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SQAS Concept

In 1991 the European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) together with the European Petrochemical Association (EPCA) discussed how to progress the issue of efficiently assessing logistic service providers.  As a consequence working groups, with membership from national chemical federations, chemical companies and representative logistic service providers, were established to develop a Safety and Quality Assessment System (SQAS) for logistic services.

The SQAS enables chemical companies to have the quality and safety management systems of their suppliers of logistic services assessed in a uniform manner thus avoiding multiple assessments by each individual chemical company.  Assessment results, established by an independent body, can be evaluated by the individual chemical company and can be used, along with other criteria, in the process of selecting suppliers and in defining areas for improvement with each of them.