and consumer information portals on the internet. However, it cannot map logistical information such as packaging hierarchies and does not meet the requirements of the health industry.
The product content that is exchanged in Switzerland via trustbox today, will together with all other product data that wholesalers, retailers and buying groups need from their suppliers, be aggregated, consolidated, validated and made available to business partners on a modern and intuitively usable platform going forward. In this way, trustbox and the GDSN are brought together on one platform. Trading companies then only need to connect to the new GS1 Switzerland hub to receive all relevant product data in a quality-checked manner. All members of GS1 Switzerland, whether large or small companies, will thus be given access to electronic data exchange.
With BAYARD‘s BYRD Product Content Exchange Platform as the technological basis of the new industry solution, suppliers of goods will be able to validate and provide their product data via a user-friendly interface, by importing data from other systems or by fully integrating their in-house systems. Data from other sources such as foreign GDSN pools or the private Swiss data provider xyxle will also be received by the new solution in future and made available in a quality-checked manner in the GS1 standard and also in other formats.
GS1 Switzerland – The Global Language of Business
GS1 Switzerland provides solutions for more efficient value networks using global standards. We help companies optimise the flow of goods, information and value and share practical knowledge with them. Together with our members, we devise standards and process recommendations and create benefits for everyone involved.
GS1 Switzerland is a neutral association based in Bern and forms part of GS1, a not-for-profit organisation active in 140 countries.
BAYARD
BAYARD enables companies from the retail, manufacturing and healthcare sectors with data syndication services laying the foundations for digital commerce. With its unparalleled experience in product content management consulting, its extensive expertise in the implementation of enterprise PIM solutions like Syndigo, Stibo and Informatica and its outstanding Product Content Life Cycle Management platform BYRD, BAYARD is the true partner for the European retail, manufacturing and healthcare industries for the digital transformation.
Retailers including Schwarz Group, Migros and Colruyt, consumer goods manufacturers such as Danone, Radeberger Group and Cosnova, healthcare product providers such as Pajunk, Vygon and Medika as well as healthcare buying groups such as Prospitalia, P.E.G. and EKKplus have improved their data quality as well as efficiency of their product content sourcing, syndication and aggregation significantly with the help of BAYARD’s services.
With BYRD, BAYARD provides a smart Product Content Life Cycle Management platform with industry-specific packages that can be used out-of-the-box with no customisation or implementation effort. BYRD contains not only dedicated modules for Product Information Management (PIM), Product Content Syndication, Product Content Aggregation, and AI-based product classification but also the well-established GS1 certified GDSN data pool b-synced.
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Corporate Communication
Simon Zbinden
Monbijoustrasse 68
3007 Bern
Switzerland
T: +41 58 800 70 43
E: simon.zbinden@gs1.ch
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Björn Weber
PR | Media Contact
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60329 Frankfurt
Germany
T: +49 69 156 154 05
E: bjoern.weber@fourspot.net
BAYARD
Caroline Julia Arens
Head of Design & Marketing
Agrippinawerft 30
50687 Cologne
Germany
T: +49 221 716 185 0
E: caroline.arens@bayard-consulting.com
Your personal media contact:
GS1 Switzerland
Corporate Communication
Simon Zbinden
Monbijoustrasse 68
3007 Bern
Switzerland
T: +41 58 800 70 43
E: simon.zbinden@gs1.ch
Fourspot
Björn Weber
PR | Media Contact
Niddastr. 64
60329 Frankfurt
Germany
T: +49 69 156 154 05
E: bjoern.weber@fourspot.net
BAYARD
Caroline Julia Arens
Head of Design & Marketing
Agrippinawerft 30
50687 Cologne
Germany
T: +49 221 716 185 0
E: caroline.arens@bayard-consulting.com