UCCnet, a not-for-profit subsidiary of GS1 US, makes use of these industry standards in the development of powerful tools to synchronize item information and break the barriers that hinder the transfer of information in a business-to-business environment.

UCCnet plays a key role in a fundamental shift in the way supply chains perform. The organization's universal foundation for industry standards-based e-commerce provides a non-proprietary basis for promoting collaborative capabilities among trading partners.

The resulting community of trading partners and certified UCC Solution Partners enable all EAN·UCC System-compliant item information to be synchronized and updated in near real time while ensuring standards compliance and the integrity of the data.