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Overview:

The Global Standard for Storage and Distribution reflects best practice and facilitate a process of continual improvement through well-designed risk-based product safety management systems. It ensures the quality and safety of products during their storage and distribution throughout the supply chain.

Developed with input from leading brands, retailers, storage, logistics and online retailers, the standard has seen 16% year on year growth with sites certified in over 50 countries.

Issue 4 of the standard, to be launched in November 2020, has been upgraded to provide supply chain visibility and assurance of industry developments such as e-commerce and cross-docking.

The Standard is specifically designed for logistics operations dealing with Food, Packaging, and Consumer Products. It is easy to understand, uses prescriptive language, and applicable for global application. It is fully flexible as operations can implement the full scope, or a scope relevant to their operation e.g. Storage only, Distribution Only, Transport Only. The storage and/or distribution operations to which the Standard is applied can be at any point in the distribution chain from primary production to retail.

A unique benefit of the Standard is that Operations can choose Additional Voluntary Modules (AVMs) that cover common current industry practice to demonstrate greater supply chain assurance. The AVMs cover e-commerce, cross-docking, wholesale, contracted packing, inspection and waste management.

Growth in the Global Storage and Distribution Market:

The storage and distribution market is expected to grow significantly in the next few years, driven by factors such as cold chain.

The growth is due to rise in trade activity in emerging economies such as China, India, Malaysia, South Africa, Brazil, and Russia, rise in consumption of processed food products and increasing demand for consumer durable goods. Growth will also be fueled by the increasing demand for processed food and increasing need for its preservation, increasing demand for the temperature control system to avoid health hazards, and a significant rise of e-commerce in food and beverage industry.

Issue 4 of the Standard has been developed to reflect the changing dynamics of the logistics sector with the growth of e-commerce and the diversification of operational activities, and to ensure that there is greater supply chain visibility and assurance. If you are interesting in becoming certified to the standard, get in touch.

Benefits for storage, distribution, logistics providers:

• Protect company reputation, brand and image
• Address consumer assurance demands and demonstrate industry best practice by encouraging the development of a product safety culture
• Reduction in risks and potential liabilities associated with storage and distribution
• Increased market access and market share (entry barrier removed)
• Regulatory compliance
• Reduced costs of failure
• Improved business improvement through continual improvement by enhancing root cause analysis and internal audit requirements, as well as access to BRCGS Service Package
• Compliance with a standard that is in line with GFSI 2020 requirements

Benefits for brands:

• Visibility of supplier performance and competence
• Reduced costs of failure
• Confidence in supplier performance to adapt to changing operations and distribution models
• Provide greater consumer confidence
• Supplier compliance with a standard that is in line with GFSI 2020 requirements

BRCGS Value Proposition:

• Issue 4 is the only global standard to be developed in line with GFSI 2020 requirements
• An assurance scheme that is operated to our 5 layers of compliance to deliver results that Brand Owners can trust. This involves a comprehensive and stringent range of initiatives which, together, form our quality assurance process including performance management of delivery partners and auditors, and online platforms to capture issues and trends.
• Graded suppliers and annual measurement of supplier continual improvement
• An all inclusive service package designed to help your business improve and achieve greater success. This package is provided so that you get the best value from BRCGS, in addition to the management system certification process.
• Global oversight from recognized accreditation bodies (ISO/IEC 17021-1)

Download, Read & Share:

• Quick guide for Global Standards
• Manufacturers Guide to the BRCGS Standard for Storage and Distribution
• key-changes-issue-2-3-v2
• BRCGS Self-Assessment tool
• Food Defense-Site Security Position Statement
• Accommodating the requirements of GFSI into Issue 3 Position Statement

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