Global Disaster Alert Business Survival ™ NewsFacility Emergency Management DVD-based training
Facility Emergency Management is a brand new DVD-based Training Program PLUS a resource CD-ROM intended to help small and medium size organizations create facility action plans and institute emergency procedures in order to protect workers, customers, visitors and the nearby community from the effects of an incident, whether it begins inside or outside the facility. More...
Manufacturing, Distribution Business Continuity
A new Business Continuity template specifically designed for manufacturing or distribution businesses with 1,150+ pages on CD-ROM. More...
Disaster Recovery Testing
Untested contingency / recovery plans are of little value. Testing is far more than finding holes in the plan: it confirms the underlying assumptions are workable; it can also be a valuable training tool. More...
Emergency Management Exercises: From Response to Recovery Special
Exercises are a mainstay in the field of emergency management and business continuity planning. Although many companies conduct exercises, and the organizers may be emergency response subject matter experts, they do not excel in the discipline of designing and conducting the actual exercise – which means they simply don’t get the best results out of their effort. More...
Business Continuity and Risk Management
The First Ever College Textbook on Business Continuity and Risk Management — also a great reference source and self-study guide for business continuity practitioners and novices! More...
Principles and Practice of Business Continuity
This new book explores the subject of Business Continuity Management: from basic principles to best practices. More...
3PQ is a Third Party Questionnaire that can be used freely by Business Continuity Professionals to help manage Supply Chain BCM Capability.
Continue reading 3PQ Third Party Questionnaire for Supply Chain BCM Capability
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Research from across 62 countries has revealed that 85 percent of organizations surveyed recorded at least one supply chain disruption in 2011; 40 percent of disruption originated below the immediate supplier.
Tags: Business Continuity, Business Continuity Institute, Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply, CIPS, just-in-time, supply chain, supply chain disruption, survey
The recent natural disaster in Japan brought to light the fragile nature of the global supply chain. Professor Willy Shih discusses how companies should be thinking about their supply-chain strategy now.
Continue reading Japan Disaster Shakes Up Supply-Chain Strategies
Tags: earthquake, Japan, SCM, supply chain, supply chain management, tsunami
Just over a week after the massive earthquake hit the sprawling Texas Instruments chip plant in Tsuchiura, Japan , a gardener is reworking the Japanese garden in an inner courtyard of the office tower attached to the plant.
Continue reading Disasters show flaws in just-in-time production
Tags: Business Continuity, earthquake, Japan, JIT, just-in-time, supply chain, tsunami
The Business Continuity Institute will be bringing the BCI Workshop Business Continuity in the Supply Chain to North America in February and again in May, 2011. The workshop will provide a timely insight into the value of establishing strong working relationships with suppliers and partners to ensure resilience and continuity of service, so important in this highly competitive world.
Continue reading Business Continuity in the Supply Chain – Workshop from BCI
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The Business Continuity Institute (BCI) has released the results of a survey on the impacts of the supply chain on business continuity. The research, covering 35 countries, shows that over 70 percent of organizations recorded at least one supply chain disruption in 2010. Continue reading Business Continuity Institute publishes supply chain failure research
The Business Continuity Institute is running its 2nd Annual Supply Chain Resilience Survey and would greatly welcome your input.
Continue reading BCI Supply Chain Resilience Survey 2010
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During Colin Ive’s time over the past year or two as initially the Chief Risk & Continuity manager for a global telecomm’s corporation, and more recently as an independent consultant, he has experienced a developing focus on increasing risks in the supply chain. This has in turn led to an understanding of the serious weakening these risks pose to an organisations business resilience.
Continue reading Business Resilience in the Supply Chain, by Colin Ive
Tags: Business Resilience, supply chain, supply chain management
Aravo, a provider of SaaS Supplier Information Management (SIM) software and services, announced the results of a supplier risk poll exploring the opinions and concerns of Fortune 1000 executives.
Continue reading Survey: Supply Chain Risk Management
Tags: Aravo, Risk Management, Supplier Information Management, supply chain
Research by the Business Continuity Institute and supported by Zurich Insurance reveals that manufacturing is being hardest hit by supply chain failure. Manufacturers have reported a 58% increase in disruption to their supply chains over the last 12 months; this compares to 35% across all industry sectors. The report on the research entitled “Supply Chain Resilience” surveyed 201 organizations across all sectors, industries and locations where they had operations.
Tags: bci, Business Continuity Institute, manufacturing, supply chain, survey, Zurich Insurance
The Business Continuity Institute is running a survey to understand current best practice in applying business continuity management through the supply chain. The survey is open to anyone with an interest in supply chain and business continuity issues. A report on the findings will be made available to all respondents.
Continue reading Survey: Charting a course to greater supply chain resilience
Tags: Business Continuity Management, force majeure, Risk Management, supply chain
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