Is your organisation planning on expanding into a new field of activity?

• Drawing from its extensive experience in the organic market Organic Services will devise customised strategies to help your organisation achieve its new aims. By thoroughly analysing the status quo and working in close cooperation with the relevant people within your organisation we will develop precise objectives specific to your needs. Building on these tangible goals, we will construct tailor-made measures that ensure the successful realisation of the agreed strategy..

Are you targeting new markets?

• Whether the proposed new market is country or product related, Organic Services will conduct a feasibility study that addresses your specific interests. We will also carry out relevant market research to provide a realistic analysis of the new market. Through these studies, your organisation will be able to devise a workable plan that will achieve successful market development.

Are you in need of market information, its developments and trends?

• Organic Services can observe and analyse any market segment, such as organic coffee, organic fruit and vegetables or organic aquaculture that is of interest to your organisation. Our international presence and global network helps us understand such markets and by observing their trends we are well placed to anticipate developments before they become mainstream.

Are you interested in sourcing products and selling into new export markets?

• Due to its international networks Organic Services is able to support organisations in product procurement from regional as well as international markets. We can then facilitate the introduction of a product into an export market by conducting thorough background investigations, identifying useful contacts, representing your business at fairs and exhibitions and by other activities appropriate for the country or product.

Do you want to make a change, introduce new tools or just improve your business operation?

• Organic Services can guide your organisation through the process of conceptualising, then initiating a change. From an outsider’s perspective we would suggest new concepts and alternative ways of thinking. Organic Services would utilise appropriate tools for the purpose. For instance, we may focus on the improvement of your business’ organisational structure, or perhaps the introduction and implementation of quality management systems, a reduction of the turn around period, the development of crisis management, or the improvement of marketing and public relation activities.
  

Are you investigating new projects and are you concerned how they should be funded?

• Organic Services maintains information on public funds and the money market in general. Drawing on this depth of knowledge, and recognizing that funding possibilities are normally more diverse than they appear at first, we are able to investigate funding sources for projects. We analyse national and international funding programmes, and consider the acceptability of your project to private investors, who include ecological and social factors – along with the potential return on their investment – in their decisions.
• Organic Services also offers ‘package solutions’ for the complete management of projects and programmes. Such packages include all necessary back-up work, from the initial application to the final written report..

Are you concerned with shortcomings in your organisation´s communication and promotion system? Are you planning a campaign, seminar of conference?

• It is essential for an organisation to communicate successfully with its target audience. Not only must an organisation advertise its services and products, it must also ensure that its clients are fully aware of its policies and achievements. Organic Services offers its expertise in developing a communication strategy for your organisation. We analyse, develop tools and translate complex issues into a language suitable for its target audience. Our service includes the production of newsletters, articles for magazines and trade publications, brochures and press releases.
• Organic Services can also organise events, seminars and conferences – right from the planning stage and selection of speakers up to the final report. We will also offer our expertise as speakers at training programmes, seminars or conferences if appropriate.

Do you wish to establish an organic certification service for your organic organisation?

• With experience, practical knowledge of certification systems, and an understanding of international requirements Organic Services is skilled at establishing a functioning system and structure within an organic organisation.
• Organic Services consults industry leaders and relevant administrative departments on policy decisions that impact their clients. We, therefore, have the information necessary to help your organisations or company successfully realise its strategy. We provide support for the establishment of certification bodies and accreditation programmes, and advice on the development of standards, certification systems and regulations.
• In addition to its work with individual organic organisations, Organic Services also studies such institutions, their structures, strategies and norms, to analyse recommended tools and strategies. These reviews often provide a basis for decisions made by politicians and industry leaders.

Are you planning on introducing standards or quality management systems like the EU Regulation on Organic Farming 2092/91 or the EU Regulation on traceability 178/2002?

• Quality management systems are as relevant to a company as they are to all other organisations. Organic Services is able to offer its expertise in establishing or further developing a quality system within your organisation. This may involve a reference to private and public norms such as the IFOAM Norms, ISO 65/EN 45011, private certification standards or regulations like EU 178/2002 for traceability of products.
• Organic Services supports your decision-making process and can work with you to find the right quality statement for your organisation’s success. Included in this service we could also offer advice on developing a quality management handbook and quality claim, for example this would be useful if you wish to accredit your certification body.

Is your aim to have all operators’, inspection and certification data easily available at all times, a traceability system along the chain of custody that reflects the product flow, and an efficient quality management system? Do you simply plan on improving your service to your customers?

• Organic Services can support you to analyse and formulate your requirements. Working together with you we develop strategies for improving existing systems or to identify new solutions. We are then able to assist in the implementation and ready to train your employees to the new system.
• In this field Organic Services cooperates closely with the software companies e-Cert IT GmbH and Intact Consult und Lebensmittelsicherheit GmbH. For our customers we ensure that the application of new software will result in general and specific improvements, as well as significant operating and financial efficiency.