| Here are some questions you should ask at your next board meeting, We are sure that you will find the answers enlightening! |
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In the event of a serious event in your division, e.g. fire, flood, building collapse etc, how could you continue to run your department? |
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How badly would a long term interruption to business impact your bottom line? |
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How would you implement a business continuity plan? |
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Which areas could continue to operate? |
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Which areas (if any) could continue to trade in another location? |
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What, (if any) actions could you take to lessen the impact of the inevitable loss of revenue? |
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Which areas are critical to your department's success? |
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Which areas could you afford to "mark time" with during the crisis? |
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How would such an event impact upon your customer base? |
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How would you ensure you had sufficient resources in reserve to make it through a long term disruption? |
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How soon could you start trading again in the event of a major disaster, Months, weeks, days, hours? |
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How would you ensure your employees were best utilised during such an event? |
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How would such an event damage the brand if business interruption was inevitable? |
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Are we complacent about our "potential" for such an event? |
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Were you aware that demonstration of having the ability to deal with such an event can often lead to increasing shareholder value? |
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Would your suppliers remain solvent during a prolonged interruption? |
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Health and Safety, have you thought about the inevitable implications regarding updated procedures, compliance etc? |
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What is your exposure regarding hazardous materials and the problems they could cause during or after such an event? |
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How robust is your IT back up. Is your system backed up daily? Is the back up on site or off site? |
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Are your staff trained how to deal with recovering areas after a disaster? |
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What would be the impact of stock lost as the result of a disaster? |
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Do you have secure service agreements in place to enable critical plant to be back in service as soon as possible after an event? |
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Who in your organisation would be able to deal with the Factory inspector, Fire Officer, Local Authority, Health & Safety, Media etc? |
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How would you maximise the funds made available for the rebuild? |
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Do you have in place employee directives for such an event? |
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What are the legal implications regarding your inability to fulfil an order as a result of a disaster? |
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In the event of a disaster how would we deal with our communications, telephone, internet connections, remote workers, etc? |
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