Business Continuity

The intent of a business continuity plan is to sustain business operations while recovering from a significant disruption.

Establish a phone tree, so that if one person is not available, they know who else to call.

Common components of a comprehensive business continuity plan:

• List of the BCP team members, including multiple contact methods and backup members

• Immediate response procedures and checklists:

  • security and safety procedures

  • fire suppression procedures

  • notification of appropriate emergency-response agencies

  • etc

• Notification systems and call trees for alerting personnel that the BCP is being enacted

• Guidance for management, including designation of authority for specific managers

• How/when to enact the plan

• Contact numbers for critical members of the supply chain

  • vendors

  • customers

  • possible external emergency providers

  • third-party partners