The Woolworths Supplier Excellence (WSE) Standard represents benchmarking of the Woolworths Supplier Excellence Program against global product safety standards and international retailing best practice. This standard applies to businesses which have been nominated by the respective Woolworths Business Teams as part of the contractual requirements for supply. This program is by Woolworths’ invitation only and no Supplier can formally engage in any part of the Woolworths Supplier Excellence Program process without Woolworths’ consent.
BSI is an approved WSE Certification Body, with a large team of experts across Australia, New Zealand, Asia, USA, UK and Europe. We are trained and available to audit against WSE requirements for Certification, Surveillance and Recertification purposes.
The certification scope will be specific for:
- The products the Woolworths Business Team have nominated you to supply
- The individual premises from which these products are manufactured and/or supplied
Apart from the Food Manufacturing Requirements and Code of Practices, Woolworths also has other standards such as:
- Industry Standard for Brokers, Agents, Head Offices: The scope of the Industry Standard for Supply Chain covers all Service Providers where there is no open product handling at any point in the supply chain. This includes: Storage/Warehousing, Agents/Brokers and Wholesalers.
- Supplier Excellence General Requirements Consumer Goods General Merchandise and Non Trade Standard: Refers to all general merchandise, packaging products, health, beauty, household, non food grocery, formulated non food products, and where applicable non trade products.
As determined by Woolworths, Suppliers will be required to achieve and maintain certification to the Woolworths Supplier Excellence Program, in addition to any existing regulatory or voluntary audits that may be currently in place (including import/export protocols, where applicable).
How often will I be audited under the WSE program?
The WSE Certification Audit process will be ongoing, and associated audits will be carried out on a frequency determined by the type of certification the business has such as GFSI and audit outcomes.
Latest Update
New Woolworths Supplier Excellence Program Version 3 for Food is to be auditable since the 1 July 2023.
