External certification against standards (e.g. ISO 9001, FSSC 22000, ISO 22716, EFFCI GMP Guideline etc.) will only be accepted if undertaken by an accredited certification body. An audit by GIVAUDAN may be considered obsolete if the corresponding audit report is shared with GIVAUDAN.Additionally, the vendor’s performance against several measures such as on-time delivery, product meeting specifications and other more specific measures dealing with product delivery will be tracked globally using standardized Key Performance Indicators (KPI).The consolidated results of the KPI analysis will be passed on to the vendor. It is expected that actions are taken to continuously improve the performance, if any of the indicators show unacceptable results.