BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLANNING NEW COURSE!

Sadly a day does not go by without some unfortunate country and its people must suffer through a tragedy which forces many to suffer both physical and financial woes. Unfortunately, these seem to become more frequent and more severe registering death, and physical hardships on many. The COVID-19 pandemic, Hurricane Katrina, terrorist attack on 9/11, and the list continue. However, many found opportunities to work remotely, but was it because there was a plant, maybe limited in production but functional. What happens when the plant is destroyed and facing up to 24 to 30 months to be rebuild, working remotely will not be necessary for over two-years. Imagine the global raw material supply is suddenly cut in half and so is your allocation of raw materials and sales. What if in a developing country a military coup occur and they cancel all your orders because of a difference in political view. Not only the business is gone, the company you worked for, as well as you job.

When Katrina walked through New Orleans in 2005 everyone thought the Great City of New Orleans would be back within a couple of years and even twenty years since many businesses have never rebuilt, revenues lost, positions forever gone, and customers sourcing new lines. The catalyst of these events could had been far different and a company which disappeared completely, could have been a market leader with planning for these events before they occurred.

A simple definition of Business Continuity Planning is a process of developing plans, arrangement and procedures which allows an organization to respond to the events of various sizes and proportion which allow critical business functions to continue with planned levels of interruption or minimal downtime.
After Hurricane Katrina it was estimated that less than twenty percent (20%) of the businesses had a Business Continuity Plan developed. Sadly, of that number at least a quarter assumed they had one and didn't, and another large group which said they had such a plan had it at the building which was just destroyed. Most organizations assume having insurance is there panacea and then they find out is only covers certain events and the maximum coverage will not building and equipment at 100%. Did you know that terrorism is not covered under you general business insurance and requires a separate rider specifically for terrorism. (Remember, it took over two-year to decontaminate the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, DC.)
This course will make you aware of the plans and tools a business needs to have in effect so that when one of these events occurs we suddenly do not have such a plan. Like insurance, after the fact, finding out you do not have coverage is the same not have BC & DR Plan. The seasons are getting harder, temperatures are globally rising and the polar ice shelf is melting, and catch all categories listed under a Force Majeure clause in contracts are growing. Boards and senior managers are less forgiving even if there is a good or legal reason for us losing sales and customers to competitors. A Business Continuity Plan is a positive first step to be prepared such that we are lead the competitors to be the first ready for product or materials, and bringing in the needed revenue to our companies and shareholders.

Critical Tools to Discuss
" Understanding the range of Continuity Planning
" How and why your business should prepare for a disaster
" How best to establish a Continuity Program
" Planning steps for business survivability (Acts of God to Man-Made Acts)
" Steps in creating a plan
" Establishing vision and direction
" Creating a plan coordinator
" Putting a cross-functional team together
" How to know when your plan is complete and adequate
" Performing business impact analysis
" Identify the firm's fast-track recovery team
" Documenting you Business Continuity Plan
" Beat testing your plans for gaps and success
" Distributing the plan-safety and security
" Maintaining the plan with periodic updates
" Creating a model for supply chain management

Who Should Attend:
This session is designed for all managers both charged with or impacted with keeping the lines of operation flowing. Buyers, sellers, supply chain managers, facility managers, risk managers, supervisory managers, senior managers as well as board of directors. If you do not know if your organization has such a plan, or how to put you hands on the documents you must be here before its too late!!