All Supply Chain Risks articles – Page 28
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Features
Extreme weather and commodity prices
Extreme weather conditions and natural or man-made disasters usually cause a blip in commodity prices. How big a shift and how long it lasts depend on many factors. By Hugh Craig and Lee Coppack
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Sri Lanka in the Shadow of Terrorism
Since 1983, civil war and terrorism have, in the eyes of the international media at least, provided an ever present backdrop to Sri Lankan affairs.
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Managing supply chain risks
In September we asked readers - our Benchmarking Club - to complete an on-line questionnaire on supply chain risk management. This month's report summarises their response.
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Business as usual?
You have a problem and you need to switch to your alternative off-site facility. But will it be the seamless transition you planned for? Jared Landin discusses how you can avoid unpleasant surprises.
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The testing element
Adam Ripley says that, in a world fraught with business risk, technology can often be the Achilles heel of an organisation.
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Managing risk across the supply chain
Ruud Bosman discusses the need for effective supply chain risk management and suggests some strategies.
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Analysis
RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOOD RETAILERS
Food retailers who are extending their reach into non-food products as sourcing them becomes easier and selling them offers higher profit margins, are exposing themselves to a variety of new risks
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Analysis
PANDEMIC BUSINESS CONTINUITY REVIEW
Aon Limited has launched a new pandemic business continuity review service The service is intended to help businesses assess their readiness for pandemic crises from a human capital resources perspect
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Analysis
BIRD FLU SCARE PUTS COUNTRIES ON TRADE RISK ALERT
According to Jardine Lloyd Thompson's latest political and economic risk ratings guide for the first quarter of 2006, six countries in South East Asia and Africa have been downgraded because of the po
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Analysis
Risk Management is key to surviving a flu pandemic
As fears of a pandemic triggered by cases of the H5N1 (avian flu) virus increase, businesses need to have strategies in place to enable them to react immediately and effectively in the event of the vi
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Be flexible
Graham Chick argues the case for organisations to adopt a more flexible approach to remote working for employees
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Risk management and corporate governance
Corporate governance initiatives in Europe are changing the risk management role according to a recent Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) survey
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Site Security and Systems
How are organisations managing or going to manage the new and substantial demands placed on site security teams? Bruno Brunskill challenges whether these demands have been fully appreciated
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Well documented decisions
Ashley Bailey says that it is important to balance risk against cost when identifying the optimum document management systems
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Trust me - I'm a consultant
It is not only companies that need to focus on reputational management Their consultants too should look at achieving standards of excellence. Tom Lambert and Mark Townsend write.
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Analysis
Food Safety Rules will boost insurance demand
The introduction in January 2005 of EC Regulation 178 for food safety will increase demand for product recall insurance, according to AIG Europe (UK) Ltd
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Cost versus risk
Keith Tilley discusses the importance of evaluating the risks associated with off-shoring business processes and what the risk management professional should consider when deciding to move mission-cri
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Business as Usual
Business continuity management programmes should be risk-based and consider all potential threats to the business, says Gareth Book
