Business continuity management

BS ISO 22301, Societal security. Business continuity management systems. Requirements, BSI Publishing House, 2012. 

Table 5. Ranking of management measurements of Objective 14.1 TS aspects of business continuity management . 

Each adverse effect, e.g. fire in suppliers facilities or the bankruptcy of the main business partner, causes certain consequences and problems for other links in the supply chain. The effect of the consequences of risk along the supply chain is defined as disruption. Such a turn of events is commonly compared to the domino effect. One event triggers another, and the consequence of one event becomes the cause of another. Disruptions in supply chains are "unplanned events that may occur in the supply chain which might affect the normal or expected flow of materials and components" (Svensson 2000, pp. 731-749). An adverse effect that leads to a long gap in the flow of processes in the supply chain is a critical disruption of the supply chain. According to the concept of business continuity management a crisis is described as "any unplanned event that can cause deaths or significant injuries to empioyees, customers or the public or that can shut down your... 

Tang showed that supply chain risk can be treated through mitigation, using strategic and tactical plans (Table 5.4). This type of impact on risk is associated with the business continuity management (BCM) concept - see Section 5.2, which includes the contingency plans developed at operational level. 

Security and business continuity management in the supply chain... 

Supply chain risk management (SCRM) is supported by two concepts with supply chain security management (SCSM) and the business continuity management (BCM). All three concepts - i.e. SCRM, SCSM and BCM -are based on risk analysis and constitute a comprehensive approach to the assessment of, reducing of and response to various threats to supply chains (Wieteska 2012b). 

Security and business continuity management are two major pillars of ERM. The issue of security in ERM covers the following aspects (Province of British Columbia 2012, p. 11) ... 

Business continuity management may be regarded as the development of the risk management concept and the transition from preventive measures to response (Zaplata and Kazmierczak 2011, p. 145). When determining security measures and business continuity management in the context of risk treatment, it may be noticed that the first belong... 

Grazyna Wieteska is Assistant Professor of Business Administration at the University of Lodz. She has several years business experience in the area of B2B relationship management and risk management. Since 2007 she has been employed at the Unit of Operational Processes Excellence at her home university. She lectures on supply chain risk management, business continuity management and logistics audits at a variety of business schools in Poland and abroad. 

Hiles, A. (2011). The Definitive Handbook of Business Continuity Management (3rd ed.). Wiley, West Sussex, UK. 

International Standards Organization ISO 22301 2012. Business continuity management standard. http //www.iso.org/iso/news.htm refid=Refl587, downloaded May 16, 2014. 

Many organisations today are addressing the issues of what has come to be termed business continuity . In practice, however, there tends to be a limited focus for much of business continuity management. There is a strong focus on IT and internal process management but often the wider supply risk dimension is not considered. This is... 

Business Continuity Management—Processes are provided to develop, communicate and implement plans for responding to incidents and unplanned events. It should include identifying qualified personnel and adequate resources required to manage potential adversities. 

Business continuity management (emergency) Dept, head A. N. Other 3... 

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