Over 750 million tons of manufactured products are transported throughout the world each year by a variety of transport mechanisms (e.g., truck, rail, and tankers). At various points along the supply chain, the custody and responsibility of each shipment will likely change hands many times. To prevent costly shipment errors, manufacturers and their clients need the assurance that product purity specifications and contracted delivery amounts remain exactly as stipulated among their Logistics Service Providers (LSPs) for each shipping segment. Environmental Standards has conducted hundreds of audits worldwide to assess both the quality of the product purity testing data generated and the health and safety practices and security measures associated with product shipping, transfer and storage.
Supports Responsible Care®
Consistent with the significant attention focused on manufacturers' "Responsible Care" initiatives, Environmental Standards has established an experienced multi-disciplinary and credentialed audit team. Environmental Standards' auditing and inspection teams provide companies and LSPs with the information needed to identify and overcome inconsistencies in the handling of product shipments. Our proven audit program comprehensively evaluates a LSPs ability to provide the health, safety, security and environmental (HSSE) quality and quantity requirements essential to corporate Responsible Care® programs.
Reduces Off-spec Shipments
Environmental Standards has established a national reputation as an independent quality assurance (QA) consultant since its inception in 1987. Our fleet of highly credentialed and published personnel is frequently equated with academia and research-oriented firms. Environmental Standards chemical purity testing services will validate that product specifications are met prior to shipping and upon receipt by you, the customer.
Decreases Materials Management Costs
Environmental Standards' auditing and testing teams' aid in decreasing expenses associated with the temporary storage, re-blending, and subsequent re-shipment of the product back to a supplier. Our single-source solution to identifying LSP operational inconsistencies and management system weaknesses are designed to identify and proactively correct negative trends affecting the transport of chemicals. In the United States, over 90% of raw materials are transported via truck, rail and marine conveyances passing through or near public areas. Manufacturers and logistics service providers need the assurance that the handling, security, safety, and emergency response procedures are in place.
Promotes Industry Collaboration
Environmental Standards successfully pioneered the collaboration of Fortune 500 chemical and industrial companies to form the Chemical Products Transportation Audit Consortium (CPTAC). The focus of the Consortium is to foster good will with surveyor and logistics firms, share audit costs and save time. This synergy has blossomed into a forum where best practices are lessons learned are shared across industries. As the Consortium Leader, Environmental Standards serves as a single point of contact for the coordination, management, and execution of CPTAC Members' LSP audits.
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our Top-10 Findings.
- A proven audit program that comprehensively evaluates LSPs
and their ability to provide the Health, Safety, Security, and
Environmental (HSSE) quality and quantity requirements essential
to corporate safe product-handling programs.
- A synergy of HSSE best practices, incorporated into a streamlined
auditing message, to be conveyed to LSPs. A striking benefit
of the centralized auditing program is the rare opportunity
for CPTAC Members to incorporate the best aspects of their individual
HSSE practices into one comprehensive program that can be used
to evaluate LSPs equally.
- Evaluation of LSP procedural trends over time.
For more information regarding our Logistics Auditing services, contact Principal of Logistics Auditing Ruth L. Forman, CEAC,
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610-935-5577. |
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