SGS Building Consumer Trust In Quality
Shoes and Accessories|April 2019

Since its inception in 1950, SGS India has steadily grown into their role as the world leader in inspection, testing, certification and verification services.

SGS Building Consumer Trust In Quality

Today, SGS is the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing, and certification company that varied industry sectors recognize as the global benchmark for quality and integrity. With more than 97,000 employees, SGS operates a network of more than 2,600 offices and laboratories around the world. In India, it operates 33 laboratories and 30 offices, offering a diversified range of testing and various other services.

Over the decades, the company has diversified its business into various sectors and, today is present in almost all major industry segments and has an international team of experts to provide specialized solutions to make businesses faster, simpler and more efficient. The phenomenal growth has been achieved through continual improvement and innovation, and through supporting their customers’ operations by reducing risk and improving productivity.

Monika Sharma, Business Director, Consumer, and Retail division at SGS, talks to S&A about the challenges and opportunities at one of India’s most well-regarded testing, inspection, certification, and verification companies.

What are the principal functions and roles of SGS in India?

SGS is active in virtually all sectors of the economy. The scale of our global and local footprint is a critical competitive advantage for SGS. We use our business and industry knowledge, combined with our local country insights, to present a single global network across our customers’ supply chains.

Our core services can be divided into four categories:

Inspection: Our comprehensive range of world-leading inspection and verification services, such as checking the condition and weight of traded goods at transshipment, helps to control quantity and quality, and meet all relevant regulatory requirements across different regions and markets.

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