Maximum Tolerable Period of Disruption (MTPOD) and External Vendors
When beginning the development of Business Continuity Plans (BCP) it is important to decide how long each process can be out of operation before causing your company serious damage.
If your company manufactures a product, or serves as a call center for technical support, a decision has to be made as to how long your company can maintain itself without completing its essential tasks. The length of time before your company will have suffered irreversible damage to its image and financial stability is known as the Maximum Tolerable Period of Disruption (MTPOD). A company can typically resume operations shortly after an incident by outsourcing or redistributing work amongst different facilities within the corporation. The purpose of this article is to discuss two aspects of MTPOD’s for a company, the first being how long a corporation can continue without functioning in any capacity, and the second being how long a company could function working through external sources.
See Maximum Tolerable Period of Disruption (MTPOD) and External Vendors, by Nathan Schoenkin courtesy of BCP News.
