Learning
Structured learning paths that connect theory with the real messages you analyse every day.
Every industry process end to end: the messages involved, the real-world example, the process flow and the associations that publish the binding rulebooks.
Retail & consumer goods
Article master data, prices and promotions are exchanged before the first order.
Messages
Common standards
Parties: Brand ↔ retailer / GDSN pool
Practice example
Before a seasonal launch the brand sends 180 new GTINs with pack hierarchy, list price and promotion window; the retailer only opens ordering after master data validation.
Typical process flow
Rule-setting bodies & associations
GS1 Germany GmbH
National standards organisation
GTIN/GLN identification, EANCOM message guides and the German EDI recommendations for retail and consumer goods.
Rulebooks & documents
GS1 AISBL (GS1 Global Office)
International standards organisation
Global identification keys, GDSN master data synchronisation, EPCIS event data and the GS1 healthcare and traceability standards.
Blue Tower, Avenue Louise 326, bte 10, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Rulebooks & documents
UNECE — United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT)
United Nations body
Owner of the UN/EDIFACT directories, UNTDID code lists and Recommendation 20 unit codes used by every EDIFACT implementation.
Palais des Nations, 8-14 Avenue de la Paix, 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Rulebooks & documents
Accredited Standards Committee X12 (ASC X12)
ANSI-accredited standards committee
North American transaction sets (850, 810, 856, 214, 837) and the HIPAA-mandated healthcare transactions.
Rulebooks & documents
Koordinierungsstelle für IT-Standards (KoSIT) — Freie Hansestadt Bremen
Public-sector coordination office
Maintains the XRechnung standard, the German CIUS of EN 16931, its business rules (BR-DE) and the validator configuration.
c/o Die Senatorin für Finanzen, Rudolf-Hilferding-Platz 1, 28195 Bremen, Deutschland
Rulebooks & documents
OpenPeppol AISBL
International non-profit association
Peppol BIS profiles, the Peppol network policy for access points and the participant identifier schemes.
Rue Belliard 40, 1040 Brussels, Belgium
Rulebooks & documents
CEN-CENELEC Management Centre
European standardisation body
Owner of EN 16931 — the semantic data model and business rules behind every European e-invoice.
Rue de la Science 23, 1040 Brussels, Belgium
Rulebooks & documents
OASIS Open (Universal Business Language TC)
Open standards consortium
Universal Business Language 2.1/2.4 — the XML syntax used by Peppol BIS and XRechnung UBL invoices.
P.O. Box 455, Waltham, MA 02454, USA
Rulebooks & documents