Preventing Recalls and Product Liability Lawsuits - Current Trends and Causes

Why Should You Attend:

It has become apparent that in today’s marketplace, far too many corporate management teams are focused almost solely on increasing sales—and of course profits—and lastly, if at all, assuring their products are safe and reliable, although they think this is being handled and under control. To further compound the situation, they are also making false assumptions that their employees know what to do with regard to preventing product recalls and product liability lawsuits and are ahead of the curve. This area tends to be misclassified as one of common sense with little-to-no need for training. As a result, we are faced with ever-growing upward trends in product recall statistics, record-breaking product liability lawsuit verdicts, and a spike in bankruptcies.

It really doesn’t matter if you’re a $5 billion manufacturing company or do $50 million in annual sales; whether you manufacture consumer products, automotive, medical, industrial, or commercial products; or whether you have a legal department or don’t have one—corporations are missing the mark across the board.

This webcast will be very enlightening and educational to the members of the management team and will begin the process of pointing manufacturing corporations in the right direction of preventing related problems and becoming more profitable.

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• Recall trends and product liability statistics
• A review of the largest contributing causes of recalls
• Product liability case studies and the legal climate around the world
• The impact of product liability in corporate financial statements
• The contributing factors that lead to product liability from each department and area of the corporation

Who Will Benefit:

All companies involved in the manufacture of consumer products, industrial products, medical products or commercial products will benefit from this training. The title are

• C-level Executives
• Quality
• Engineering
• Product Development
• Product Safety
• Product Testing & Reliability
• Sales
• Purchasing
• Customer Service
• Manufacturing
• Legal

Instructor Profile:

Randall Goodden, is recognized as a leading expert on Product Safety and Product Liability Prevention around the world by manufacturing corporations, insurance companies, international television news networks, government agencies, professional associations, and numerous publications. He has taught PS&LP to thousands of manufacturing executives worldwide at his seminars, as well as being brought in-house by some of the largest corporations. He is the author of the best-selling books “Lawsuit! Reducing the Risk of Product Liability for Manufacturers” (Wiley 2009), “Product Liability Prevention – A Strategic Guide” (Quality Press 2000), and Preventing & Handling Product Liability (Marcel Dekker 1995) which have sold thousands of copies worldwide, and have even become course books at universities. In addition, he has authored other Legal reference and Quality books.

Mr. Goodden has been in manufacturing all his life and has personally done all that he writes about in his books and teaches. For over 25 years he worked as the Corporate VP for a large international manufacturer and was in charge of Quality, New Product Development, Field Services, and Litigation Management.

He has taught his seminars throughout the United States, the UK, Europe, China, as well as Thailand, Malaysia, Australia, and India. His seminars in China have been sponsored and attended by the Chinese Government, as well as Quality organizations in China, with audiences in excess of 200 per event.

He is a Keynote Speaker at some of the largest conferences and trade shows worldwide. He speaks annually at the ASQ World Conference. Referred to as a “Visionary” by the President of the national defense attorney association, he was their lead speaker for six years straight at what is the largest Legal Defense conference in the U.S. He gives Keynote presentations regularly for a large number of associations.

Randall Goodden is the President and Founder of the IPSLP – International Product Safety & Liability Prevention Association with over 700 hundred members from 30 countries around the world, and is the Chairman of ASQ’s Product Safety & Liability Prevention Division. He was the first Chairman of the national Defense Attorney Association’s - Manufacturers Risk Specialized Litigation Group from 1995-2000.

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