New horizons for business co-operation

摘要

It s a simple reality that the integrity of goods or services is only as sound as the weakest link in their production or development process. The knock-on damage from one missing or faulty component can undo all the perfection of a thousand others. And although systems to reduce risks that occur under organisations' own roofs have been refined and improved over the years, risks that occur in processes which take place outside the organisation can be more difficult to manage. To increase their control over the final product, more and more client businesses are demanding that their suppliers objectively demonstrate their compliance to particular standards or codes of practice.