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Business Continuity Planning for the Manufacturing Industry

everbridge

Building a Business Continuity Plan for the Manufacturing Industry. Manufacturers must be prepared for all types of disruptive events such as severe weather activity, natural and man-made disasters, hazardous materials incidents, supply chain disruptions, and equipment and technology failures. The Importance of Building a Plan.

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How to prepare your business to deal with an emergency this summer

CCEM Strategies

Summer is not without its share of hazards due to the hot weather. From storms triggering electrical outages to droughts and heat domes that can contribute to wildfires (which in turn can cause poor air quality), all these hazards have the potential to cause detrimental impacts to your organization.

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All Outages Like British Air are ALWAYS Human Error!

Alternative Resiliency Services Corp

Humans conflate Availability with Contingency Many outages are caused or exacerbated because ‘fail-proof’ systems failed. Seismically inactive, no hazards, politically benign and calm weather. In the outage described above, the IT organization response was delayed by almost two hours and was initially sluggish.

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Top 10 Resources to Help You Become a BCM Ninja 

MHA Consulting

In today’s post we’ll look at the top 10 free or almost free resources business continuity management professionals can utilize to help them raise their BCM skills and effectiveness to ninja level. Prepare My Business for an Emergency. Nowadays, we are in a golden age when it comes to obtaining quality information on doing BC.

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BUSINESSES ARE LIKE DOMINOS. DEVELOP YOUR BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLAN BEFORE THEY START TO FALL.

CCEM Strategies

If the last one falls your business could be finished. A Business Continuity Plan is designed to keep your lights on, the doors open, and your customers satisfied during an emergency. Carry out an Assessment Determine the type of hazards that will affect your area and your business. Where do you start?

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Threat Intelligence: A Key Capability for Our Turbulent Times

MHA Consulting

Related on MHA Consulting: Driving Blind: The Problem with Skipping the Threat and Risk Assessment The Need for Threat Intelligence Traditional business continuity methodology leans heavily on the threat and risk assessment or TRA, in which the organization identifies potential threats and ranks them in terms of likelihood and potential impact.

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Herrera Unplugged: How to Hamstring Your BC Consultant

MHA Consulting

Herrera Unplugged is an occasional series in which MHA Consulting CEO Michael Herrera shares his candid views on current hot-button business continuity topics. You might think that a company spending a substantial sum for the advice of a business continuity consultant would do everything it could to make the collaboration a success.