2022-06-14 Crop Protection Meet Up - Mid-Year Meeting
- Chris Crutchfield
- Brent Kemp
 Participants
| Present | Name | Company |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance list to be attached. | ||
Terms:
MSA = Moved, Seconded & Approved
 Meeting Information
 Date | 2022-06-14 |
 Time | 8:30 am Chicago |
 Web | https://meet.goto.com/541234749 |
 Phone | |
 Access Code | 541-234-749 |
Purpose of meeting: Identify issues of interest to crop protection segment members and their trading partners, document needs and next steps, and act on any as needed in this session.Â
Documents:
 Agenda/Minute
Topic (Leader) | Desired Outcome Sub-topics, supporting documentation, additional resources | Meeting Minutes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welcome, Antitrust and Introduction () 2 min. | Welcome the group - review Antitrust statement In all of AgGateway's operations and activities, it must avoid discussions or conduct that might violate applicable antitrust laws, or even appear to do so. To that end, AgGateway has established Antitrust Guidelines, which it has provided to each participant in this meeting. While it is your ultimate responsibility to ensure that your actions comply with applicable antitrust laws, your participation in this meeting is affirmation that you will abide by AgGateway's guidelines. | Brent Kemp welcomed participants, reviewed sign in, requested all to check in on the app for sign in purposes, and reviewed acronym document availability. |
| 2 | Minutes Taker () 1 min. | A meeting taker has been selected. | Brent will capture notes. Presentation deck uploaded. |
| 3 | State of Product Identification | Participants are aware of global and regional issues and activities related to product identification and crop protection chemicals. GTIN preparation and adoption Europe activities:
Other | Reviewed discussion from  Ag Retail meet up, consensus was to focus on CP specific implementations today. Jim Glynn shared path of barcoding, GTIN enumeration and use in their warehouse processes. Noted that where barcodes are not available on packaging, a proprietary code and symbol will be applied. Shares some estimates of time savings and process improvement. Joe Gifford discussed progress and process from his perspective, noting that he barcode implementation and scanning inventory is the pinnacle of efficiency to aspire to. Manufacturers are moving ahead with plans to implement or actual implementation of GTINs in their systems. Noted that a typical master data path in this regard is:
Discussion around distinction between GTIN, the barcode, and other symbologies. GS1 representatives discussed some of the rules in place today and offered education to help clarify any areas of confusion. Units of Measure continue to be an area where needs of particular participants at different levels of the supply chain encounter concern. Lowest salable unit vs lowest salable package vs pricing UOM and all these interact may require revisiting processes (order to invoice, product movement and inventory management) first documented in AEC to determine if here are opportunities for realignment. Year end deadline for some decisions and implementations. Set phone and in-person meet ups:
Discussed CropLife Europe, other activities at a high level for awareness. |
| 4 | Third-Party Storage and Crop Nutrition | The group is aware of efforts in the crop nutrition segment to document and socialize implementation guidance for a third-party storage and product management use case. Opportunity for collecting insights and suggestions is available. | Reviewed CN process to be discussed later. Noted it sounds like consignment, shared storage, agency, other processes. Some similarities but not the same at a systems level. No specific message implementations identified. |
| 5 | Product Catalog Update | Very brief overview of current activities specific to product catalog | Noted there is an update planned for  am. Clarified that Product Catalog is a message format and content, not a repository. Data providers may set up API or other access to product catalog data, New version will include elements needed for Canada. |
| 6 | Crop Protection in Canada | Group has opportunity to discuss the availability and interest of parties to implement CP messaging in Canada, and next steps (as applicable) are identified. | Noted that there are implementations going on or planned to kick off soon. Asked if there was a need to schedule a roundtable for supporting implementation. Answered that a session reviewing differences between message implementations for educational purposes would be a good start. |
| 7 | Review of AgGateway Idea Portfolio | The group is re-familiarized with AgGateway's idea log and submission form. | Very fast overview of the AgGateway Idea Submission form and process. |
| 8 | Other items () | Discuss any additional items that came up during meeting that need to be addressed in another meet-up | Potential discussion on processes needed to access, provide, and exchange active ingredient data. Various use cases. |
| 9 | Next Meeting () | Group determines cadence and dates for next meetings. Calendar items are added to the AgGateway calendar. | GTM for  F2F  -  |
| 10 | Adjournment () | Adjourn | 10:00 am Chicago |
Tasks/Action Items
| Who | When Assigned | What | Deadline | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | Â | Set up GTM and send meeting invites for planning calls related to GTIN face to face sessions | Â | COMPLETE |