Think About The Concept Of Business Continuity Planning Immediately

Posted by ermcglobal on January 20th, 2014

One of your immediate needs as a business owner is to create a business continuity plan that can keep your business going on when a disaster strikes, or when Mother Nature decides to wreak havoc. Though your business is unique, there are certain things that are common and have been identified by experts as necessary inclusions in any corporate strategy.

• Firstly you may develop an employee contact list and store it in the cloud. Ensure that to collect all their contact information – telephone number, address and email addresses.
• Similarly a contact list of all your vendors, contractors, bankers, lawyers and accountants needs to be developed and stored in the cloud.
• Establishing a list of key responsibility is important aspect that can be successful through implementation of a few scenarios and delegated duties to core employees.
• Creating an inventory list of your critical equipment can help you in case of a disaster as all your business depends on your computer equipment as much as your employees. Your IT team can undergo Computer Based Training to enable the above mentioned processes.
• Taking a backup and storing your important documents and files in the cloud will enable you to access your legal documents, tax information, HR documents, banking information and even your lease papers in case of an crisis. There are essential pieces of information that you will need to be able to access from anywhere, at anytime.
• As disaster strikes there are chances that you and your employees need to work remotely for a period of time, you will need to have access to your client files. Thus on-site storage is not a good option to protect your data, as you may not have access to your office building during a power failure or other urgent event. By backing up your data in the cloud it will not only protect your data but it also makes it available from any location that has Internet access.
• You may create a vital list of alternative locations for crisis situations. In case your office is damaged, many of your employees will try working from home, but that may not suit all business types. You may need to find a better place equipped with needed machinery to suit your short term needs.

Thus putting a BCP in place can help your organizations to minimize the impact of a disruption in your daily activities.