Manufacturing
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Analysis
Risk briefing: political threats rising for emerging market manufacturing hubs
Against a backdrop of heightened political risk, supply chain professionals looking to operate more strategically and build resilience need to create as much certainty as they can
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Case Studies
Case study: why risk management must focus on people not plants
Adrian Clements describes his experience ensuring just-in-time manufacturing continued to meet its deadlines, despite multiple severe weather threats faced by plants within the supply chain
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Opinion
How risk managers can tackle the increasing threat of disorderly transition
David Nelson, head of climate transition, climate and resilience hub, at WTW explores why a disorderly transition is likely, and the steps risk managers must take to prepare
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Special Reports
Regulators are cracking down on PFAS and risk managers must plan accordingly
The effects of PFAS chemicals are yet to be seen as health problems slowly come to light. BHSI’s Javier Villalba, explores the litigation landscape risk managers are facing
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Case Studies
How 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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Opinion
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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Analysis
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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Case Studies
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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Analysis
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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Analysis
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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Opinion
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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Analysis
The biggest risks facing LEGO
Hans Læssøe, senior director, strategic risk management at LEGO Group outlines his biggest risks
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Analysis
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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Analysis
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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Special Reports
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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Analysis
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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Analysis
‘Volkswagen emission scandal costs could top Libor’: insurance lawyer
DAC Beachcroft partner William Allison on insurance implications