Receiving product information via My Product Manager Share

Three user groups can be differentiated:

• The retail that sell these products to consumers or the wholesalers that act as intermediaries between the manufacturers and these chain stores.
• The caterers and F&B businesses that prepare the food products for consumers or the wholesalers (food service suppliers) that act as intermediaries between the manufacturers and the caterers and F&B businesses.
• The solution providers that develop this software, for example:
  • B2B applications where caterers and F&B businesses manage their recipes.
  • B2C smartphone applications which enable specific consumer target groups to receive nutritional advice.

You can consult the product information in My Product Manager in various ways.

Manually via the web interface 

• Via de web interface https://myproducts.gs1belu.org
• You can search which product information from which supplier is available for you
• You can consult the dproduct information's data quality report

Automatically via API in JSON format

• Via the API protocol, you can request specific product information from your own internal system (e.g. PIM, PLM or ERP). 
• You can search on: 
  • a product package on the basis of the GTIN 
  • all product information from a certain supplier based on the GLN 
  • all changed product information since a certain point in time 
  • ...

More info on the API protocol

Automatically via SFTP in XML format

• Via the SFTP protocol you can download an XML file daily and import it into your own internal system (e.g. PIM, PLM or ERP). 
• You have the choice between: 
  • a complete file: all product information of all products 
  • an incremental file: only the product information of the new and changed products 

More info on the SFTP protocol