All Manufacturing articles
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AnalysisHow to manage reshoring risks - a US case study
Former pharma risk manager and current P.E. integrated risk leader at Sigma7, Andrew Tait, looks at how reshoring changes the exposures faced by manufacturing companies in the US, and what global lessons can be learnt
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Analysis
How risk managers can tackle the evolving automotive risks in their organisations
Kiran Boosam, global insurance industry leader, Capgemini, explores how mobility risk is changing and the tactics that risk managers can deploy to manage emerging threats
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News
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions and Hitachi launch ‘smart manufacturing’ solution
Insurance-based solutions will initially focus on manufacturing and transport firms that are adopting AI and other cutting-edge technologies
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News
Mitigating the risks of re-tooling
How HARTMANN Group’s risk profile changed when it increased sanitiser production at the start of the COVID outbreak.
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Analysis
Why manufacturers need to plan for a new risk environment
Risk managers must make sure that supply chain and organisational risks do not fall by the wayside amid pressures from cyber and political threats
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News
Europe’s listeria outbreak sends stern warning to risk and supply chain managers
As Europe’s food and industry thrives, the heat is on to manage its risks. We look to the lab where solutions are being developed to better handle contamination and consider a more holistic approach to coverage that goes far beyond simple product recall insurance
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Headspace
Inside Greenyard Frozen: the listeria outbreak
Aldi, Lidl, Iceland, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose have had to recall thousands of frozen foods after harmful bacteria was found in products they sold. Such recalls can result in tumbling share prices or total collapse. Here’s what can be done to minimise the threats
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News
Supply chain disruption risk jumps for automotive sector
European automotive sector firms faced 379 supply chain disruption incidents last year, up from 268 in 2016, according to a report from insurance broker JLT
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Headspace
Whirlpool tumble dryers and fire safety
This article looks at the impact on the company’s reputation and what, in my view, could have been done to mitigate the negative publicity. By Shane Russell, crisis management specialist, red24assist
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News
The biggest risks facing LEGO
Hans Læssøe, senior director, strategic risk management at LEGO Group outlines his biggest risks
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News
Solar storm outage is ultimate high-impact threat
Space weather concerns may not be top of the risk agenda for manufacturers but research from Cambridge University should be heeded by those most vulnerable
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Industry 4.0 – Technological revolution transforming production
The biggest change to production processes in almost two centuries offers unprecedented opportunities but companies must balance these against a complex downside
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Guide
A guide to the biggest risks and latest innovation in manufacturing
The number of genuinely international manufacturers that depend on increasingly extended product lifelines has grown rapidly. But so too is the stress they face. This guide looks at the top risks in the manufacturing sector and how a new technological revolution is set to change the risk landscape
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News
Volkswagen emissions scandal has vast reputation and insurance implications
Experts in reputation, insurance and crisis management weigh in on the recovery chances of the world’s largest automotive manufacturer
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‘Volkswagen emission scandal costs could top Libor’: insurance lawyer
DAC Beachcroft partner William Allison on insurance implications
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The risks that make a nonsense of just-in-time manufacturing
Just-in-time inventories are a key feature of fast-moving global companies looking for lower costs. But in a world of black swan events, such supply chain solutions can leave businesses dangerously exposed when the unpredictable happens
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Aerospace’s biggest supply chain challenge is around the corner
A forecast boom in the aerospace industry poses unprecedented supply chain problems
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Talking factories: the fourth industrial revolution to hit the manufacturing business
The next industrial revolution is nigh with the advent of product lifecycle management – or Industry 4.0 – which will super-connect all the diverse elements of manufacturing
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How the food and drinks business can avoid the next big contamination crisis
Food and drink companies cannot afford to be complacent as their practices come under ever closer scrutiny and consumers ask more and more questions
