THE FIRST SIGNS OF RECOVERY… AND A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE THE BENEFITS OF TAPA
After a year of lockdowns and massive disruption to all our business and personal lives, we are starting to see more encouraging signs that countries around the world are beginning their slow recoveries from the Covid pandemic.
In the majority of cases, the restrictions imposed by governments have worked in terms of bringing the virus under control and we must hope we now see a sustainable economic recovery. Just like normal businesses, the operations of cargo thieves, and especially Organised Crime Groups, have been suppressed over the last 12 months. Our latest crime statistics, however, show some offenders have remained active, and the values associated with some of these thefts clearly suggest they will be anxious to ‘get back to business’.
In this issue, some of the statistics we share include:
• 418 cargo thefts recorded by Sensitech in the United States in H2 2020
• 1,501 incidents in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in December
• 1,589 freight crimes in Mexico in the final month of last year
• €4.1 million of products stolen in incidents in 19 countries across the EMEA region in January 2021
• €19 million of phones stolen in two crimes in Amsterdam in the past year, which have just resulted in a series of arrests across the Netherlands
As an Association of supply chain security professionals, nothing distracts us from managing risks and preventing losses from our facilities and transportation vehicles, but we know we can always do more. The biggest threat to resilience is complacency.
I feel, however, we are entering a period which gives us more opportunities than for many years to bring the benefits TAPA offers into our businesses. We can leverage the heightened focus around supply chain resilience to press ahead with our Facility Security Requirements (FSR) and Trucking Security Requirements (TSR) certification programmes. The people we sometimes need to convince in our organizations will surely be more receptive than ever to industry standards that improve sustainability, show a clear commitment to protecting assets, and enhance customer relationships.
This month’s news about our first TAPA FSR Multisite certification also reminds us that we now also offer an even more efficient way
‘The people we sometimes need to convince in our organizations will surely now be more receptive than ever to industry standards that improve sustainability, show a clear commitment to protecting assets, and enhance customer relationships.’
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to implement our industry-leading FSR Standard across our networks of locations. Well done to DHL on their achievement and thank you to members of the company’s security team for sharing their experience with our members in this issue of Vigilant.
Another factor which might accelerate our supply chain resilience thinking is the prospect of higher insurance
premiums. As Björn Hartong
of Zurich Insurance tell us, the insurance market is hardening. Premiums are climbing in the US and this is likely to be seen repeated around the world. But he is also correct when he says higher premiums very often spark a positive reaction from companies in terms of supply chain resilience. The best way to keep premiums down is to demonstrate you have a solid supply chain security programme in place which complies with certified industry standards and which, consequently, reduces the likelihood of losses occurring in the first place. Again, I see this as a growth lever for TAPA.
In the Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe, Middle East & Africa regions, TAPA has teams ready to help our members best utilize the benefits we offer. Just let us know how we can support you.
ALLEN GEAR Chair, TAPA AMERICAS
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