What is PD CEN/TR 16412 - Supply chain security guide about?
PD CEN/TR 16412 is a technical report that aims to provide Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) with basic knowledge about how to manage and mitigate the risk of criminal and terrorist activities. PD CEN/TR 16412 is a shared objective for the private and public sectors. In the private sector, companies have gained experience in measures, which can assist in preventing security breaches from happening, to protect against supply chain interruption.
Some business standards have been developed identifying measures, which companies can execute in order to obtain labels that certify business operations and reward them with a security quality label. The public sector has developed security legislation that companies should either mandatory or voluntary apply to their business operations.
PD CEN/TR 16412 provides an easy-to-read overview on:
- How SMEs can apply a supply chain security approach to their operations (Clause 2)
- The main crime types in the supply chain include some measures to fight these crime types from occurring (Clause 3)
- Supply chain security legislation and programs, with their respective compliance requirements (Clause 4)
Who is PD CEN/TR 16412 - Supply chain security guide for?
PD CEN/TR 16412 on supply chain security guide is useful for:
- The transportation industry
- Logistics management
- Quality assurance management
- Safety measures for industries
- Physical distribution management
Why should you use PD CEN/TR 16412 - Supply chain security guide?
PD CEN/TR 16412 guides you to integrate supply chain security into your business. Various ways are possible and being explored by companies. Existing guidelines and best practices often refer to the exploitation of risk management approaches. However, the practical application of these approaches is often difficult to understand and apply in practice for SMEs.
Hence, in PD CEN/TR 16412 a concrete step-by-step approach is explained, with examples of practical security measures to mitigate specific crime risks and comply with specific security regulations and standards. In PD CEN/TR 16412, the following six steps are recommended.
- First: define the context for your supply chain
- Second: perform a threat and vulnerability analysis
- Third: consider regulatory and program aspects
- Fourth: create an overarching security plan for your company and/or supply chain
- Fifth: choose the combination of concrete security measures
- Sixth: monitor and measure the security performance and feedback to the planning cycle.
