BUSINESS ASSURANCE
OPTIMIZING PRIMARY BUSINESS PROCESSES AND MANAGING BUSINESS RISKS
Companies are increasingly confronted with higher demands and expectations from their key stakeholders. This concerns a variety of issues. Companies are expected to know and take responsibility.
With our Business Assurance services, you safeguard your business continuity and improve your company reputation and culture. Controlling business processes and risks leads to a reduction in (failure) costs.
Business Assurance is the new Quality Assurance
The task area of the QA Manager is becoming increasingly extensive. In addition to quality control, the QA Manager nowadays also has to deal with health and safety, the environment, fraud, continuity, integrity, CSR, etc. The total task area concerns topics that have a direct impact on the total business. This position, therefore, deserves a new name: Business Assurance Manager.
Companies are increasingly confronted with higher demands and expectations from their key stakeholders. This concerns a variety of issues. Companies are expected to know and take their responsibility. Our output will be multi-year business decisions to promote business continuity.
Social developments, increased health risks, scandals and more legislation are putting pressure on the reputations of brands and organizations in this sector. If you do not meet the highest (hygiene) standards, you can come under fire from consumers, employees, activists and the media. Therefor you need to protect and strengthen your reputation
If the awareness of food-safe production is widely supported within your organization, the chance of error and therefore the chance of a food safety incident surrounding your product will be lower. Important factors in improving the food safety culture mainly lie in your employees feeling safe (to be able to report matters), positive leadership and the propagation of an exemplary role by (middle) management. If every employee feels involved in the organization and, based on intrinsic motivation, does their best to guarantee food safety (and quality) as well as possible, this is advantageous for the entire organization. We help by assessing and improving cultural aspects in food safety awareness.
Ensuring the proper safety of your employees is not only a legal obligation, it is an essential part of being a good employer. It requires specific expertise and a disciplined approach. It starts with systematic and thorough identification of possible hazards, after which the critical activities are determined (RI&E). We help with creating a safe and sustainable work environment.
Providing correct product information to customers and consumers through various communication channels is an essential process that requires a lot of attention. The diversity of customer requirements, the multitude of communication channels and the speed at which information changes make it a complex process. We help with optimisation and automation of product development and information flows.
Collaborate and manage expectations between the company and suppliers. Many companies rely heavily on their suppliers for the availability, quality and integrity of raw materials, packaging materials and outsourced processes. This dependence carries significant risks. Our consultants analyze your situation and map out the risks. They make concrete proposals to reduce dependency and increase reliability so that the greatest risks are managed.
