At Gournay Consulting, we offer turnkey GDSN Managed Services for brands that need reliable, accurate, and proactive support for data pool management, GLN synchronization, and CIC feedback resolution. From Salsify GDSN channel maintenance to custom publication workflows, our team manages every aspect of your GDSN operations—so your content gets published cleanly and stays in sync with your trading partners.
With extensive experience in both retail and foodservice channels, we help clients stay compliant with GS1 standards, streamline syndication, and reduce the burden on internal teams.
We own the day-to-day execution inside your GDSN environment—monitoring, updating, and resolving issues so your team can focus on strategy.
Our services include:
We work across platforms including Salsify, 1WorldSync, and other GS1-certified data pools.
When synchronization fails, it impacts your digital shelf, distributor relationships, and speed to market. We monitor and resolve CIC (Catalog Item Confirmation) feedback in real time.
What we handle:
You stay informed—we handle the troubleshooting.
We work with your IT and Master Data teams to ensure seamless integration between your internal systems (e.g., ERP, MDM, PLM) and Salsify or other publication platforms.
Services include:
We turn siloed data into a synchronized system.
GDSN success depends on more than system connections—it requires complete, accurate, and compliant product data. We identify and fill data gaps to ensure successful syncs.
Support includes:
We make sure your data meets the mark.
Our team actively manages relationships with your key distributors and eComm partners, ensuring clarity and completion at every step.
We support:
We speak the language of both IT and trading partners.
We work inside GDSN platforms every day and understand the nuances of publication, mapping, attribute compliance, and retailer expectations.
From channel maintenance to connector management, we bring deep technical and process knowledge of Salsify’s GDSN capabilities.
While we excel in complex foodservice syndication, our methods scale to retail and Private Label.
We deliver with rigor—setting turnaround expectations, prioritizing urgent cases, and giving you transparency throughout.
GDSN managed services provide ongoing operational support for publishing and synchronizing GS1-compliant product information through a GDSN-certified data pool. Gournay Consulting manages activities including publications, GLN synchronization, data quality, trading partner requirements, CIC feedback, troubleshooting, and ongoing data pool operations.
Yes. We act as an extension of your internal team to manage ongoing GDSN operations, including data pool maintenance, publications, GLN synchronization, CIC feedback resolution, troubleshooting, and trading partner requirements.
Yes. Gournay Consulting helps brands investigate and resolve GDSN publication problems, data quality issues, synchronization challenges, and CIC feedback. We understand both GS1 Standards and the business context behind the data, which allows us to help identify the root cause rather than simply address individual errors. Our team has expertise working within Salsify, RIVIR, 1WorldSync, and Syndigo GDSN data pools.
Yes. We work with brands across different GDSN data pool providers, including managing Salsify GDSN channels and custom publication workflows. We help organizations apply GS1 Standards through data architecture and governance best practices that support their business and trading partner requirements.
As certified GS1 partners, we specialize in Global Data Synchronization Network (GDSN) implementation and migration. We support selecting the right data pool, integrating it into your ecosystem, managing compliance, and ensuring smooth migration between data pool providers—helping brands confidently manage and deploy accurate data efficiently.
