...White Paper Food Service and Data Synchronization Sponsored by June 2006 Acknowledgements The International Food Distributors Association (IFDA) and GS1 US™ would like to thank the EFR/GS1 US Committee for their work on this paper. Additionally, the following participants of the committee were critical to the development of this document. Data Synchronization Committee Mark Barnekow Todd Brindley Allan Eklund Jodi Miller Pam Tann Lela Tripp Janet Zlokovich Amphire ConAgra Foods United Foodservice Purchasing Co-op, LLC Land O’ Lakes, Inc. SYSCO, Inc Tyson Foods, Inc Answers Systems, Inc IFDA is a Washington, D.C. based trade organization representing foodservice distributors throughout the U.S., Canada, and internationally. IFDA’s 130+ members include broadline, systems, and specialty foodservice distributors that supply food and related products to restaurants, institutions, and other food away from home foodservice operations. IFDA members operate more than 550 facilities, and sell more than $75 billion in food and related products to the fastest growing sector in the food industry. GS1 US is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the adoption and implementation of standards-based, global supply chain solutions. GS1 US-based solutions, including business processes, GS1 Business Message Standards using Extensible Markup Language (XML), Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), and the bar code identification standards of the GS1 System, formerly the EAN...
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