VI. CONTINGENCIES
Unexpected events in the marketing plan, sales projections, revenue and unpredictable target market reaction, depend on factors outside Wolf’s control. As a result, contingencies necessary to mitigate those risks include provisions for action when the unexpected results materialize. The following table of risks is an attempt to identify the sources of uncertainty and analyzes the likelihood of an event taking place. It includes a potential risk, an evaluation of the level of probability and impact, as well as plans to mitigate those risks.
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RISK PROBABILITY IMPACT MITIGATION
Loss of key marketing personnel High Med Incentive plans. Each team member will share in the success of the project at the conclusion of
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If not, then outsourcing legal counsel is required.
Underperforming referral process Med High Training is key to the success of this undertaking. Team members need to fully understand the importance the hospital referral process is to the success of the operation. Hospitals need to be given an incentive to refer patients. First and foremost is a quality product that they would want to send their loved ones to.
Competition High Low When the word gets out that the solution is generating revenues, the competition will follow. At that time Wolf will be the market leader, so the impact will be low.
Natural disaster Low High In the event of a natural disaster, the team will follow the company’s disaster recovery plan.
Miscalculating target market Med High Perform thorough market research. Survey potential customers. increase in costs Med Low Build in contingency costs into the Budget
Surge in demand Med Low The impact of a surge in demand effects cash flow. This is a case where operational expenses increase more than expected putting a great demand on cash. This positive results problem needs to be communicated immediately to the executive team.
Reduction to the impact of the risks outlined above, as well as other unidentified risks, depend on continuous monitoring by the marketing team. Therefore, it is essential to add the topic of risk as a line item discussion to the weekly team meetings with documented meeting minutes used in
The safety aspect for risk management will evaluate the potential for human loss of life and or injury. The potential for major incident or accident, such as fire, explosion, or spill, including environmental damage. The necessity for security within the company is a highly need aspect of safety that can lead to risk. The revenues aspect for risk management will evaluate the loss of customer base, recovering of capital loss and recognizing uncoverable capital loss, and loss of opportunity in marketing of the product. The necessity for revenue risk management is key. The costs aspect for risk management will evaluate the costs that were incurred due to preventable problems. Also, costs due to increased warehouse space, vendor changes, and discount changes. A significant risk in cost for this company is the cost of legal defense. The legal aspect for risk management will evaluate regulatory compliance failures and actions that could result
Once all pertinent information is gathered the project team should then begin documenting planned steps and developing their testing strategy. All Disaster Recovery Plans should be documented, printed and bound in hard copies. These copies should be stored in multiple locations and in the possession of key personnel (i.e. homes and secured offices). (German).
“Disaster is an occurrence that disrupts the functioning of the organization resulting in loss of data, loss of personnel, loss of business or loss of time” (Hiatt, 2000). In this case, we are focusing mainly on natural disasters. This makes our focus shift towards the destruction of physical resources more than other types of crises. Before starting the plan, we should be able to secure the necessary support and resources from top management for the plan to be carried out, have a plan development team and have a disaster recovery coordinator (Hiatt, 2000). All companies, especially ones located within areas prone to natural disaster should allocate budget and effort towards disaster preparedness. If the company has special IT personels that are familiar with the matters, it is best. Otherwise, the plan development team should contain members that know about the business network system as well as the company’s operation. These are the necessary steps before making the actual
Tragic events that cause damage to property and life may destroy the social, cultural and economic life of a community. Communities must be engaged in the various phases from prevention to recovery to build disaster resilient communities. In order to do this, there must be a disaster preparedness plan in place that involves multiple people in various roles.
Disaster Recovery team had previously prepared Disaster preparedness plan, a Backup and Recovery Policy, and a Business Impact Assessment.
Presentation regarding the university’s Disaster Recovery Plan/Enterprise Continuity Plan including: basic structures; roles within the DRP/ECP plan; areas within a company if addressed improve resilience to catastrophic events, and an employee awareness campaign.
is the way an organization can prepare for and aid in disaster recovery. It is an arrangement agreed
During a disaster or emergency, the company must maintain normal operations required to address time-sensitive, disaster-specific issues. No plan can anticipate addressing all the human, operational and regulatory issues raised during a disaster or emergency.
When it comes to the company XYZ Computers the disaster recovery plan needs to incorporate a lot of different questions that have to be answered before you can implement whatever they want achieved. The main questions that are brought up when assessing any question is,”How do we fix this? What are the costs associated with the plan presented?” Another question that should be asked but often isn’t, is “Can we anticipate this problem to help block it before it happens?” From there different categories should be implemented as manmade although not as common as a natural disaster that will affect your system, it still needs to be considered. There should also be a ranking system in the plan using two categories, these
Although some risks can be predicted and prepared for pre-emptively, there are always random variables and unknown factors which make it hard to predict the outcomes with certain precision. While the preferable course of action is to prevent these risks from arising in the first place, it should be accepted that certain risks will always exist and will need to be corrected accordingly instead of ignoring the issue completely.
There will be a disaster plan in place for such things as floods, storms, of equipment failure. All customer information will be backed up and on a secure network and system with password protected group policies.
Senior management concern in the development of plan helps in creating a more robust plan where every need is met in a more effective way. In case of any disaster recovery or business continuity plan, main focus is always to find a way through which business operations keep on the track. For this purpose, plan should include methods through which workers would interact with each other and carry out their routine
Risks are probabilities that could render a business to have lower than anticipated profits. This could be due to various and numerous factors. The identification, acknowledgement and acceptance of these risks are fundamental to every business, Coffeeville in particular. This report will outline CoffeeVille’s exisiting Risk Management Policy. It will also determine its effectiveness with regards to risk identification, management and control.
Disasters have become an inevitable part of businesses and organizations as well. They not only have a major effect on business and organizational continuity; they also result to an overhaul in organizational operational mechanisms (Awasthy, 2009). It is for this reason that many organizations and business resort to preparing business continuity plans and disaster recovery plans that will facilitate better disaster management in future. Effective disaster recovery plans are important to every business and organization (Thejendra, 2008).
Disaster Recovery Planning is the critical factor that can prevent headaches or nightmares experienced by an organization in times of disaster. Having a disaster recovery plan marks the difference between organizations that can successfully manage crises with minimal cost, effort and with maximum speed, and those organizations that cannot. By having back-up plans, not only for equipment and network recovery, but also detailed disaster recovery plans that precisely outline what steps each person involved in recovery efforts should undertake, an organization can improve their recovery time and minimize the disrupted time for their normal business functions. Thus it is essential that disaster recovery plans are carefully laid