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Part 1: Disaster Response

Introduction

Team Members:

Department Name

Manager Name

Production / Manufacturing

TIP: Color-coding each person’s contribution can help identify contributions as the group works on the project.

Assumptions: Itemize key or major assumptions about the organization, its business, and its pre-disaster preparations. Do not simply repeat facts given in the Part 1 descriptions. Rather, assumptions should reflect conditions such as preparation and mitigations or conditions that affect response or recovery.

Assumption

Identified by

Initial Response

(5 p.m. Tuesday until 6 a.m. Wednesday)

The list of decisions to be escalated is presented first, to ensure visibility; it does not need to be completed first. Each manager also has a table to fill out describing critical activities and resources.

Decisions that the Chief Executive Needs to Make (Initial Response)

As a group, propose some decisions that the company’s chief executive needs to make (decisions that are above your pay grade or to resolve conflicting ideas). List major, executive-level decisions only and prioritize them. Briefly explain the basis or rationale for the decision you seek and the objectives or, if it is denied, the consequences.

Decisions Needed

Identified by:

Decision needed:

What objective the decision would achieve:

Consequence of failure to decide or act:

Decision needed:

What objective the decision would achieve:

Consequence of failure to decide or act:

Decision needed:

What objective the decision would achieve:

Consequence of failure to decide or act:

Decision needed:

What objective the decision would achieve:

Consequence of failure to decide or act:

Production / Manufacturing <Insert Manager Name Here>

Additional Contributions: <Insert Name(s) After Contributed Item>

A. Explain your critical activities, including any internal collaboration and external contacts you need to make:

B. List the resources you need (people, equipment, materials/supplies, information):

People / Organizations Needed

Equipment and/or Materials and Supplies Needed

Information Needed

Short-Term Recovery

(6 a.m. Wednesday through noon on Sunday)

The list of decisions to be escalated is presented first, to ensure visibility; it does not need to be completed first. Each manager also has a table to fill out describing critical activities and resources.

Decisions that the Chief Executive Needs to Make (Short-Term Recovery)

As a group, propose some decisions that the company’s chief executive needs to make (decisions that are above your pay grade or to resolve conflicting ideas). List major, executive-level decisions only and prioritize them. Briefly explain the basis or rationale for the decision you seek and the objectives or, if it is denied, the consequences.

Decisions Needed

Identified by:

Decision needed:

What objective the decision would achieve:

Consequence of failure to decide or act:

Decision needed:

What objective the decision would achieve:

Consequence of failure to decide or act:

Decision needed:

What objective the decision would achieve:

Consequence of failure to decide or act:

Decision needed:

What objective the decision would achieve:

Consequence of failure to decide or act:

Production / Manufacturing <Insert Manager Name Here>

Additional Contributions: <Insert Name(s) After Contributed Item>

A. Explain your critical activities, including any internal collaboration and external contacts you need to make:

B. List the resources you need (people, equipment, materials/supplies, information):

People / Organizations Needed

Equipment and/or Materials and Supplies Needed

Information Needed

Business Resumption

(Sunday and the next 7-10 days)

The list of decisions to be escalated is presented first, to ensure visibility; it does not need to be completed first. Each manager also has a table to fill out describing critical activities and resources.

Decisions that the Chief Executive Needs to Make (Business Resumption)

As a group, propose some decisions that the company’s chief executive needs to make (decisions that are above your pay grade or to resolve conflicting ideas). List major, executive-level decisions only and prioritize them. Briefly explain the basis or rationale for the decision you seek and the objectives or, if it is denied, the consequences.

Decisions Needed

Identified by:

Decision needed:

What objective the decision would achieve:

Consequence of failure to decide or act:

Decision needed:

What objective the decision would achieve:

Consequence of failure to decide or act:

Decision needed:

What objective the decision would achieve:

Consequence of failure to decide or act:

Decision needed:

What objective the decision would achieve:

Consequence of failure to decide or act:

Production / Manufacturing <Insert Manager Name Here>

Additional Contributions: <Insert Name(s) After Contributed Item>

A. Explain your critical activities, including any internal collaboration and external contacts you need to make:

B. List the resources you need (people, equipment, materials/supplies, information):

People / Organizations Needed

Equipment and/or Materials and Supplies Needed

Information Needed

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