Collaborative platforms are coming to play a decisive role in the supply chain sector. By creating new synergies between stakeholders, they reveal important pockets of economic and environmental value. The challenge for the sector is to develop a global ecosystem of interconnected platforms. APIs can play that role to interconnect the platforms on all the major functions.

1. Why we need standardized APIs?
Yacine Bouallouche, Innovation Project Manager, GS1 France

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From supply chains…
Supply chains disruption
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&
ONE to ONE ONE à MANY
Standardized
information flows

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From supply chains to supply network
Supply chains disruption
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After the optimization of each
organization, each supply chain…
Finding synergies beetween several
supply chains is the way to
optimize the overall performance
The main goal of this digital
transformation is to develop a
collaborative logistics
MANY to MANY
Non-standardized interactions
Supported by digital platfoms

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The consequences of this digital
transformation
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Speed-up of time
Changes in IT
infrastructures
A more complex
digital ecosystem
Drastic changes in
value chains
An ecosystem with
less standard

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From a dominant position to the market
fragmentation
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Domination
“The winner
takes all”
Fragmentation
“Silo effect”
VS

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A third scenario is possible
For a co-construction of the digital
transformation
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Interconnexion
“Interoperability
& trust”
Domination
“The winner
takes all”
Fragmentation
“Silo effect”
Keep platforms in a position of independence
Eliminate silo effects
Promote innovation

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We need standardized APIs !
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Besoins d’API
standardisées
Organisation des
opérations de transport
Prise de rendez-vous, plan
de transport, choix du
transporteur, …
Suivi des ressources
de transport
Position GPS, température,
données sociales, …
Suivi des
marchandises
Traçabilité des ruptures de
charge, qualification de la
conformité, …
Gestion des actifs /
emballages circulants
Support de transport,
emballage, …
Gestion des
documents
Documents légaux de
transport, documents
douaniers, … Besoins d’API
standardisées
Organisation des
opérations de transport
Prise de rendez-vous, plan
de transport, choix du
transporteur, …
Suivi des ressources
de transport
Position GPS, température,
données sociales, …
Suivi des
marchandises
Traçabilité des ruptures de
charge, qualification de la
conformité, …
Gestion des actifs /
emballages circulants
Support de transport,
emballage, …
Gestion des
documents
Documents légaux de
transport, documents
douaniers, … Besoins d’API
standardisées
Organisation des
opérations de transport
Prise de rendez-vous, plan
de transport, choix du
transporteur, …
Suivi des ressources
de transport
Position GPS, température,
données sociales, …
Suivi des
marchandises
Traçabilité des ruptures de
charge, qualification de la
conformité, …
Gestion des actifs /
emballages circulants
Support de transport,
emballage, …
Gestion des
documents
Documents légaux de
transport, documents
douaniers, … Besoins d’API
standardisées
Organisation des
opérations de transport
Prise de rendez-vous, plan
de transport, choix du
transporteur, …
Suivi des ressources
de transport
Position GPS, température,
données sociales, …
Suivi des
marchandises
Traçabilité des ruptures de
charge, qualification de la
conformité, …
Gestion des actifs /
emballages circulants
Support de transport,
emballage, …
Gestion des
documents
Documents légaux de
transport, documents
douaniers, …
At least 5
categories of
standardized
APIs
Trucks
tracking
Asset & packaging
management
Goods
tracking
Transport operations
management
Document
management
We need standards where there are none…
We need new standards where there are already…

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Thank you
Contact
Yacine Bouallouche
Innovation Project Manager
GS1 France
yacine.bouallouche@gs1fr.org