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 CH. 3 | MATERIAL BECOMES CREATION
3.3 A process that creates value
Checking the supply chain
Suppliers and procurement
For Ratti, managing the extended chain represents an opportunity to generate new value in the complex textiles-fashion supply chain, guaranteeing an excellent level of service and to- tal customer satisfaction, using an end-to-end supply chain model that is able, for example, to take the place of the customer in the management of logistics.
The Ratti Group requires its suppliers to adhere to its Code of Ethics: the probity and trans- parency of purchasing transactions is measured in terms of specifications covering quality, the flexibility required to meet delivery schedules, and an optimum price/quality relation- ship. The Code stipulates that when suppliers are chosen and purchasing conditions are set, criteria of, inter alia, probity, objectivity, impartiality, pricing fairness and quality of goods and/or services must be satisfied.
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Ratti S.p.A. and its subsidiary Creomoda S.a.r.l. have implemented a system for managing social responsibility according to the standard SA 8000:2014, certified by Bureau Veritas
The goal is to choose suppliers who have the best characteristics in terms of quality, cost, service and ethics. The Group also requires suppliers, in turn, to ensure that the same princi- ples are applied to their employees, subcontractors and any third parties they work with, in order to ensure that their activities are ethical and transparent.
To this end, Ratti S.p.A. and its subsidiary Creomoda S.a.r.l. (Tunisia) have implemented a system for managing social responsibility in accordance with the standard SA 8000:2014, certified by Bureau Veritas.
With regard to the provision of goods and services from critical countries, a procedure has been established to verify the reliability of the supplier and the quality of the product, and action has been taken to scrutinise aspects relating to social responsibility. If the character- istics of a supplier are not adequate to guarantee that best practices are followed in terms of social responsibility, then that supplier may be obliged to undergo an audit.
Currently, the only case of a supply relationship with a supplier in a country at risk is that of a Pakistani company, which has been selected because it has SA 8000 certification. In the reporting period there were no changes to the organisation or to the supply chain.
At 31 December 2017 the Ratti Group had 1,288 suppliers; of these 84.01% are in Italy, 8.85% in other European countries, 5.67% in Asia, 0.08% in Africa and 1.32% in North America.
 





















































































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