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Case
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Reference no. 9-201-015
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2001
Version: 20 August 2003
Length: 16 pages
Data source: Field research

Abstract

United Grain Growers Ltd (UGG), a Canadian grain distributor, audited its exposure to a number of key risks, especially the impact of weather on grain volumes and operating income. Understanding these risks was crucial because the company was in the midst of a major modernization and diversification program. But although UGG already managed traditional risks through a variety of control processes, it was still faced with the problem of how to deal with the biggest risk; the weather.
Location:
Size:
USD1.8 billion revenues
Other setting(s):
1998

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Abstract

United Grain Growers Ltd (UGG), a Canadian grain distributor, audited its exposure to a number of key risks, especially the impact of weather on grain volumes and operating income. Understanding these risks was crucial because the company was in the midst of a major modernization and diversification program. But although UGG already managed traditional risks through a variety of control processes, it was still faced with the problem of how to deal with the biggest risk; the weather.

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Location:
Size:
USD1.8 billion revenues
Other setting(s):
1998

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