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Business Continuity Planning, in a crisis this key skill may be all that is between being a casualty or survivor.
Supplier Failure.
Supplier Failure and its Impact. Around 84% of Small and Medium Enterprises that is companies with less than 250 employees, will suffer an impact as a result of supplier failure in a three year period. Of these around half will have a significant impact on the...
Key People Example.
Look at your people! There are always go to people, this is true of any organisation I've ever worked with. The size of the organisation did not seem to change this, there was always a key person. There were few cases in my working life where they left and caused a...
The importance of communication.
Staying in touch. When things go wrong, it is important to maintain communication. Your Business Continuity Plan has to have the required information and you have to have alternates already in place, not being able to communicate with people will exacerbate the...
Delegation, Responsibility and Authority.
Delegate what to who and when? When it comes to invoking a Business Continuity Planning, there comes a point in time where delegation of tasks, actions and responsibilities comes to the fore. The decisions that you make regarding what can be delegated will directly...
When to create a Plan
Business Continuity Plan - When? When should I create a Business Continuity Plan, it's a question I've been asked a few times over the years. Having been asked frequently doesn't make answering the question any easier, but looking at the businesses that I was dealing...
How to FMEA
Why the FMEA? The Failure Mode and Effects Analysis is a tool, it is my preferred tool - so if you have an other tool it can be just as easily used in place of the FMEA. In truth there are many tools that can be used for the task, analysing the risk and planning...
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