We send 50 'manual fails' to the Co-operative Group for failure to supply their sound sourcing policy.
Membership of GS1 and company prefix number is issued. Our organisation licences GS1 (formely EAN) numbers for identifying goods, assets. materials, etc. These numbers are issued by GS1 UK and can be used in bar codes, messages, RFID/EPC tags (Radio Frequency Identification/Electronic Product Codes) and for GDSN (Global Data Synchronisation Network) GS1 UK is a not-for-profit organisation to assist with the 1,00,000+ companies globally who use GS1 standards to achieve business supply chain standards and efficiencies. Our company prefix number is EAN 13 Prefix 506011766.
14th October 2005
We send 50 'manual fails' to the Co-operative Group for failure to supply their sound sourcing policy.
15 October 2005
The hierachy of the Co-operative Group all become involved in our challenge. They include Group Corporate Affairs, Group Secretary, Group Controller, Chief General Manager, Group Chief Executive, Management Services Officer, Public Affairs Advisor and Society Communications.
22nd October 2005
Machinery is purchased including the addition of heavy duty sewing machines.
25 October 2005
The Co-operative Group Legal Executive tells us to cease communications and that if we commence legal proceedings our claim will be strenuously resisted.
26 October 2005
Plush bean filled donkey's are ordered from Millar Ark Toys based in Southport, England. Millar Ark have a partner in Shanghai, China, who manufacture the donkeys to our specification. Millar Ark have a strict code of trading with overseas partners including moral ethical trade. Furthermore Millar Ark are bound by our Code of Conduct which forms part of our Terms and Conditions of Trade.
The Advertising Standards Agency informs us that the Co-operative Group publish their own magazine available to members only. This restricts enforcement of the magazine content and as such the Co-operative Group can basically write what they wish; truth or fiction. The agency cannot prove the sound sourcing policy as genuine.
