Business Continuity
Have you every thought of what might happen if you can’t enter the office anymore because of a road closure or nearby emergency? What are you going to do that day to keep the business running?
Or imagine...
- your server is down for a whole day
- your CRM system is broken and you lost all your customer data
- a terrorist attack, or a bomb scare
- an (ex) employee took all your files or hacked into your systems
- your office burnt down
- your main production facility is down
- lots of the staff in one critical team get the flu at the same time?
Have you planned your business to continue after any of these events? And if so, have you ever checked if your Service Level Agreements with external providers really work? Do you know for sure that the replacement server will be delivered within 4 hours?
Experts in the field have already been telling us for years... 90% of businesses will be hugely impacted or – worse - not survive any of the crises mentioned above. Business Continuity Planning is a ‘holistic’ business process, which provides for the continuation of critical services, regardless of any event that may occur.
So... start NOW describing your business processes and key information and procedures, including what to do when a crisis occurs. How? With ‘Mavim Rules’
Our Partner Rinske Geerlings of Business as Usual has many years experience in this field. Rinske has been specialising in Business Continuity Planning (BCP), Disaster Recovery (DR) and business process implementations for more than 14 years. She built extensive hands-on experience during permanent roles in banking as well as Senior Management consulting and training roles. She is often sourced as a panel expert or speaker on Disaster Recovery subjects such as Terrorism, SARS and Avian Flu, and the related implications for Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) as well as major businesses.
For more information, see www.businessasusual.net.au
