GS1 Australia in partnership to enhance product recall process
16 Aug 2010
Source: Transport and Logistics News
Hewlett Packard and GS1 Australia have signed an agreement to develop a cloud-based recall service to remove potentially harmful food, healthcare and other products from the supply chain.
The service, GS1 Recallnet, will run on the HP cloud computing platform for manufacturing, which allows companies to see and share information across the supply chain. It allows Australia to rapidly exchange recall notifications both within the border of its own supply chain and with other countries. Food and consumer products organizations can use the service to reduce errors, decrease the amount of time it takes to respond to a recall, and mitigate the costs associated with managing the recall process.
“GS1 Recallnet will reinvent the way recall information is handled between businesses,” said Maria Palazzolo, chief executive officer, GS1 Australia. “By utilising existing industry-endorsed services to offer the additional functionality for product withdrawal and recall, GS1 Australia is able to assist in improving consumer safety.”
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