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  4. Secure supply chain management

Secure supply chain management

Skill definition

"Secure supply chain management refers to the activities, processes and procedures related to protecting the operations across a logistics network regarding the moving of a product or service from supplier to customer and from concept to disposal. Secure supply chain management can be divided into 4 sections: 1. understand the risks 2. establish control 3. check your arrangements 4. continuous improvement"

Awareness

  • Describes the basic principles of secure supply chain management
  • Follows documented principles and guidelines for secure supply chain management activities
  • Implements secure supply chain management processes and procedures within their areas of responsibility

Working

  • Explains and can develop processes for secure supply chain management
  • Understands the business context in which policies, procedures and guidelines sit, tailoring processes to suit business needs
  • Implements secure supply chain management processes and procedures

Practitioner

  • Develops secure supply chain management processes to meet standards or changes to standards
  • Responds to challenges to policies, procedures and guidelines and implements continuous improvements
  • Identifies and implements new secure supply chain management controls to reflect changes in factors such as threat levels and legislation

Expert

  • Shapes policies, procedures and guidelines within the organisation and at a national level
  • Implements business change as a result of policies, procedures and guidelines
  • Champions the need for and the business benefits of secure supply chain management controls

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