Because of its ability to provide globally unique identification of trade items, assets, logistic units, parties and locations, the GS1System is particularly well suited to be used for traceability purposes. Leading business organizations, such as CIES and ECR Europe, have endorsed the use of GS1 Traceability Solutions. To further develop our capability to assist consumers, businesses and governments worldwide, we have now defined traceability as a business process and produced a Global Traceability Standard, which links it to enabling technologies and relevant GS1 System tools.