Ensuring security of supply chain through the implementation of ISO 28001

Abstract

Locally as well as internationally, supply chains are subject to security risks and incidents, which can have negative influences on both trade and the economy as a whole. It is also attested that the industrial revolution 4.0 imposes mandatory conditions on companies to expand and connect all internal processes with customers and suppliers, in order to adopt effective strategies for the supply chain. The model that offers practitioners a modern tool to streamline international supply chains and ensure security is the ISO 28001 international standard, which recognizes the complexity of supply issues, because they are dynamic and involve many business actors (organizations, partners). Ensuring an adequate level of security of the international supply chain is possible with the partial or total implementation of the ISO 28001 standard. This standard can be considered as a tool of strategic supply chain management, with the help of which any company could increase the competitiveness of the chain. This paper comes with a theoretical approach to what supply chain and international supply chain means, and how it can be improved by applying/implementing the requirements of the ISO 28001 standard. The research objectives were achieved by using traditional research methods, such as theoretical, empirical qualitative and quantitative. The literature was researched, both in traditional format, but also in the form of electronic publications in the field of procurement, international supply chains and international ISO standards.