Emergency Planning

MARCH 3, 2025

Nowhere is this more true than in the gradual conversion of social media from a source of community cohesion and a means of informing oneself to a purveyor of "alternative facts" and unscientific fantasy, a "manufactured reality" that people nevertheless believe. The goal is ever receding. Therein lies a huge challenge for all of us.

All-Hazards 130

All-Hazards Natural Hazard Hazard Risk Reduction 130

Emergency Planning

DECEMBER 20, 2024

However, we now live in a world in which 'manufactured reality' has loomed as large as objective reality as a result of the need to deal with beliefs, opinions and expectations that differ from what science and objectivity would inform and prescribe. Social media in disaster risk reduction and crisis management. Galliano, D.A.,

Disaster Management 130

Disaster Management Management Media Crisis Management 130

Emergency Planning

DECEMBER 14, 2020

If this could not be done, there needed to be pre-arranged agreements to manufacture equipment and supplies very rapidly and predetermined logistical supply-lines. Personal protective equipment, palliative drugs, ventilators and other materials and supplies needed to be stockpiled and the stockpiled maintained over time.

Pandemic 176

Pandemic Hospitality Logistics Tourism 176

Emergency Planning

MARCH 7, 2019

Goods and services imported into a country with foreign funding tend to benefit the manufacturers and suppliers. Reality: Although there is a risk that cash grants may end up in the pockets of corrupt administrators or local mafias, cash is generally more flexible than donations in kind.

Hospitality 130

Hospitality All-Hazards Risk Reduction Logistics 130

Reciprocity

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Are they effective in risk reduction? These can include activities as complex as manufacturing processes or as simple as accounting procedures. For example, the HR function may only require an annual audit of records and processes, while a manufacturing process may require daily audits for quality control purposes.

Audit 98

Audit Management Evaluation Activation 98

Pure Storage

MARCH 15, 2022

It’s crunch time for automotive industry original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). Once established, this common data platform opens the door to a host of other benefits, such as simplification, coordination, streamlined processes, risk reduction, and faster time to market.

Automotive 64

Automotive Entertainment Risk Reduction Manufacturing 64

everbridge

AUGUST 26, 2021

When floods are especially severe or hit key manufacturing or shipping regions, the effects can be widespread. percent as a result of the floods, according to estimates by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. percent to 1 percent. percent to 1 percent. Globally, international industrial production fell by 2.5

Mitigation 52

Mitigation Logistics Risk Reduction Retail 52