9 Business Continuity Planning Tips for LA Distributors Courtesy of FPA Technology Services, Inc. http:// www.TechGuideforLADistributors.com
Jan 24, 2017
9 Business Continuity Planning Tips
for LA Distributors
Courtesy of FPA Technology Services, Inc.
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Information, whether sales,
merchandising, support,
shipping or accounting,
needs to be continually
available to them
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Tip 1. Plan for the outcome,
not for the cause
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Plan for their impact:
for example, loss of your
primary data center or
unavailability of your main
cloud connection
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Tip 2. Concentrate on the
highest priorities
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Think critical business
processes and most
needed data
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Tip 3. Resolve single points
of failure
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Communications links
can be multiplied
using different channels
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Tip 4. Align your business
continuity spending
with your priorities
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The most important
applications may justify
full cloud-based replication
with hot stand-by servers
ready to take over
in a fraction of a second
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Tip 5. Stay compliant
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If so, make sure that your
business continuity solutions
are within bounds:
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for example, with guarantees
that data will remain
within your national boundary
if this is a requirement
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Tip 6. Test your business
continuity procedures
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Too many enterprises draw up
detailed plans, fail to test them
and find out too late that the
end result is unworkable or
insufficient
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Tip 7. Go upstream and
downstream too
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Likewise, if your local resellers
are out of action because of an
earthquake you’ll need to plan
for other outlets to be available
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Tip 8. Train your staff
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That means making sure that
people know how to switch for
example from office working to
home working
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Tip 9. Look after the paper
basics too
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Keep them in a container
you can grab in a second
if you have to, and that is
fireproof and waterproof too
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What is the biggest business
continuity challenge you
have faced so far as
a Los Angeles distributor?
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