The management systems community
1st Jul 2009 by Alex Briggs
Association of Insurance and Risk Managers (AIRMIC) next chairman, Paul Howard, was recently interviewed by Sue Copeland for this article in Strategic Risk Magazine.
At a time when resources are even scarcer, risk managers are going to have to be much smarter in the solutions we offer and really review the cost benefit of any situation.
28th Nov 2008 by Alex Briggs
Asda, J Sainsbury and Wm Morrison, three of the big four UK supermarkets, were forced to find alternative supply deals – either through other third parties or direct from music makers and publishers – as supply dried from Woolworths’ distribution business, which was put into administration on Thursday night alongside the 800-strong store chain.
This article highlights the delicate state of supermarket supply chains in the crucial run up to Christmas.
14th Jan 2008 by Alex Briggs
Organic or fairtrade? Sustainable or certified? With so many labels on food, clothes and white goods, it’s a miracle that we make it to the checkout before closing time. This article in the Observer takes a look at some of the labels out there. Which ones live up to their eco credentials?
17th Dec 2007
Last autumn, Sainsbury’s announced it was trying something new with the way it sourced its milk.
3rd Dec 2007
East Anglian grain co-op Camgrain has signed a multi-million pound deal with Sainsbury’s to become the sole supplier of wheat used in the supermarket group’s bread.
9th Nov 2007 by Alex Briggs
The °Climate Group has launched findings of the UK’s first ever Climate Brand Index which tracks year-on-year consumer perceptions of how brands are performing on climate change.
24th Sep 2007 by Alex Briggs
This Times article has raised a difficult topic for organic farmers.
The article reveals that Helen Browning, the director of food and farming at the Soil Association, sends pig shoulders from Wiltshire, England to Germany for processing into sausages and imports pork loins from Sweden to make bacon.
20th Sep 2007 by Cor Groenveld
Will we ever have a “one size fits all” food safety management system? The Food Safety section editor, Cor Groenveld, provides an informative update on the initiatives that are all trying to bring some uniformity to the food industry. This blog post makes sense of a very complex situation.
17th Sep 2007
Sainsbury’s announced they are withdrawing certain packs of breakfast cereals due to small insects in the packages.
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