Global medical device manufacturer transforms vision into greater patient safety with GS1 Standards CHALLENGE With worldwide manufacturing centers operating as separate entities, Cook Medical (Cook) decided to unify and standardize its business processes to better serve its customers and their patients as “one Cook Medical.” SOLUTION Cook Medical chose GS1 Standards, implementing Global Trade Item Numbers (GTINs) and Global Location Numbers (GLNs) to uniquely identify all of its worldwide products and locations. The company registered its GTINs and attributes in a GS1 Global Data Synchronization NetworkTM (GDSN®)-certified Data Pool for sharing with healthcare systems. The company is integrating these GS1 Standards into its processes for greater visibility while also leveraging th

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