Food & beverage
Fresh replenishment
Daily orders with catch-weight confirmation and batch/best-before data in the despatch advice.
Messages
Parties: Retailer ↔ producer
Practice example
A dairy delivers to a distribution centre with batch, best-before date and temperature data on every pallet; missing lot data blocks goods receipt.
Typical process flow
- ORDERS / DELFOR
- DESADV with batch + MHD
- RECADV with deviations
- INVOIC with weight-based pricing
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
- EANCOM® message guides — ORDERS, DESADV, INVOIC subsets for German retail
- GS1 Logistics Label (SSCC/NVE) — Labelling of handling units
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
- GS1 EPCIS 2.0 — Event data for serialisation and traceability
- GS1 Traceability Standard — Batch and lot traceability requirements