Ensure Supplier Quality, Protect Your Brand’s Integrity
What is Supplier Approval Management?
Supplier Approval Management assesses and verifies your suppliers’ hygiene standards to ensure they comply with legal quality regulations.
Is Supplier Approval Management right for my business?
Supplier Approval Management is essential for any food related business to ensure suppliers meet legal hygiene, quality, and regulatory standards. It helps reduce food safety risks, ensures product compliance, and supports traceability from raw materials to distribution.
Supplier Approval Management System
Supplier Approval systems
Assist
Compliance Made Simple
Regulations surrounding food safety and health and safety require businesses to create and update numerous documents and records to prove their compliance to local EHO’s and auditors. The ASSIST platform provides a solution for businesses looking to save time and money, and improve the effectiveness of their compliance.
With real time data, users can quickly and easily access documents such as supplier approval records, safety policies, risk assessments, training records, and certification.
Supplier Approval systems
ASSIST SAQ
Supplier Approval Module
ASSIST SAQ simplifies the supplier approval process by providing users with real time data on supplier approval status, automated alerts on certification expiration dates, and adapted profiles for each supplier.
Everything you need to manage your suppliers, protect your supply chain, and your reputation.
Additional Bonus Features
Additional Bonus Features
ASSIST TRAIN
Training Module
ASSIST Train allows businesses to achieve continuity and streamline the induction process for new employees.
The ease of access that this module provides is invaluable for businesses looking to provide evidence of training records during EHO visits or third party audits.
Additional Bonus Features
ASSIST DRIVE
Policy, Document and Certification Module
ASSIST Drive is your hub for all compliance based documentation and certification. The module allows you to upload and store your Policies, Risk Assessments and other compliance based documents your team needs to access.
Assist Drive will also record all of your statutory driven documentation and certification and provide real term alerts when items are due for renewal or expired ensuring your documentation is always up to date.
Benefits of Supplier Approval Management
Enhanced supply chain transparency
Enabling better decision-making and stronger oversight.
Risk mitigation
identify and address potential risks—such as non-compliance, food safety concerns.
Cost and time efficiency
Avoid the costs associated with supply chain disruptions or non-compliant suppliers.
Consistent quality assurance
Maintain product quality and brand integrity by only working with vetted, reliable suppliers.
Streamlined supplier onboarding
Reduce delays and inefficiencies by implementing structured approval processes that ensure all necessary documentation and assessments are in place from the start.
Improved compliance
Ensure your suppliers meet industry standards (e.g., BRCGS, SALSA) and regulatory requirements, supporting smoother audits and certifications.
Strengthened supplier relationships
Build trust and accountability through clear expectations and ongoing performance monitoring.
Centralised data management
Keep all supplier documentation, and certifications, and in one easily accessible platform such as Hubl for better traceability and reporting.
What Does the Supplier Approval Management Cover?
Food safety and quality
Verification of product safety, consistency, allergen control, and traceability.
Regulatory compliance
Ensures suppliers meet legal and industry requirements.
Audits and assessments
Risk-based supplier evaluations and food safety system reviews.
Ethical sourcing
Checks for responsible labor practices and sustainability compliance.
Documentation
Maintains key records like certifications, test results, and insurance.
Ongoing monitoring
Tracks performance, non-conformances, and re-approval needs.
Risk categorisation
Classifies suppliers by risk to tailor oversight and approval frequency.
CFS Supplier Approval Process
Our team provides complete Supplier Approval Management by ensuring your suppliers meet legal requirements, as well as your own personalised standards.
Our team will manage:
Questionnaire design and distribution
Access to professional advice exactly when you need it – no waiting, no uncertainty.
Response management
Access to professional advice exactly when you need it – no waiting, no uncertainty.
Response reporting
A consultant will review responses to ensure suppliers are:
- Meeting legal requirements
- Meeting your standards and specifications
- Risk assessment approved
Once the replies have been reviewed by a consultant, a detailed report will be compiled and presented. The report will detail information on all suppliers who:
- Meet all requirements and can be approved
- Meet minimal requirements and require further action
- Require a site audit
We provide efficient, cost-effective Supplier Approval Management solutions, working closely with clients to create tailored approaches that ensure compliance without unnecessary expenses.
Cost Effective Supplier Approval Management Solutions
We provide efficient, cost-effective Supplier Approval Management solutions, working closely with clients to create tailored approaches that ensure compliance without unnecessary expenses.
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