The management systems community
27th Feb 2009
A recent research report, comprising of interviews conducted by IBM, with over 1200 chief financial officers from 79 countries, concluded the following points mentioned in the article.
9th Feb 2009
One of the main conclusions from the report suggests that the disaster impact could have been reduced through resilient building design and the deployment of an early warning system complemented with good community preparedness.
28th Jan 2009
Business Insurance Europe has conducted a panel interview comprising of insurance and risk management executives on the impact of the credit crunch upon businesses.
Short-term needs for credit to fulfil operational obligations have been identified as being much greater than ever to ensure future sustainability of businesses
27th Jan 2009
In the event of a business disruption, Business Continuity Management (BCM) helps you to identify and prepare for critical business operations. This may be more important for organisations with global complex supply chains or where there is a single-point of dependency from either the supplier or customer side.
20th Jan 2009
There is a business continuity issue here as well. So, that benefit is bound to occur to the other IT companies which customers have high confidence in terms of the integrity of the management. The company had exaggerated its cash reserves by some $1bn (£661m)”.
6th Jan 2009
The London Resilience Team has compiled a useful resource of to-do lists for emergencies, staff contact trees, what to include in your ‘battle box’ and much more.
Take a look at the documents below for templates and advice for creating an effective business continuity plan… click on the links
8th Dec 2008
An unimaginable event occurred at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in downtown Mumbai in India on the evening of November 26, 2008.
Terrorists forced their way into the rear entrance of the 105-year-old historic building built by the great grandfather of the CEO of Tata Motors. The magnificent hotel symbolises the success and pride of one of India’s largest private businesses. The capability of the hotel to protect its customers and its reputaion was challenged.
5th Dec 2008
This UK Cabinet Office guidance document written by the department of Energy and Climate Change is intended to assist organisations in the public, private and voluntary sectors in planning for and managing the consequences of a disruption to fuel supplies.
4th Dec 2008
Business Continuity Management (BCM) helps to identify critical parts of an organisation that cannot be disrupted such as data, inventory, assets, employees and plans how to maintain these, in the likelihhod of incurring an incident
An appropriate response and business continuity plan can assist in enabling an enterprise to get back to business as quickly as possible.
The benefits of deploying an affective BCM plan efficiently can help in protecting brand reputation, avoid losing valuable market share to the competition and maintain customer confidence.
This toolkit developed by the UK Government guides you through the steps you will need to take to implement BCM in your organisation. It covers the six elements of the BCM lifecycle as defined in the Business Continuity
Management Standard (BS25999).
25th Nov 2008
According to a report by the Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy (CIDRAP), a scenario is outlined where a pandemic disrupts the supply chain for coal, providing electricity and a critical element to support public health and organizational continuity.
The report suggests the next pandemic is likely to impact the global just-in time economy and will seriously compromise the public health response. The unavailability of skilled manpower will be unable to meet the surge of demand and ultimately restrict international and domestic travel/trade agreements.
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The Business Assurance approach uses a consistent methodology for providing business driven assessments based around the organisation’s most significant risks.
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