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Strengthen your operations with the Supply Chain Resilience Checklist. This practical, easy-to-use tool helps your organization prepare for disruptions and ensure long-term continuity in an unpredictable world. Why Download: Identify and assess critical supply chain risks Ask the right questions to evaluate vendor preparedness Implement effective strategies to reduce vulnerabilities Improve communication, transparency, and coordination across your network What You’ll Learn: How to evaluate and m
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It’s #Saltmageddon out there! The extended winter weather in the Lower Mainland has created significant ice and a #SaltCrisis in the city of Vancouver. With abnormal snowfall and unexpected weather on the coast (and across Canada), the salt stocks are low and the suppliers are taxed. This is not the first time chaos has emerged due to a shortage. In November 2006, a “boil water advisory” in Vancouver led to a shortage of water bottles within the region.
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Last week I delivered Incident Support Team Training for an organisation in London and I would share some thoughts on the training! I believe that having one or two people designated as the Incident Support Team (IST) is an essential part of your Incident Management Team (IMT), whether it is a strategic, tactical or operational team. The support team can perform a number of key tasks which allow the other members of the team to concentrate on responding to the incident within their areas of resp
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Automation is transforming finance but without strong financial oversight it can introduce more risk than reward. From missed discrepancies to strained vendor relationships, accounts payable automation needs a human touch to deliver lasting value. This session is your playbook to get automation right. We’ll explore how to balance speed with control, boost decision-making through human-machine collaboration, and unlock ROI with fewer errors, stronger fraud prevention, and smoother operations.
By Biz Tech Magazine on 1 January 2017 Data Center Security Security threats are increasing, but this high-level roadmap can help organizations better defend the data center. Enterprises employ a wide variety of data center architectures. Some opt to run a private, single-organization facility with dedicated physical servers for each application. Others choose a public… Continue reading.
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From all of us at PlanB Consulting we would like to wish you a very Happy New Year! The New Year is a time when we make a whole load of resolutions, such as to get fit, lose weight, read more and drink less, only to find that by February or even the end of January we are back to our old ways. Yes, some may change their lives and do something different, but for the majority of us, this is not going to happen, leaving us even more depressed because we’ve tried and failed!
This week I look at the role of the BCM within our organisations. As I have been carrying out several exercises over the last few weeks, I thought I would have a look at the role of the business continuity manager during an incident. The business continuity manager should have a number of skills: 1. The best knowledge of how business continuity should be managed within their organisation, as well as an understanding of the recovery strategies and the state of preparedness. 2.
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After watching the news coverage of Donald Trump’s recent press conference, Charlie looks at the President-elect’s communication style in relation to business continuity. On Wednesday night’s news (11th January 2016) there was wall-to-wall coverage of the Trump press conference. The President-elect was asked questions about an intelligence dossier containing lurid sex claims and allegations of compromising ties to Russia.
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