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TAPA EMEA LEADERSHIP UPDATE A STANDARDS


BUILDING THE TAPA BRAND WITH EMEA REGION STAKEHOLDERS


Thorsten Neumann, President & CEO of TAPA for the Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) region, shares the latest update on some of his and the Association’s latest activities aimed at accelerating TAPA EMEA’s growth, development and influence, and delivering more benefits to our growing membership…


PLEASE COMPLETE OUR STANDARDS SURVEY


AND HELP US TO HELP YOU MORE As you will read in this issue, we have significantly grown the size of the TAPA EMEA Standards Team to support our members and to ensure we continue to improve our Standards offering and grow certifications across our region.


We are working hard to achieve this – but we need your input too.


We are asking as many TAPA EMEA members as possible to take no more than 10 minutes of your time to complete a new online survey to help us understand the tangible benefits TAPA’s Standards bring to your business.


TAPA’s Standards provide the industry with protective measures to help safeguard people, goods, equipment and facilities. Now we want to take this to the next level by gaining a better understanding of how our Standards protect your business and minimise product losses from your supply chains. To achieve this, TAPA EMEA needs insight into your supply chain loss and security information.


I kindly ask you to not only complete the survey but to also forward it to your partner and supplier contacts to ask if they can do the same for their companies. We are looking for feedback from both TAPA EMEA members and non-members from across our region. The more responses we receive, the more meaningful our results will be.


And, of course, all information you provide will be treated anonymously. No company data will be identifiable in any analysis reports we produce. You can access the survey using this link


The survey is live now and will remain open until COB on Friday 16 July 2021. Please give us your support and help TAPA EMEA help you more.


CARGO CRIME: UNDERSTANDING THE


BIGGER PICTURE Our Dutch members will no doubt already be very aware of the ‘Breakthrough Requested’ report we discuss in this issue. Commissioning the research was a bold initiative by Transport en Logistiek Nederland (TLN) and the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security, and we applaud their commitment to finding ways to improve transport security and reduce cargo crime for all supply chain stakeholders.


It is an impressive 233-page assessment of transport security and the Dutch language version can be downloaded here


This whole topic of ‘breeding grounds’ for cargo crime is one we have to keep uppermost in our minds. The report highlights some clear commercial decisions companies can take to make employees less susceptible to criminal approaches, and I am sure we can all think of other initiatives that would act as deterrents to cargo crimes. Higher penalties and longer prison terms for those found guilty of these crimes would be a good starting point, as the report says, but the private sector has to think about its role too. I think this will be an interesting topic to debate during our virtual conference in November and welcome any contributions you can make on this subject.


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