article thumbnail

The Four Phases of Disaster Recovery

MHA Consulting

Identify the potential processing impacts at the alternate site. Will there be performance impacts or capacity constraints? Determine whether a restoration at the alternate site is necessary. Be ready to adjust processing activities if necessitated by performance or capacity issues.

article thumbnail

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.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

Everything You Need to Know About Business Continuity Plans

Erwood Group

Crisis Communications. Internal & External Communications plans & templates. At a minimum, one identified method of communication is always available including email/instant message, land-line telephones, and cellular telephones. Loss of Workplace : Only one primary site or location is impacted or disrupted at any time.

article thumbnail

Business Continuity Guide for Smaller Organizations

Stratogrid Advisory

Therefore a BCM team should be selected across all organizational functions: finance, operations, communications, legal and information technology as well as any other key departments. Reciprocal agreement s – agreements with mission-aligned organizations to provide space or technology capacity on demand.

article thumbnail

Business Continuity Guide for Smaller Organizations

Stratogrid Advisory

Therefore a BCM team should be selected across all organizational functions: finance, operations, communications, legal and information technology as well as any other key departments. alternate site and technology requirements (ability to work remotely). Communications representatives (internal and external communications).