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28th Apr 2010 by Alex Briggs
Dr. James L. Marsden is Regent’s Distinguished Professor of Food Safety and Security at Kansas State University. His blog post, “Ten things government can do to help small plants improve food safety”, is our link of the day today.
Find out how LRQA is actively helping organisations manage their food safety risks,
28th Jun 2009 by Alex Briggs
This article in Strategic Risk Magazine highlights the importance of Ethical Corporate behaviour during times of increased scrutiny and consumer distrust of organisations.
24th Jun 2009 by Alex Briggs
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17th Jun 2009 by Alex Briggs
Supply Chain Security is not just about terrorism or on-time delivery. The growing and potentially deadly threat of counterfeit products is the feature of this website. The video brings home the potential dangers in very clear terms.
21st May 2009 by Alex Briggs
Today’s thought of the day comes from one of the world’s leading climate change influencers, Yvo de Boer, the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC):
Failing to recognise the urgency of climate change and acting on it would be nothing less than criminally irresponsible.
At The Guardian Climate Change Summit on 15 June 2009, Yvo de Boer is just one of the leading thinkers from the climate change community who will be sharing insight, solutions and strategies to ensure your business can actively reduce impact on our climate. Click here for further info and a speaker programme.
29th Apr 2009 by Alex Briggs
Today’s link of the day is from a leading supply chain blog. This post is titled, “Seven Habits of Effective Supply Chain Managers.”
31st Mar 2009 by Alex Briggs
Todays thought and link of the day both refer to a new report, Keeping America’s Food Safe.
Only one percent of imported foods are currently inspected, even though approximately 60 percent of fresh fruits and vegetables and 75 percent of seafood Americans consume is imported.
26th Mar 2009
“Business continuity, security and emergency management are all process-driven activities. As such, it makes sense to ensure that those processes are constantly being reviewed and improved. Six Sigma is a process that ought to be considered for these disciplines, as it deals with process improvement.”
25th Mar 2009 by Alex Briggs
Today’s thought and link are related to global supply chains and are from the same source, Bob Ferrari’s blog.
Tata didn’t set the price of the Nano by calculating the cost of production and then adding to margin. Rather it set $2500 as the price that it thought customers could pay and then worked back, with the help of partners willing to take on a challenge, to build a $2500 car that would reward all involved with a small profit.
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