In a series of four short articles, I will be exploring the information challenges and opportunities for hospitals presented by the eProcurement Strategy for the UK National Health Service (NHS). The Strategy includes a mandate that means any service or product procured by an NHS Acute Trust in England must be compliant with GS1 standards. … …
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Countdown to the Medical Device Regulation – A LANSA Perspective The changes happening in the medical device world over the next few years fall squarely into the category of “quiet revolutions that will affect us all.” The last time the European Commission updated and harmonised regulation across Medical Devices was in the 1990s – the … …
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LANSA supports GS1 UK and fellow solution partners at eCommerce Expo 2015 From June 2015 eBay sellers have been required to add product identifiers to their listings for a number of selling categories where the items listed are new or manufacturer refurbished. Product identifiers, like the brand name, Manufacturer Part Number (MPN), or Global Trade … …
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Carrying on from my What’s wrong with the Spreadsheet PIM? Part 1 blog post, today I’ll share with you the importance of controlling your product data and offer an alternative to the spreadsheet PIM. Spreadsheets do not provide the mechanisms to control your data Without application logic there is no control over data that resides within a spreadsheet. … …
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The Spreadsheet is the software equivalent of a Swiss Army Knife for many businesses, it’s a Business Intelligence (BI) tool, a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system, an Accounting system, a Warehouse Management System (WMS), but above all, it’s the world’s most widely installed Product Information Management System, commonly referred to as a PIM. It’s not … …
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LANSA was once again proud to be supporting GS1 UK at their annual Healthcare Conference in Holywell Park, Loughborough University on the 9th and 10th of June. As with last year’s event, LANSA was a Silver sponsor. We made the most of the two-day conference in terms of networking and promoting our newest PIM offering … …
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As my colleague refers to in his “One Click Away: Where Does the Data Article Come From” article, meeting trading partner and global data standards requirements is a daunting task for manufacturers and retailers today. I know first-hand, having worked on an implementation project for a supplier that sought to comply with GS1 standards set … …
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It’s official . . . 1SYNC and SA2 Worldsync have completed their joint venture, combining the two organizations into 1WorldSync – representing one global platform for trusted product data. There was a lot of “buzz” in the market immediately following the announcement, mostly boasting the size of the new entity. However, the true benefits that … …
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