Agriculture & Manufacturing
Supporting resilient operations, stronger controls and sustainable growth.
Understanding Your Environment
Agriculture and manufacturing businesses operate in increasingly complex and fast-moving environments.
Supply chain disruption, labour pressures, energy costs, technological change, cyber threats, asset reliability, quality assurance, environmental compliance and changing customer expectations continue to reshape the sector.
Manufacturers are also managing increasing scrutiny around:
- workplace safety and culture
- operational continuity and asset reliability
- supply chain dependencies
- inventory and procurement risks
- biosecurity and product quality
- payroll and workforce compliance
- regulatory obligations
- governance, assurance and reporting expectation
In this environment, effective governance, risk management and operational controls are critical to protecting profitability, maintaining continuity and supporting sustainable growth.
At JNW, we bring practical experience working with agribusiness, food production, industrial manufacturing and engineering organisations across governance, operational risk, compliance, internal audit and strategic improvement initiatives.
Our industry experience enables us to quickly understand:
- operational and supply chain risks
- manufacturing and production environments
- inventory, warehousing and procurement challenges
- quality assurance and regulatory obligations
- operational reporting and controls
- the practical realities facing executives site leaders and operational teams
How We Support the Sector
We support agriculture and manufacturing organisations through:
- Enterprise risk management frameworks and Risk Appetite Statements;
- Operational and compliance internal audits;
- Supply chain governance and procurement reviews;
- Inventory management and warehousing assessments;
- Payroll governance and Award compliance reviews;
- Workplace safety and compliance assessments;
- Quality assurance and operational controls reviews;
- Business continuity and operational resilience planning;
- Regulatory compliance, biosecurity and assurance; and
- Strategic planning and governance support.
Our approach is practical, commercially focused and improvement driven – helping organisations strengthen governance, improve operational performance and manage risk with confidence.
The following examples demonstrate our Industry capabilities
Ridley Corporation Ltd (ASX Listed)
- Internal Audit services since 2021 across manufacturing, procurement, supply chain, inventory, transport, IT security and operational controls
- Developed rolling three-year Internal Audit Plans aligned to strategic and operational risks, covering cyber security, biosecurity, EPA and Chain of Responsibility compliance, payroll governance, HSE, procurement, quality assurance, asset management and operational resilience
- Conducted quality assurance benchmarking, inventory management reviews and raw material procurement assessments
- Developed the enterprise risk management framework, including policies, procedures, operational risk workshops and risk reporting frameworks
- Designed a six-monthly controls self-assessment process supporting CEO and CFO governance certifications pursuant to Corporations Act s295A and ASX Principle 7 obligations
Bega Cheese Ltd (ASX listed)
- Facilitated strategic risk workshops with the Executive following the acquisition of the Lion Drinks business
- Developed operational risk registers, a risk improvement roadmap and presented outcomes to the Audit & Risk Committee
- Developed the organisation’s Risk Appetite Statement, including Board risk tolerance workshops
Alfabs Ltd (ASX listed mining engineering company)
- Facilitated strategic and business unit operational risk assessment workshops across engineering, manufacturing and operational functions
- Developed strategic and operational risk registers covering production capability, project delivery, supply chain dependencies, workforce capability, cyber security, safety, compliance and commercial sustainability
- Assisted leadership teams strengthen operational risk visibility, accountability and risk-based decision-making
Kilcoy Global Foods (multi-national food manufacturer)
- Conducted a Payroll Governance HealthCheck across Australian processing operations
- Reviewed payroll governance from employee onboarding and time recording through to payroll processing, approvals and Award compliance
- Assessed Enterprise Agreement compliance, BOOT processes and payroll controls across complex operational environments
Clifford Hallam Healthcare (CH2)
- Refreshed the enterprise risk management framework for this national pharmaceutical and medical consumables provider
- Facilitated structured strategic and operational risk assessment workshops across warehousing, logistics, procurement, compliance, quality assurance, IT, HR and product recall environments
- Developed operational risk registers covering cold-chain and product integrity, Schedule 8 drug compliance, dangerous goods handling, warehouse operations, logistics, cyber security, supply chain disruption and operational continuity risks
- Assisted management strengthen operational risk visibility, accountability, controls and treatment planning across complex healthcare distribution operations
Industry insight creates value
Our experience across agriculture and manufacturing enables us to bring practical benchmarking, operational insight and better practice ideas informed by practical industry experience.
This means we can spend less time learning your environment – and more time helping you strengthen governance, manage operational risk and support confident, well-governed decisions