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Consumer business organizations need to reassess threat landscape
Many consumer business organizations are not focusing on the right areas to best respond to threats, according to Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu report.
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•Date: 20th Nov 2009• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: ISM news
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What are the key retail risks?
A new Aon Analytics report explores how risks are changing in the retail sector.
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•Date: 8th Oct 2009• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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ISO starts work on unsafe product recall standard
The first meeting of ISO/PC 240, Product Recall, was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in May 2009.
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•Date:2nd June 2009• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Retail BC
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Unresponsive data centres can lead to supply chain chaos
Study highlights the need for retailers to ensure that IT supports business continuity policies.
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•Date: 19th May 2009• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: It continuity
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HP launches business continuity solution for SAP
Helps ensure supply chain continuity.
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•Date: 12th May 2009• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Huge rise in UK product recalls
Many companies unprepared for the related business risks.
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•Date: 7th May 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Retail BC
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New ISO standard project will facilitate recall of unsafe products
Committee starts work on ISO/PC 240, Product Recall.
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•Date: 31st March 2008• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Retail BC
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Geographic information systems as a supply chain risk management tool
Andrew Dailey highlights the business continuity and risk management benefits that GIS can bring.
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•Date: 21st December 2007• Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Major risk factors for managing the quality of goods sourced from China
While being aware of the risks, many companies do not actively manage and monitor their Chinese suppliers and most lack the ability to fully trace faulty imported goods or replace their suppliers in a crisis.
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•Date: 28th Sept 2007• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Retailing BC
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The time to act is always now
With Cadbury again in the news over its 2006 food safety failures, Jonathan Hemus looks at how to handle product recalls and the associated crisis communications.
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•Date: 19th June 2007• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: Crisis comms
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Business continuity in the UK food and drink industry
Growing acceptance of BCM but still a long way to go, says Chris Woodcock.
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•Date: 4th May 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Retail BC
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NIST issues RFID security guidelines
As RFID devices are deployed in more sophisticated applications concerns have been raised about protecting such systems against eavesdropping and unauthorized uses.
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•Date: 27th April 2007 • Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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UK businesses warned to act as product recalls soar
Record number of product recalls in 2006; 2007 expected to see even more.
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•Date: 24th April 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Retail BC
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Detailed report into business continuity practices in the UK food and drink sector published
Report written by Cranfield University and commissioned by Defra.
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•Date: 2nd March 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Retail sector
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XL Insurance launches product recall insurance with integrated crisis management cover
New primary food and drink product contamination insurance includes integrated crisis management cover.
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•Date: 24th January 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Retail BC
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One Network launches Disaster Management Network
Service enables retailers and manufacturers to quickly respond to disaster.
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•Date: 4th August 2006• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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UK business continuity take-up explored
New research by Viatel looks at business continuity planning differences between the finance, retail and manufacturing sectors.
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•Date: 3rd August 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Comment on the Cadbury recall
On Friday 23rd June Cadbury announced a major recall of seven of its chocolate products. Chris Woodcock comments on the crisis management aspects of the recall.
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•Date: 27th June 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Crisis communications
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How prepared are UK businesses for disaster?
The retail industrywas highlighted in a recent survey as the least prepared to cope with disasters.
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•Date: 20th June 2006• Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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European product recalls more than double in 2005
Hungary, Germany and Greece top the list, with the UK in fourth place; rise in recalls has led to more attention being given to risk management in the supply chain.
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•Date: 21st Feb 2006• Region: UK/W.Europe • Type: Article •Topic: Retail BC
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Sudan 1 revisited
In February 2005 the UK food industry was rocked by the biggest recall in its history. Kirsten Davies explores the crisis management lessons that can be learned from the incident.
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•Date: 11th Jan 2006 • Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: Crisis management
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Legal settlement on emergency evacuation needs of people with disabilities
The US retailer Marshalls has agreed to redevelop its evacuation procedures as a result of a lawsuit. The agreement may serve as a model for other retailers.
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•Date: 5th May 2005 • Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Building and facilities BC
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European Commission criticises UK government for handling of Sudan I food recall
Information was not communicated in the most efficient way.
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•Date: 1st March 2005 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Retail BC
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Globix launches on-line retail failover scheme
Globix has announced the immediate availability of a ‘Hacker Defence Service’ for all on-line retailers and e-commerce sites specifically in the run-up to Christmas. On-line retailers concerned about hacker attacks designed to bring down their sites, (DDOS, Syn Flood or other blended types of brute force attacks) are now able to dynamically re-route Internet traffic to Globix's traffic cleaning service. Offered as an initial three-month package, corrupt traffic is ‘off-loaded’ and legitimate traffic is passed back to clients for processing, without the user’s knowledge. http://www.globix.com
•Date: 5th November 2004 •Region: UK/World •Type: Briefing •Topic: IT continuity
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Integrating business continuity criteria into your supply chain
Geary Sikich takes a detailed look at strategies for supply chain business continuity management.
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•Date: 22nd October 2004 •Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Online security failures impact the whole business
Customers who experience online security problems with a retailer’s website often stop purchasing from the company’s high street stores.
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•Date: 9th July 2004 • Region: UK / World•Type: Article •Topic: Retail sector
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IBM opens new RFID test centre
Enables companies to test radio frequency identification in realistic environments: reduces project risk.
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•Date: 6th July 2004 • Region: W.Europe •Type: Article •Topic: Logistics sector
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Supply chain often neglected during business continuity planning
A university study commissioned by AT&T has found that companies are failing to recognise the criticality of the supply chain.
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•Date: 21st May 2004 •Region: N.America/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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RFID - a double edged sword?
According to a paper published this week by Wireless Healthcare, RFID represents a threat to retailers deploying the technology in customer facing applications.
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•Date: 15th April 2004 •Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Business continuity will ‘combat promiscuous retail customers’
SunGard Availability Services is warning retailers that their dependence on a just-in-time supply chain could become their downfall.
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•Date: 13th November 2003 •Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Securing the supply chain
Manugistics Group has launched a comprehensive framework of supply chain solutions and risk assessment services.
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•Date: 29th October 2003 •Region: N.America/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Who moved my CEO? The board of directors guide to managing operational risk
The discipline of operational risk management is becoming more widely accepted says Peter Higgins.
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•Date: 19th September 2003 •Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: Op. risk
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FSA warns listed companies to prepare for new accounting standards
Failure to comply to new IFRS could be a very real business continuity issue for UK firms.
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•Date: 5th September 2003 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Armed against the activist
David Honour explores the business continuity measures that can be put in place to protect companies from activist attacks.
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•Date: 5th September 2003 •Region: Worldwide •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Making risk management work for ATMs: identification and solutions
June 17-18, 2003, Toronto, Canada.
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•Date: 5th June 2003 •Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: Events
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Scientific advice, crisis management and the media
Conference: 9th-10th June 2003, Athens, Greece.
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•Date: 3rd June 2003 •Region: W.Europe/UK •Type: Article •Topic: Crisis communications
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Retail Risk Management Conference
The Risk Management Association will hold its seventh Annual Retail Risk Management Conference in Chicago, June 3th-4th, 2003, at the W. Chicago Hotel.
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•Date: 20th May 2003 •Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: Events
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A capital idea!
Is there anything those outside the banking sector can learn from the Second Basel Capital Accord?
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•Date: 4th April 2003 •Region: Worldwide •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Intent of Sarbanes-Oxley means culture change, not just accounting change
Looming 2003 deadline to prove compliance assumes risk controls that many companies don't have.
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•Date: 4th April 2003 •Region: N. America •Type: Article •Topic: Op.risk
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Fixing supply chain and service issues are key to survival for retailers
How retailers can ensure long term continuity following chapter 11 measures...
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•Date: 31st March 2003 •Region: N. America •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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War and terrorism putting the brakes on globalisation
Conference Board analysis predicts supply chain continuity problems.
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•Date: 10th March 2003 •Region: Worldwide •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Fast-track method of building high security, explosion-resistant buildings developed
Explosion resistant buildings can now be built in days.
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•Date: 6th March 2003 •Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC - facilities
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