World Accreditation Day 2019: Adding Value to Supply Chains

Testing, calibration, certification and inspection services:

• ISO 22000 Food Safety Management System
• BRC Global Standards for Food Safety
• AS 9001 Aerospace Management System
• IATF 16949 Automotive Quality Management System
• ISO 13485 Quality Management System for Medical Devices
• SA 800 Social Accountability Certification
• ISO 14001 Environmental Management System
• ISO 50001 Energy Management System

Security audits to ensure that theft, corruption and bribery are minimized:

• ISO 22301 Business Continuity Management

Certification services to help you maintain the highest standards of supply-chain management:

• ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety Management System
• ISO 9001 Quality Management System

Efficient data management systems to help you provide evidence of your high standards to stakeholders and customers:

• ISO 27001 Information Security Management Systems

Training programmes to ensure that best practice is embedded across your organization:

• SGS Academy

Today, as businesses seek cost-effective procurement, product supply chains have become more globalized and complex than ever before, spanning multiple countries and sites.

As a result, organizations are faced with significant challenges regarding:

• Quality
• Traceability
• Safety
• Regulatory compliance
• Environmental and social responsibility
• Risk of disruption and brand damage

Accreditation is an effective way of determining the technical competence, integrity and impartiality of organizations. Conformity assessment services, such as testing, calibration, certification and inspection, offers independent evaluation against recognized standards to ensure impartiality, competence and consistency.

Accreditation helps you:

• Gain confidence that your suppliers are stable, ethical and meet Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) requirements
• Ensure products meet technical and safety specifications
• Satisfy contractual terms with suppliers
• Select suitable suppliers

As the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company, SGS offers a range of services to help you effectively manage the potential risks in your supply chain through assessments, inspection and data management systems. Using our enhanced technology solutions, we help enterprise clients to improve supplier information and ensure they have management systems in place to mitigate risks. Our worldwide coverage and global networks across a range of industries guarantees that you have access to the latest information and techniques relevant to your industry sector.

Benefits to suppliers:

• Reduced cost that leverages SGS expertise – locally and across the globe
• External verification improves reliability of effectively implementing programs
• Access to a wider client base with marketable verifications performed by industry leader

Benefits to clients:

• Supplier verification that increases assurance of risk management
• Collaborative model allows for improved relationship with supply base
• Improved data and analysis ensures maximum impact on profitability