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The ISO 28000 series of standards on supply chain security management systems, which have just been upgraded from their status of Publicly Available Specifications to that of fully fledged International Standards, will help to reduce risks to people and products within the supply chain. The standards address potential security issues at all stages of the supply process.
The ISO 28000 series of International Standards specifies the requirements for a security management system to ensure safety in the supply chain. Its standards can be applied by organizations of all sizes involved in manufacturing, service, storage or transportation by air, rail, road and sea at any stage of the production or supply process. The series includes provisions to:
* establish, implement, maintain and improve a security management system;
* assure conformity with security management policy;
* demonstrate such conformity;
* seek certification/registration of conformity by an accredited third party organization; or
* make a self-determination and self-declaration of conformity.
The following standards have been recently published:
• ISO 28000:2007, Specification for security management systems for the supply chain;
• ISO 28001:2007, Security management systems for the supply chain – Best practices for implementing supply chain security – Assessments and plans – Requirements and guidance;
• ISO 28003:2007, Security management systems for the supply chain – Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of supply chain security management systems;
• ISO 28004:2007, Security management systems for the supply chain – Guidelines for the implementation of ISO 28000.
The ISO 28000 series was developed by ISO/TC 8, ships and marine technology, in cooperation with other organizations and stakeholders.
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•Date: 13th Nov 2007• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Manufacturing BC
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