Emerging Markets: ‘…a new World Order of trade’

The headline on this post comes from the last sentence in this TimesOnline story,

GS1 MobileCom Work Group Hosts ShopSavvy VIP at MIT

Meeting last week at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the GS1 MobileCom Work Group entertained the advice and feeedback of Alexander Muse.

Emerging Markets to Save the Airline Industry?

Here’s another strong piece of evidence that established, market-leading companies in developed countriesare learning that emerging markets may hold the key to their continued global leadership. This time, it’s about the airline industry, two key players in Boeing and Airbus, and China.

GS1 in Collaboration with European Supply Chain Institute to Track and Manage Carbon Emissions

Here’s an unusual, but very timely, application of GS1 standards:

GS1 Canada and GHX in Alliance to Create Healthcare Products Registry

This comes from a long news release, but the important message is pretty straightforward: GS1 Canada and GHX have agreed to form a strategic alliance to create a global standards-based product registry for healthcare products.

Spotlight On GS1 Global Healthcare Meeting Last Week: Barcodes At Bedside Now!!!

While some of last week’s GS1 Healthcare Conference in Washington, D.C., was, in many respects, a compendium of earlier GS1 meetings, pretty much all of  it was solid and more than worth the time to attend (or view the webcast). Of special note to me was Mark Neuenschwander’s out-standing presentation on barcode efficacy, power and [...]

GS1 Call to Action to Address Managing Multiple Barcodes on a Single End User Package

GS1 has published a new Call to Action for the purpose of forming a Work Group to study the issue of managing multiple bar codes on a single end user package.

GTIN ROI, Urgency, Affordability and Need Questioned by Retailer

Conceptually, it is hard to argue against a global product marking standard understood by all. But when it comes down to the level of practical implementation, there can be significant implications. In this posting by Tom Karst on The Packer site, an anonymous retailer’s comments about GTIN adoption raise some serious concerns.

Global GS1 Healthcare Conference News Items

For your convenience in keeping up with some of the things that made news at the recent Global GS1 Healthcare Conference

GS1 DataBar Readiness Questioned by GMA; Delay Urged

When it comes to coupons, according to this news release, the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) believes that the …removal of the UPC-A barcode beginning January 1, 2010 will create a significant hardship

GS1 US Offers Stats on 35th Anniversary of the Barcode

First of all, thanks to Larry Dignan, Editor in Chief of ZDNet and Editorial Director of ZDNet’s sister site TechRepublic, for remembering and writing about the barcode’s 35th birthday.

Emerging Market Pharma and Medical Devices Update: Business is Good

The Seeking Alpha site has a great, brief, 10-company update on pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical devices companies launching initiatives, or experiencing improved profitability, in emerging markets.

Quaid Twins Get $250K Each in Heparin Mishap; Problem Solved?

There are two very interesting tidbits of information in this ABC News story about the most recent settlement by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center with actor Dennis Quaid and his wife Kimberley Buffington

QR Code Update: Can 83% of Young Japanese Mobile Phone Users be Wrong?

I saw a poll the other day in which some reputable group estimated the

GS1 Hong Kong Launches Consumer Product Authentication Solution

If and when you first read this InfoWorld aticle by Carol Ko entitled ‘HK launches measures against counterfeit products,’ you may ask

GS1 UK Hires IBM for Grocery-Focused Data Crunch Project

This just in… This IBM press release out of Armonk, NY, this morning confirms that GS1 UK has engaged IBM to help find and fix supply chain data gaps

Variations in Guidelines to Barcode Placement and Exclusivity Stirring Controversy

Dan Gilmore, Editor in Chief of SupplyChainDigest recently published this piece entitled “Worrisome Trend in Retail Label Requirements.” It’s about two specific problems.

Emerging Markets to Lead Power Shift in Post-Recovery?

Reading this piece in MoneyWeek by Editor John Stepek is like watching dominoes fall. Entitled “Emerging markets will be the winners from this crisis,” it sounds like a positive story, doesn’t it? And it is, actually, but only if you’re able to set aside the projected sequence of events that will happen in the developed [...]

Pfizer Updates An Emerging Market Strategy; Explains Why

Everybody has their reasons for embracing, or shunning, an emerging market strategy. But if you want to know what ‘the world’s leading drug maker’ is thinking about emerging markets, and their reasons for thinking it, you’ll check out this very brief bulletin today in FinancierWorldwide featuring Jean-Michel Halfon, who runs Pfizer’s emerging market unit.

GS1 Healthcare US Director Featured in Update on Status of Drug Tracking

Writing for Modern Medicine, contributing editor Christine Blank filed a story late last week carrying the headline, “Pharma industry expands electronic tracking of drugs.”