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Failing to plan is… The importance of contingency planning – The quarantine

Plan B Consulting

The issue was that as depots operated at about 80% capacity, there wasn’t room for another depot’s worth of parcels and they would become overwhelmed. In the exercise, we simulated the loss of the depot and simulated the staff and vehicles operating from their designated alternative sites.

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Have Cyber Attacks Killed People?

Plan B Consulting

They therefore had to severely reduce capacity due to lack of access to patient files and weren’t able to take this particular patient. This led to the treatment of the lady being delayed by an hour. The University Hospital Düsseldorf, whose A&E department was closed, had suffered a cyber-attack. Figure 1.

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Everything You Need to Know About Business Continuity Plans

Erwood Group

Loss of Workplace : Only one primary site or location is impacted or disrupted at any time. Alternate sites & locations are not impacted and are available for recovery use. Can personnel on shifts work longer or different shifts without impacting output or capacity? Disruption Specific Assumptions.

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Business Continuity Guide for Smaller Organizations

Stratogrid Advisory

Note : Some sections of this article were previously published in our blog archives. Reciprocal agreement s – agreements with mission-aligned organizations to provide space or technology capacity on demand. Third-party providers – contracting third-party providers to provide additional capacity and capability when required (e.g.

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Business Continuity Guide for Smaller Organizations

Stratogrid Advisory

Note : Some sections of this article were previously published in our blog archives. alternate site and technology requirements (ability to work remotely). Reciprocal agreement s – agreements with mission-aligned organizations to provide space or technology capacity on demand.