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About ISO 28000 & its Benefits

ISO 28000 is an international supply chain security management system standard.
Most organisations rely in some way on their supply chain to ensure business continuity and they are vulnerable if supplies are interrupted. To help prevent this and manage security risks in this current volatile world, ISO has published ISO 28000; with valuable and extensive inputs from Lloyd's Register.
Securing cargos against theft and terrorist attacks is more important now than ever. In the wake of 9/11, a number of new standards were created containing specific requirements for different regions and transportation routes. The new ISO 28000:2007 standard has been created as an internationally valid standard and combines the different existing requirements in one comprehensive set of rules.
ISO 28000 is an international supply chain security management system standard.  It offers organisations working within, or relying on, the logistics industry, a framework that identifys aspects critical to the security assurance of their supply chain.  These aspects include, but are not limited to, financing, manufacturing, information management and the facilities for packing, storing and the transferring of goods between modes of transport and locations.
ISO 28000 is a management system specification which has been developed specifically for logistics companies and organisations that manage supply chain operations. This specification was published by The International Standards Organisation (ISO) in September 2007.
ISO 28000 is suitable to all sizes and types of organisation that are involved in purchasing, manufacturing, service, storage, transportation and/or sales processes that wishes to implement and maintain a secure management system for their supply chain.
In today’s global economic landscape, security management has become a complex challenge in all areas of industry and, in particular, supply chains. Logistic operations and supply chain partners are often scattered worldwide with varying national regulations and business processes. Companies would
like to assure security while identifying potential threats, assessing risk and implementing measures to prevent any risks and threats affecting the success of their business.

ISO 28000 was developed in response to the transportation and logistics industries’ need for a commonly applicable security management system specific to supply chain security. However, companies in many other industries are finding it useful to assess security risks, implement controls, and mitigate arrangements to manage potential security threats and impacts from the supply chain. Quality, safety and customer satisfaction also benefit from this management system.

The requirements for ISO 28000 include all critical aspects for supply chain security assurance. Some examples include: financing, manufacturing, information management, and the facilities for packing, storing and transferring goods between vehicles and locations. Security management is
linked to many other aspects of business management. These should be considered directly, when and where they impact security management, including transporting goods through the supply chain.


ISO 28000 Benefits
•    Stakeholder confidence - to demonstrate a robust and secure supply chain management system to regulators/authorities, their customers/potential customers and other interested organisations.
•    Consistency - to provide a consistent approach by all service providers within a supply chain.
•    Customer satisfaction - to demonstrate the ability to meet customer requirements
•    Risk management - Can help all sectors of industry assess security risks and implement controls and mitigating arrangements to manage potential security threats and impacts from the supply chain
•    Easily integrated - it uses a plan-do-check-act based management system that has been modelled on the well proven ISO 14001 standard. This means that organisations already familiar with the same risk based approach used by ISO 14001 will be able to use a similar approach when analysing supply chain security risks and threats.
•    Supplier of choice - Can demonstrate to customs authorities the organisation's capability to manage security issues within the supply chain.
•    Enhanced security risk assessment, asset protection and inventory visibility and management
•    Assured supply continuity for sustainable business development and reduction of delivery times
•    Improved customer satisfaction and business cooperation along the supply chain
•    Reduction of losses resulted from transport related theft
•    Shorter customs clearance time and reduced secondary inspections
ISO 28000 certification from Oxford Cert Universal enables you to:
•    Demonstrate you pioneering role in transportation security
•    Pool existing security standards relating to transportation into one unified management system
•    Avoid the expense associated with multiple certifications
•    Optimize your processes to guarantee that the supply chain remains free of disruptions
•    Present yourself as a professional partner to customers, authorities, and investors
ISO 28000: 2007 certification from Oxford Cert Universal enables you to do even more. Our auditors also take a detailed look at your finances and information management system, together with all packaging, storage, and transportation processes, which means that the certification process will lead to significant gains in efficiency in your company. You can save a considerable amount of effort at this stage if you have already implemented a quality management system in line with ISO 9001.
Benefit from additional synergies by incorporating your security management system within an integrated management system strategy. Go beyond simply combining your IT security system with a quality management system; why not also integrate it with environmental protection certification or occupational health and safety standards?

Oxford Cert Services
•    Certification - we can provide assessment and certification to ISO 20000.
•    Internal AuditAssessments - Oxford Cert offer gap analysis, preliminary assessments to prepare you for certification.
•    Training -Oxford Cert offer training which will prepare you and your staff before and after the certification process.
Training courses include:
•    Appreciation and Interpretation of ISO 28000
•    Implementation of an ISO 28000 Security Management System
•    ISO 28000 Internal Auditor Training

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