EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Every company had its own way of doing business and mitigating risks. I am most intrigued by Siemens Diagnostics and GE Healthcare. Hence, I will analyze these two successful companies. Siemens Diagnostics operates in the healthcare industry and is located in Swords, County Dublin, Ireland. It provides equipment for immunoassay, hematology, molecular analysis and blood gas testing systems along with automation, informatics and other services. GE Healthcare specializes in medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, drug discovery, biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies, performance improvement and performance solutions services that helps their customers to deliver better care to more people around the world at a lower cost. Siemens Diagnostics produces ADVIA Centaur XP( an immunoassay equipment to detect cancer and heart diseases and fertility testing) and ADVIA 2120i(Hematology system to count WBCs and RBCs). The type of industry it is in makes it prone to risks like Long Development Cycles, Long Product Lifecycles, Low Volumes of Production, and Lower Levels of Manufacturing Automation. Its products are complex with multiple interacting parts. Also the type of products that Siemens manufacturers need raw materials that have limited suppliers. GE Healthcare produces imaging agents like Omnipaque, Visipaque and Omniscan in glass and plastic containers of different sizes. The risks faced by them are Rise in IT budgets, limited raw materials and high lead time of a drug. Both the organizations need huge investments in R&D as the quality of their products can affect human safety. They have their own set of initiatives in place to manage risks. GE Heal... ... middle of paper ... ...wise way to combat risk. Risks could be in any form. It could be man-made or a natural disaster. Risks could also be industry specific. Irrespective of how well prepared and organized an organization is there are always chances of sudden issues. Having a contingency plan in place definitely helps in avoiding and lowering the impact of risks. REFERENCES: GE. (2014, April 17). GE Healthcare. Retrieved April 17, 2014, from GE Healthcare: http://www3.gehealthcare.co.uk/en-GB/About_Us/GE_Healthcare_Fact_Sheet Linn, B. V. (2009, January 25). Change Management and Human Performance Technology. Retrieved April 17, 2014, from Wordpress: http://bvonderlinn.wordpress.com/2009/01/25/overview-of-ges-change-acceleration-process-cap/ Siemens. (2014, April 17). Siemens Diagnostics. Retrieved April 17, 2014, from Siemens Healthcare: http://www.ge.com/ie/
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...MPONI and REMICADE, infectious disease products, such as INCIVO and PREZISTA, neuroscience products, oncology products and other pharmaceuticals. The Medical Devices and Diagnostics segment consists mostly of franchises such as Orthopaedics franchise, Surgical Care, Vision Care, Diabetes Care, Specialty Surgery, Diagnostics and other franchises. The rich portfolio J&J has of products, franchises and companies is one of the reasons why the company is one of the market leaders.
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Team B's assignment this week was to select two different publicly traded companies in the same industry. The two companies will serve as the basis for subsequent team assignments. The two companies chosen for study are Wal-Mart and Target. This paper will provide an overview of each of the selected companies.
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You should always be prepared for such mishaps and should have precautions ready for managing such crisis. IT failure, electrical hardware and software failure are recognised as biggest threats to businesses. Natural disasters like extreme weather conditions, snow, flood and high winds have devastating consequences as well.