The management systems community
– 29th Dec 2008 by Alex Briggs
The Disaster Resource Guide’s 2nd Annual Business Continuity Survey takes a look at the way businesses approached their Business Continuity plans in 2008 compared to 2007. Also included in the survey is an insightful look at trends into 2009.
– 1st Nov 2008 by Raz Chaudary
Not enough qualified people to support business continuity needs of global supply chains is the message being communicated by Goh Moh Heng from the Singapore based Business Continuity Management Institute (BCMI).
“As the world globalizes, the demand for business continuity management and disaster recovery becomes a prerequisite for us in Asia,” said Goh.
– 27th Oct 2008 by Raz Chaudary
According to the ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board (ANAB), the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has named ANAB to operate a new program to accredit and certify private sector entities for emergency preparedness.
Through formal certification businesses and non-profit organisations will be able to demonstrate their compliance with voluntary preparedness and business continuity standards and requirements.
“This program recognizes the importance of up-front planning to ensure business continuity even when calamitous events occur,” said Connie Conboy- Chair of ANAB’s Board
“It will facilitate the application of national and international standards in support of U.S. private sector homeland security preparedness requirements. The awarding of the contract to ANAB is consistent with our existing operations as an accreditation body for various management systems standards.”
– 27th Oct 2008 by Raz Chaudary
According to Forbes Calamity Prevention “the business impact of planning to mitigate, respond to and recover from earthquakes will be significant all over Asia, even if no more earthquakes occur for many years.”
Recent earthquakes around the Pacific Rim in the last four months have registered 6.0 or higher on the Richter scale, the magnitude at which earthquakes are generally considered destructive.
– 14th Oct 2008 by Alex Briggs
Cheryl Vallender at www.disaster-resource.com has gotten a group of the world’s leading Business Continuity experts together to answer the question:
Where does Business Continuity Planning Belong in an Organization?
Cheryl’s article takes us right back to the beginning of Business Continuity through to taking a look at the current trends in global organisations.
– 9th Oct 2008 by Raz Chaudary
According to a Stratus Technologies survey, twenty percent of organizations with business continuity plans have no idea if they will actually work in a crisis because they’ve never tested the plans.
86 percent believe that a business continuity plan is a significant strategic advantage.
76 percent business continuity was a strategic priority for of the companies surveyed,
69 percent follow a business continuity plan;
45 percent test business continuity plans them more than once a year.
35 percent tested yearly
20 percent not at all.
– 6th Oct 2008 by Raz Chaudary
According to Robert J. Keegan,the Chairman and CEO of Goodyear, enacting company’s integrated strategic business continuity plans in advance of the hurricane has minimised business impact and the management process is recognised as a competitive advantage. Goodyear relied on the process to ensure the supply chain maintained the delivery of critical raw materials to all of its’ tyre manufacturing facilities.
– 2nd Oct 2008 by Raz Chaudary
Reseach identifies the top 10 strategic risks for global supply chains and businesses. Are you ready for the highlighted five fastest-rising threats that could also have a significant impact over the next three to five years?
According to Ernst & Young’s report, they highlight regulatory and compliance as the highest risks followed closely by global financial shocks, workforce and consumer aging, and the rise of emerging markets.
– 29th Sep 2008 by Raz Chaudary
According to recent research conducted by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on Business Continuity Planning and Pandemic Influenza in Europe“, it was identified that by far, most strategic and operational efforts have been directed towards building resilience in public health systems, and have overlooked the challenge of ensuring business continuity in independent [...]
– 26th Sep 2008 by Raz Chaudary
IBM has spotted an opportunity to fulfil growing global demand from businesses and governments to avoid, prepare and recover operations from disruption.
This is the biggest investment IBM has yet made in this area, according to Brian Reagan, who directs the company’s global strategy and portfolio management group.
IBM provides data storage on as-needed basis. In the event of a service disruption, the company said its datacentres would be able to electronically process the shift in information from customer sites in order to restore service in a reasonable amount of time.
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