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Australia has a vast rail infrastructure, and the industry contributes significantly to our country’s GDP.
GS1 Australia works with key stakeholders in the Rail industry in order to improve supply chain management and the use of standards and processes both locally and globally.
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Through ongoing collaboration with the rail industry and our members, GS1 has been developing standards for identification, marking and traceability to help industry meet its need for full lifecycle tracking of parts, components and assets. 1. Project i-TRACE overview
2. Request to access the Australian Rail Guideline
3. Register for a webinar
4. Review online video tutorials
5. Register for training (2 hour online classroom)
6. ID keys & application identifiers
7. Object Identification Wizard Tool
8. Direct Marking Wizard
9. Rail solution provider contacts
10. GTIN Management Rules
11. Suppliers - Implementation checklist
12. Operators - Implementation checklist
13. Barcode Check application form
14. Request to access Data Exchange Application Standards
An interactive tool to help you on your implementation journey.
Implementation Guideline for standardised Identification & Marking of parts and components in the Australian Rail Industry.
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Working together in rail to improve efficiency, lower costs and deliver better customer service.
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How the GS1 DataMatrix can be laser marked on a bearing at production and used throughout its lifecycle. Watch video
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With organisations across the rail industry moving ahead in their Project i-TRACE journey, now is not the time to be left behind.
Rex Case study
The next steps of the i-TRACE journey
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Ensuring your solutions can support standards.
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Training steps
To help you get on track, follow these training steps
Hear Project i-TRACE progress, requirements and future plans from the ARA, Sydney Trains, V/Line, PTA WA and Metro Trains.
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Use this app to scan and extract the data encoded within GS1 barcodes.
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At AusRAIL last year, GS1 Australia's Bonnie Ryan spoke about the industry having a drive to digitalise. Read more in this article from Rail Express.
Part of a podcast series: hear about building efficiency, industry knowledge and interoperability across the rail network.
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In May, Bonnie Ryan spoke with Rail Express about the importance of standardising the capture of data in the rail industry and is calling on them to get moving on digitalisation.
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A joint initiative with the Australasian Railway Association, building rail's digital capability.
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Helping rail plan and prepare for the future
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Learn about how companies are implementing GS1 standards in the global market and seeing tangible business benefits:
Read about HFG
Read about ContiTech
Read about Schaeffler Group
Read about ATE Continental
Read about MBDA Germany
The ARA and GS1 Australia encourages all relevant rail organisations in Australia to ‘Get Moving’ with Project i-TRACE, and to make 2020 the year to build on their digital capabilities using GS1 global standards in their businesses.