- New business opportunities: ISO 28000 certification can help the organization gain a competitive advantage and attract new customers. To customers and all those interested, proves that controls have been put in place in order to reduce the risks in the supply chain, protecting the personal security of goods and services. This helps to simplify trade relations and, in some cases, even reduces the time required to transport goods across borders, and high-value or dangerous goods can be transported globally and stored in a safer way.
- Supply chain risk management: by monitoring and managing security risks in the organization and supply chain, ISO 28000 certification helps protect processes and allows management to concentrate resources in the most problematic areas.
- Improving efficiency and reducing costs: ISO 28000 certification allows transport and logistics organizations to improve their efficiency based on the norms and directives in the field. For an organization, it is now possible to evaluate security management practices against international best practices, leading to lower costs by reducing security incidents and the amounts paid for insurance.
Why certification in compliance to ISO 28000?
As global trade grows, so do the ways in which criminals can infiltrate an organization’s supply chain. Risks can be reduced by means of ISO 28000 certification.
The standard is designed for organizations that want to improve their security processes in terms of prevention, implementation, traceability and documentation. In addition, a security management system contributes significantly to increasing the level of security awareness on all levels of the organization. The security standards that are already implemented (AEO, C-TPAT, TAPA, etc.) can be gathered in a single complete system in accordance with ISO 28000.
With the implementation of a security management system in accordance with ISO 28000, an organization improves its reliability and security for the entire supply chain.