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Supply Chain Solutions
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The Supply Chain Processes Check is an annual assessment that evaluates whether your company has established and maintained effective processes for analysing commodity-related risks in your supply chain. The check helps you verify that appropriate processes exist to identify and monitor supply chain disruptions, challenges, and fraudulent activity.
It minimises business risks, identifies improvement opportunities, increases transparency, and enhances business resilience. With the IFS Supply Chain Processes Check, you protect your company and build trust with business partners who see you proactively managing risks.
Benefits of the IFS Supply Chain Processes Check
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Manage supply chain risks to protect your business today and in the future.
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Provide verified data and results to enhance trust with business partners.
- Demonstrate commitment to supply chain risk management.
- Prepare for EU and regional regulations.
- Foster transparency by sharing your IFS Supply Chain Processes Check commodity data via the IFS Database.
- Combine this check with your IFS Audit or other audits and assessments.
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How it works
- The check provides a list of 16 requirements and a commodity list of identified high-risk raw materials as a guide.
- You enter your company’s relevant data and identify and assess related risks.
- An auditor or assessor evaluates this information.
- The assessment results provide an overview of the current situation and highlight areas for improvement.
- This enables you to demonstrate that you effectively meet stakeholder expectations and maintain an ongoing dialogue with supply chain partners.
- Food safety or general process auditors can audit the Processes Check independently or as an add-on to an IFS Audit or other audit or assessment.
Path for the IFS Supply Chain Processes Check
- Contact an IFS approved certification body or assessment service provider to communicate your intention to implement the check.
- Implement the necessary processes and fill in the critical raw materials in the pre-defined commodity list conveniently provided in the free IFS auditXpress Neo Software.
- Engage an auditor or assessor to validate the commodity list, the company’s data and evidence.
- Receive the improvement action plan. Fill in and return the action plan to the certification body or assessment service provider, if applicable. Receive the report and letter of confirmation.
- Review the report, improvement action plan and letter of confirmation uploaded to the IFS Database by the certification body or assessment service provider.
- Make the documents available to your business partners.
- Repeat this process and renew the assessment annually.
IFS Supply Chain Processes Check News
The new IFS Supply Chain Processes Check supports risk management
12.02.2025IFS is excited to announce the launch of the IFS Supply Chain Processes Check, an innovative tool designed to help suppliers gain insights into risks within their supply chains. As global product supply chains grow more complex, effective risk management is more critical than ever.
“In a landscape where customers and other stakeholders demand greater transparency, it is essential for companies to identify and manage associated risks in their supply chains," states Stephan Tromp, IFS Managing Director. "The IFS Supply Chain Processes Check not only verifies that companies have established robust processes to identify risks but also highlights improvement opportunities, ultimately enhancing business resilience and increasing customer trust."
A structured approach to assessing risks
With emerging challenges and heightened regulatory scrutiny, many enterprises worldwide face significant hurdles in implementing target-oriented risk management within their supply chains. The IFS Supply Chain Processes Check addresses these challenges by providing a systematic assessment of supply chain management systems, helping businesses identify commodity-related risks and facilitating constructive dialogue with supply chain partners.
Validated processes – trusted data
Key components of the IFS Supply Chain Processes Check include:
- The Commodity List: This comprehensive overview of critical raw materials and ingredients used by the company, their country of origin, and associated risk categories allows for an informed understanding of overall supply chain risks.
- The Validation Module: An assessment by an auditor or assessor evaluates whether the company maintains effective processes for managing supply chain risks. This module can be performed as a stand-alone assessment or combined with the IFS Certification or other audits.
The IFS Supply Chain Processes Check results offer valuable insights into current practices and indicate areas for development, ensuring companies meet both stakeholder expectations and evolving government regulations.
More IFS Supply Chain Solutions to come
The introduction of the IFS Supply Chain Processes Check marks the first product under the new brand, IFS Supply Chain Solutions. Under this brand, we will introduce further process checks and IT tools, all designed to assist companies in managing and monitoring supply chain risks effectively and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and stakeholder demands.
For more information on the IFS Supply Chain Processes Check,
- please visit the IFS Supply Chain Processes Check webpage or
- download the industry newsletter.
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