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GS1Trade Exact is our service that ensures the quality of the product data you share with your trading partners. We check your physical product against the data you have entered in GS1Trade Sync, or create it for you in GS1Trade Sync if that's what you want.
When a product is quality assured, it is validated and has the green stamp in GS1Trade Sync, so all trading partners can see that your product data has been quality checked.
All you need to do is create an order (see below) and send us a case of the product. Then we create, publish and quality assure in GS1Trade Sync.
Currently there is a 50% discount on Exact Product Quality Check for foodservice products.
See how GS1Trade Exact can help your company ensure the quality of your product master data and thus contribute positively to consistent information between your company and your trading partners.
Here we create the product from scratch in GS1Trade Sync based on the physical product. It also includes Exact Product Quality Check, where a green valid stamp is included.
All required fields in GS1Trade Sync are filled in as well as additional information on the product that is relevant for Exact Quality Check. This could include storage instructions, claims such as FSC labeling, Nordic Swan Ecolabel, Whole Grain Label. Marketing texts are however excluded.
When creating a product, we must receive a physical copy of the product, and a creation form with additional information that is not included in the physical products must be attached when ordering. This can be found in the order form.
A product creation and quality check includes a maximum of one base unit + one case.
Here we check the created product data in GS1Trade Sync against the correct final product.
Among other things, this is to ensure that online consumers have the same information available as the consumer looking at the product in the store.
Ordering Exact Product Quality Check requires that you:
If you want both the base unit and the case to be quality assured, make sure you send us a full case.
A quality check includes a maximum of one base unit + one case.
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Here we check for updates to the corrected label information. For example, this could be an update of ingredient lists or recalculation of nutritional information.
With Exact Label Quality Check, you do not need to submit physical goods. It is possible to attach the updated label in a file to the order. Our task during an Exact Label Quality Check is to check the entered data against the data that appears from either the attached file or the submitted product.
Prior to ordering Exact Label Quality Check, it is important that you update the product's data in GS1Trade Sync.
If a physical product is submitted, a handling fee of DKK 160 will be added, except if product images are also ordered via our service, GS1Trade Image.
Exact Label Quality Checks can only be performed on products that have previously undergone Exact Product Quality Checks.
The retail and foodservice industries experience many errors in their received master data, both in terms of logistics and label information. Because of this, data recipients require product data to be quality assured. GS1Trade Exact was established to help you do just that.
Your products must be created in GS1Trade Sync in order for us to quality assure your product data.
We are also able to correct your product data for you. This option is however not possible if you make use of an integrated solution.
GS1Trade Exact ensures that product data entered in GS1Trade Sync matches the physical product.
We measure the product and compare the physical product with the information provided by the supplier in GS1Trade Sync. Adjustments are then made if necessary.
GS1Trade Exact's quality assurance rules are based on GS1 standards and rulesets, including GDSN's standards for product master data and rules adopted by the GS1Trade Sync working group representing the Danish retail and foodservice industry.
Therefore, be sure to inform your suppliers of the following:
- GS1Trade Sync membership is required
- The products must be created in GS1Trade Sync
- Which products you want the supplier to have quality assured by GS1Trade Exact
GS1Trade Image provides professional marketing and planogram images that meet retailers' requirements and imaging guidelines.
If you want to create your own product photos, we can also help you get certified.
GS1Trade Sync is a data pool for product data exchange that your trading partners can access.
GS1Trade Sync streamlines data exchange between trading partners because data only needs to be entered in one place. This increases the quality of product data and creates value for you - and the entire value chain.
Below you can see the prices for GS1Trade Exact.
To get started with GS1Trade Exact, your company must be a member of GS1 Denmark. If you are already a GS1 member, go directly to My GS1 and order.
A membership gives you a unique number - called a GS1 company prefix - which you use to generate your globally unique identification numbers.
Below you'll find some of the questions we've already received about this service - and the answers we've given.
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If you want to learn more about GS1Trade Exact or have questions about the service, we recommend that you contact our experts who are ready to guide you through the process.
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Tel: +45 39 27 85 27
Email: gs1tradeexact@gs1.dk
