GS1 U.S., a member of GS1, is an information standards organization that brings industry together to solve supply chain problems through the adoption of GS1 Standards. GS1 U.S. helps companies streamline operations based on the use of global standards to identify, capture, and share product information from source to consumption. GS1 Standards enable trading partners in the supply chain to talk to one another through the identification encoded in barcodes.