Bus Cont Plan&Disas Recov Plan 106
Chapter 10: pandemic plan
Pandemic plan
Falls under business continuity plan
Appears gradually
Runs for several months
What is a pandemic?
Infectious disease
Disease that can affect business
Loss of customers
Reduction in travel
Writing a plan
Round up a team
Tie the plan to the BIA
Review contractual obligation
Pandemic risk assessment
Employee to employee contact
Employee to customer contact
Contact with infected items
Contact from travel
Impact on raw materials
Impact on customer demand
Pandemic techniques
Social distancing
Sanitation
Communications
Timing
The plan
Triggering
Triggering the plan
Finding
Finding the latest information
Communicating plan
Before it strikes
Meetings
Updates
Reports
During pandemic
Local sites
After the pandemic
Role of the manager
Review policies
Attendance policy
Trained substitutes
Company travel
Consider working alternate shifts
Technology can help
Using VPN
Virtual meetings
Test your plan
Test via table-top exercise
Implement exercises/drill to test plan
summary
Pandemic is like an ocean wave
Social distancing is important
Use technology
Establish good communication plans