Launching its first India Chapter with a Security Conference & FSR Auditor Training 2011, TAPA Asia successfully conducted the event attended by over 100 security professionals representing global logistic operators, including high asset manufacturers, security consultants and assessors among others. “It is an honour to be invited as a speaker at TAPA’s first conference of the India Chapter,” says Shamanna Nandakumar, Zonal Chair (South Zone), adding, “Even more, this event gave us a huge opportunity to meet who’s-who in the logistics sector who attended in large numbers.”
Addressing emerging security threats
An association composed of security professionals and related business partners from high technology and high value companies, TAPA, is driven with a purpose to address the emerging security threats that are common to high value industry supply chain. Various security issues were discussed at the TAPA Asia Conference 2011 including Cargo Crime in India, Supply Chain Fraud and Theft, Supply Chain Risk Management, among others.
Speaking on the ISO 28001 standard and Resilience in Supply Chain Management, Shamanna Nandakumar emphasised on why organizations must engage in a comprehensive and systematic process of prevention, protection, preparedness, mitigation, response, continuity and recovery within a supply chain. Explaining Shamanna says that, "There is a strong demand for standards and best practices, as organizations are seeking assurance that their suppliers and the extended supply chain have planned for, and taken steps to prevent and mitigate the threats and hazards to which they are exposed to."
He goes on to say that, “Organisations should not just accept disasters as they are hit by them, but in fact, should have solutions in place which prevent organisational failure due to an issue completely outside their control, and quite possibly outside their geographical region. A proactive approach to assuring supply chain resilience should be built into an organisations culture. And this can be achieved by establishing a Resilience Management System that ensures mapping of risk exposure, treatment of risks, and follow-up in a structured manner."