GS1, headquartered in Brussels, oversees 111 GS1 organizations worldwide. It has developed global standards that facilitate product and information flow in supply chains and result in enhanced organizational performance. They are recognized as the de facto global standards in retail and are widely adopted across 25 other industry sectors including healthcare, transport & logistics, etc., by over one million companies. Critical business applications in the B2B, B2G, and B2C space are enabled through the use of GS1 standards and solutions which include identification, authentication, track & trace and recalls, counterfeit detection, stock management, visibility in supply chains, demand forecasting, electronic data interchange, etc.