Protecting the Intellectual Property rights in your organisation
The cost of weak links in supply chains is too high
to ignore. As part of the company's IT Security, businesses must consider
what to do if things went wrong in your supply chain? It is essential that
companies realise the importance of security and work together to keep the
supply chain secure.
The supply chain is the system of organisations,
people, technology, activities, information and other resources involved
in moving a product or service from a supplier to their customer. The
National IP Crime Group has created a supply chain toolkit to help make
people more aware of the growing risk from counterfeit goods getting into
business supply chains - it also gives guidance on how to strengthen and
protect your intellectual property (IP) assets.
Security and efficiency can reduce costs
While it is mainly aimed at SMEs, other large businesses will also find
the information useful. It takes readers through a step-by-step process
to help them avoid problems. The steps cover areas relating to products,
protecting rights, ensuring partnerships and making sure employees and
associates have a universal respect for IP. There is also advice on what
to do when things go wrong. We have included three examples covering different
types of businesses and their role in the supply chain.
As counterfeiters and pirates look for new ways to expand their illegal
businesses, the security of business supply chains becomes increasingly
important. Businesses must respond by using best practice to manage their
communications and transactions efficiently. Investing in greater vigilance
in supply chains offers more security, better efficiency, safer markets
and can reduce costs in the long term.
Among other things it helps to: protect against counterfeiting and piracy
and other forms of theft; detect criminal activity early; improve business-partner
and customer satisfaction, and manage inventories better and reduce costs.
Outsourcing and supply chain
Industries on highly-configurable compliance and risk management solutions
must ensure that GRC provisions are taken into account when outsourcing
and supply chain. It requires a comprehensive and practical solution to
the compliance and risk management challenges inherent with diverse and
dispersed workforces, third party relationships, bribery and corruption
practices, and conflicts of interest.
The attached document provides the core elements of supply chain compliance
with regulatory content, risk assessment profiles, and policies - so that
compliance and risk management professionals can see and take action on
the emerging risks and trends in their GRC programs for the entire supply
chain.
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/362397/ipctoolkit.pdf
