PALO ALTO, Calif. - Wednesday, August 1st 2012 [ME NewsWire]
-(BUSINESS WIRE)-- MetricStream, the market leader in enterprise-wide Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) solutions, today announced that Dubai Aluminium (DUBAL) has gone live with MetricStream Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Solutionto centralize and streamline its corporate risk management program. As a result, DUBAL has achieved standardization of risk management across divisions and business units, improved visibility into enterprise risks, and strengthened risk management.
MetricStream will host a webinaron DUBAL’s ISO 31000-based ERM Program on Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at 3pm GST (Dubai). The live webcast will feature Toby Shore, Corporate Treasurer and Chief Risk Officer at DUBAL.
Among the top 10 aluminum-producing companies in the world, DUBAL is one of the largest industrial corporations in the UAE serving over 330 customers across 48 countries. As DUBAL grew rapidly in the last few years, it evolved into a global aluminum producer of significant size and scale. The company undertook a strategic transition from a business unit centric risk management approach to an enterprise level approach in order to drive greater standardization in risk management processes, improve risk visibility, and enable meaningful correlation of different types of risks across the organization.
“We recognized the need for an integrated risk management framework to get a strong grip on our risk related data and processes, and manage them efficiently and proactively,” says Toby Shore, Corporate Treasurer and Chief Risk Officer at DUBAL. “We selected MetricStream as our risk managementtechnology partner for this important initiative because of the comprehensive capabilities of the MetricStream solution as well as its simplicity and usability. MetricStream’s industry leading position in GRC, its ability to easily configure the solution and map it to our requirements, and its deep expertise in risk management methodologies validated our decision. We are pleased with how the MetricStream solution has enabled a more collaborative, proactive, and centralized approach to risk management which is critical for driving business performance and growth.”
The MetricStream solution will provide capabilities for qualitative and quantitative risk analysis, control assessments, a risk-control library, scenario modeling, risk monitoring, and loss and incident management. Powerful dashboards and risk heat maps will provide in-depth and real-time risk intelligence, enabling executives to set their priorities and make decisions around business strategies, budget allocations, and project planning. The solution will also enable DUBAL to adopt the best of both the COSO and the ISO 31000 risk management standards through various capabilities such as enabling a structured and systematic approach to risk management; improving risk identification, analysis, evaluation, and monitoring; and aligning risk management with decision-making.
“We are delighted to have DUBAL as our customer,” says Shankar Bhaskaran, GM and VP of International Business Operations at MetricStream. “DUBAL has chosen the right path towards stronger and more sustainable protection against risks, while also setting an example for its peers to follow. The MetricStream solution will help the company facilitate an enterprise-wide risk-focused culture with greater accountability, better coordination, and stronger risk-response strategies. This implementation at one of the premier corporations in UAE further extends MetricStream’s market leadership in the Middle East.”
About MetricStream
MetricStream is a market leader in Enterprise-wide Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) and Quality Management Solutions for global corporations. MetricStream solutions are used by leading corporations such as UBS, P&G, Constellation Energy, Pfizer, Philips, BAE Systems, SanDisk, Cummins and Sonic Automotive in diverse industries such as Financial Services, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Energy and Utilities, Food, Retail, CPG, Government and Manufacturing to manage their risk management, quality processes, regulatory and industry-mandated compliance and corporate governance initiatives, as well as several million compliance professionals worldwide via the www.ComplianceOnline.comportal. MetricStream is headquartered in Palo Alto, California and can be reached at www.metricstream.com.
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