Corporate Social Responsibility

Why Does Your Business Need a Supply-Chain Management System?

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is an area of growing concern for all industries and market sectors. The multi-national organisations are demanding a greater awareness of supply-chain activities. First-tier suppliers are gaining a greater awareness of their responsibilities to ensure that their procurement policies do not promote exploitation of workers and environments in countries where, perhaps, it is more difficult to monitor the activities of suppliers.

With this is mind, Crownford has designed a suite of services specifically designed to assist your business' procurement practices - this can prove to be a major asset in winning business in the race to supply the large organisation.

The benefit of using Crownford to devise and implement the policy and if required, to undertake audits of suppliers is that your business will be using a UK based organisation with UK based auditors. Our auditors have extensive experience of overseas CSR auditing.

We are realistic about the demands of the respective ethical trade base codes and standards, whilst applying UK trading and employment principles.

Crownford's Approach To Supply-Chain Management

Crownford's approach to supply-chain management is unique in design and implementation because:-

• It is developed from the principles of the 'SA8000' specification and 'ETI (Ethical Trade Initiative) Base Code';

• It is specific to your organisation - the systems take into account the activities and procedures of your organisation at all times along with all legislation relevant to your business (both process based and non-process based);

• It assists you in the development and maintenance of a management system through a logical, systematic approach to supply-chain issues.

To ensure that the expert advice that you need is always available, you will have access to our telephone advice line regardless of the level of service you subscribe to.

Crownford's Supply-Chain Management Service

As part of Crownford's approach to supply-chain management several key areas are addressed to allow a system to develop. The service elements below are separated into two areas, proactive and reactive elements.

The proactive service elements are:-

01 - Identification of Customer Specific Requirements
02 - Identification and Standardisation of Procurement Strategy
03 - Assessment of Risks within the Supply-Chain
04 - Objective Setting
05 - Policy Writing
06 - Development of Monitoring Systems
07 - Internal Audit

In addition, the reactive service elements are:-

08 - Telephone Advice Line
09 - Assistance with Correspondence

For further information on Crownford's supply-chain management services please contact us and ask to speak with one of our Business Managers.