Alcohol Beverage Industry Pilot
The world''s largest supplier (Diageo) and two of the U.S.''s largest Alcohol Beverage Industry (ABI) distributors (Southern Wine and Glazer''s) successfully completed a pilot to prove the viability and validity of GDSN in the ABI three-tIEr supply chain and enhance the attribute sets of GDSN to properly support the needs of ABI. This project was one of the most successful GDSN advances of 2005. In about three months, Diageo was publishing product information to Southern Wine and Glazer''s (sending Catalog Item Notifications, or CINs), both of which were evaluating Diageo''s GTIN publications and responding back with Catalog Item Confirmations (CICs). Southern Wine and Glazer''s enhanced GTIN information to meet the needs of their customers and in turn published to customers such as Wal-Mart and Albertson''s by sending CINs.
從ABI的案例來看，GDSN中一對一的運作可以簡單依賴CIN和CIC來完成，主要用於驗證GDSN的可行性和Item的屬性定義集，但是要避免一對一的弊端，還是要綜合采用產品信息管理系統PIM和數據池管理系統DPM。
