What GS1’s API change means for retrieving your product data and how Yenlo can help you save time, costs, and manual processes.
The GS1 Transition Affecting Your Business
In the complex world of product data management, GS1 has made a revolutionary improvement by switching from the GDSN API to the Data Sync API. This is more than just a technical change; it marks a new era in how companies share and receive product information. For many familiar with the GDSN API, including professionals in healthcare logistics, retail, supply chain management, and food and beverage, this shift may feel like a whole new playing field where the game’s rules have changed.
So why this change? GS1 is known for its continuous innovation in data management. The introduction of the new Data Sync API reflects their ambition to make data exchange faster and more efficient. With the new API, GS1 promises faster data exchange, greater capacity, fewer restrictions, and no disruptions or inconveniences. Even when the data pool is very busy. The new system is designed to not only provide complete data sets instead of specific requests but also increase the accuracy and scope of the data received, which helps businesses take full advantage of the benefits above. GS1 strongly advises companies to adopt this new system and copy the data pool to local storage. This approach allows updates to be requested efficiently from the local storage, making the most of the power and efficiency of the new GS1 API.
GS1’s Critical Role in Healthcare Logistics
GS1 is more than just a name in the world of data synchronization. It is even more than the world standard for barcodes; it is a central hub for detailed product information. This central role allows companies to access unambiguous data about products, which is essential for business operations and growth.
Crucial sectors, such as healthcare, rely on data accuracy from thousands of articles and its visibility in linked ERP systems such as AFAS daily. This rapid access to essential data is vital in healthcare settings, where accurate and timely information can directly impact patient care.
Data synchronization via GS1 standards enables healthcare partners to automatically and efficiently access product data. It eliminates inconsistencies and outdated information, essential for hospitals to execute effective purchasing processes. Reducing errors and increasing efficiency are the core benefits of GS1’s data synchronization, directly impacting patient safety.
The Unnoticed Transition: Yenlo’s Seamless Integration
With such a dramatic change in GS1’s data sharing, it’s understandable to wonder how companies, not just in healthcare but also in industries such as supply chain, pharmaceuticals, retail, and manufacturing, can adapt smoothly.
This is where Yenlo’s expertise comes in. If you are already using our Integration-as-a-Service solution, Connext Go!, then you are in the right place. Behind the scenes, Yenlo is already one step ahead. We didn’t simply set up a new link with GS1. Co-creating with GS1, we have completely redesigned the GS1 connection on AFAS with the Data Sync API in mind. We will begin rolling out this update to existing customers by the end of summer (2023).
But for those still in doubt, here is the advantage: choose Yenlo, and the link from your AFAS system to the current GS1 version will be upgraded to the new version. Yenlo’s goal is to ensure that this transition is as smooth as possible; you may not even notice that anything has changed!
Buffer Technology: How the GS1 Data Sync API works with Yenlo
In technology, we often associate change with disruption, but Yenlo has found a way to make integration with GS1 seamless through the new API. The core of this strategy is a buffer mechanism. When GS1 changes the data pool, a fascinating process is initiated at Yenlo. The GS1 connection on Connext Go! acts as a buffer that stores the updated product data in a generic database.
Unlike previous systems that required ERP triggers, Yenlo’s connection works autonomously. It periodically polls your AFAS (ERP) system and updates the product data. Despite changes on the GS1 side, Yenlo’s interface offers consistency. This integration acts as a silent intermediary, always working in the background. This ensures that you and your team can focus on business activities without distraction.
Easy to Use and Optimized Search
GS1’s new Data Sync API has changed how to search and find specific product information. This can make it feel like you must plow through a vast amount of data to find what you need. Connext Go! solves that for you. Intelligent filtering makes retrieving information a piece of cake.
In healthcare logistics, where fast access to data can be critical, this is a groundbreaking development. No more endless searches or frustrations about unfindable product data. Yenlo’s interface makes it easier to locate and retrieve the information you want quickly.
GS1 & ERP: A Combined Power
Integrating GS1 with an ERP system is not just a connection; it’s a merger of two forces that can achieve greater accomplishments. GS1 provides up-to-date, standardized data and your ERP system processes and uses this data for smooth business operations. GS1’s new Data Sync API further emphasizes this relationship by promoting two-way communication.
Although the method of communication is constantly changing, Yenlo guarantees that AFAS systems synchronize seamlessly and accurately with the GS1 database. Our connection is currently specifically optimized for AFAS. However, the connection offers possibilities to adapt it for other ERP systems in the future.
Start today with the best way of product data management
We are at a crossroads in the world of product data management. The way data is shared and integrated is evolving rapidly, and companies that can’t keep up with these changes risk being left behind. But with every change comes an opportunity. The transition to the new GS1 Data Sync API is just the beginning of what’s possible.
Understanding these developments and proactively working on them can give your organization a competitive advantage not only in healthcare but also in sectors such as supply chain, pharmaceutical industry, retail, and manufacturing. Companies that adopt these new methods more quickly will be in a stronger position to benefit from technological advances. And with Yenlo as a partner at your side, you are not only prepared for what is happening now but also for what will come in the future.
Yenlo’s Connext Go! is your integration compass in these changing times. If you haven’t yet experienced the innovation and efficiency that Yenlo’s Connext Go! offers, now is the time. Contact us today and navigate to GS1 integration with confidence.
