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Global Standards

Paul Roberts
Nestlé
UK

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 Standards at Nestlé - Overview
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• Nestlé needs to manage global complexity.

– Quality and cost.

• Nestlé needs to collaborate with Trading partners.

– Effectively and efficiently.

• Nestlé is committed to the development of Global Standards.

– Global standards for business are important to Nestlé.

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 Nestlé is committed to Global Standards
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• Global Standards are critical to standardise business

communications between trading partners.
– standards must be industry driven, & reflect current business
requirements.

– the current process is working. It engages the user community in the

design process as the development of standards for business transactions
is an iterative process.

– standards must be dynamic and evolve to meet changing business

requirements.

– the process must be open and all participants must have an equal
opportunity to participate in the standards development process.

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 A good example of Global standards
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Yesterday • EAN codes are now accepted globally...

• An EAN code has the same meaning, function and
interpretation, globally !

• ISONestlé's point
has adopted ofcode
this bar view...
as an international standard
after users evolved the standard into viable application
True
True global
global
• RFIDstandards
standards were
were achieved
achieved
/ EPC Generation 2 as
as aa result
result of
of an
an
Today industry
industry driven
driven standard
standard development
development process.
process.
• the user community gathered business requirements,
analysed detailed business processes, developed
specifications, and executed proof of concept pilots to
evaluate and refine standard
• Generation 2 is now a global standard,endorsed by ISO.

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 Why are standards important to Nestlé
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• The Nestlé approach.

– Nestlé shares the vision of an EPC enabled supply chain, delivering
significant supply chain efficiencies and an improved shopping
experience for our consumer.
Nestlé's point of view...
– Nestlé is committed to participating in Customer RFID pilots to
We
We believe
believe
further GS1
GS1
enhance and
and
our ISO
ISO are
are complementary
understanding complementary standards
standards
of this emerging technology.
bodies
bodies and
and both
both offer
offer significant
significant business
business value.
value.

– Proactively work with industry and standards organizations to

ensure a consistent approach to the adoption of RFID / EPC in the
food industry.

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 In closing...
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• Nestlé is committed to the development of user driven

Global Standards for business processes.

• Standards must be industry driven, reflecting current

business requirements and remain dynamic to meet future
business needs.

• Nestle is evaluating the use of EPC/RFID at case & pallet

level tagging only, to determine for example if it can:
• improve inventory management.
• reduce supply chain costs.
• increase product availability, etc.

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