Food Magazine October 2014 | Page 13

Business Guarding Against Risk During Conflict ?
missile strike , but the damage could have been much worse if workers had still been involved when the strike happened or the facility was seized .
Diversify Your Manufacturing Facilities Thanks to diversification , Cargill was able to temporarily close the doors to its Donetsk facility without having to worry about its business going under . In addition to Donetsk , Cargill also processes sunflower seed oil at facilities in the United States and Canada – therefore , while the company might have less of the product to work with throughout the year , it will not have lost its entire inventory in the seizure . If your company is in a good place with respect to diversification , you will be able to shut down operations at one facility without taking too much of a financial hit is risk management that spends 100 percent of its time finding the best ways to hedge bets and mitigate risks for both Cargill and the clients with which it partners .
Not every company has the means , the space , the time or the energy to create its own in-house risk management sector . But if not , it could be well worth the effort to outsource the services of a company that specializes in risk management for an assessment and the creation of some contingency plans . It could be a great way to keep your operations safe no matter how safe it gets out there .
‘ Cargill also processes sunflower seed oil at facilities in the United States and Canada ’
Understand Risk It shouldn ’ t be a surprise that Cargill understands how to manage and juggle any dangers or misfortunes that might befall a section of its company – Cargill is a sprawling company with a lot of sectors , and one of those sectors
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