Services

GS1 Canada leads the vision for the e-commerce revolution in Canada. We educate members and non-members about B2B e-commerce in Canada. Our suite of GS1 Canada services supports collaborative commerce within Canadian industry sectors. Our services help GS1 Canada members by providing key elements of e-commerce communication at affordable costs.

GS1 Canada services allow Canadian businesses to take advantage of e-commerce benefits and remain competitive on a global scale. The following services improve your company’s competitive position in local and global markets by reducing costs, improving productivity, and accelerating the speed-to-market of products:

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• Company Prefix Licencing — With a valid Company Prefix Licence, Canadian business of all sizes create industry-compliant bar codes, enabling their products to be traded in Canada and around the world. Part of the GS1 worldwide numbering system that links product identification with the electronic exchange of business information, GS1 Canada is the only authorized source for globally-unique Company Prefix Licences in Canada.
• ECCnet Registry – ECCnet Registry is a single point of access between vendors and retailers, streamlining and supporting the day-to-day e-commerce requirements of the supply chain – allowing vendors to maintain accurate product information in one central registry and input information just one time for all retail partners.
• ECCnet Image & Validation — A central source for developing the images and dimension information your company needs to maximize the selling potential of its products and improve the efficiency of its supply chain. ECCnet Image & Validation includes images and dimensions for planogramming, high resolution marketing images, and a bar code scan verification service to assure trading partners that the bar code symbols of each member's products meet global scanning standards.  
• Empty Miles is a service that matches a company’s trailers that are returning empty with potential loads that can be collected and delivered along the return route, helping companies save time and produce revenues while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and fuel consumption.
•  GS1 Canada Product Recall – An industry-driven online communication tool developed using standards and the GS1 Identification Keys, which enables manufacturers to share real-time product notifications with their retail trading partners in a secure and direct manner.
• Item Centre — Item Centre enables trading partners to realize immediate, measurable benefits to the new item listing process. Providing a single source of truth for product listing information, Item Centre improves data accuracy and synchronization. With Item Centre, all trading partners can list and access correct, complete product information electronically – enhancing supply chain efficiency and product safety.