Building Resilience in the Supply Chain - 19 September 2012 at Madejski Stadium, Reading

BRiSC Newsletter

Articles and news focused on Building Resilience in the Supply Chain.

MAY 2012

A subtle change to the conference name this year, which reflects the growing interest of organisations seeking to build upon their resilience, the conference title has been changed to ‘Building Resilience in the Supply Chain’ but the BRiSC brand remains unchanged and with it its reputation for providing low cost, high quality conferences.

The success of previous conferences has resulted in attracting highly qualified speakers including a Senior Vice President from DHL Supply Chain, the BSI discussing ISO22301, an ex Managing Director of Belfor with personal experiences of the 2011 Japanese earthquake, tsunami and Thai floods and a special welcome for a senior risk manager all the way from Microsoft HQ in Seattle who will be adding a welcome international contribution to the day! View speakers »

Importantly this conference maintains its reputation as a low cost, yet high value event, with great networking opportunities, and all prices are frozen at last year’s low levels thus making this a conference you can afford to attend and can’t afford to miss! Register now at the early-bird rate »

 

APRIL 2012

We are very excited that Colin Ive, our principal consultant, has been shortlisted for the CIR Business Continuity Awards in the category of ‘Industry Personality of the Year’. The winner is now decided by popular vote. If you feel you would like to vote for Colin please visit: VOTE NOW >>

Managing Threats Survey - A must for anyone interested in Resilience is the Managing Threats in a Dangerous World, the Business Continuity Management survey from the Chartered Management Institute. Of particular note from this survey is the fact that those who had to activate business continuity plans, 84 per cent agreed it reduced disruption and 77 per cent stated that any cost in developing plans is offset by the business benefits they bring. Read: Managing Threats Dangerous World

ISO22301 - And its significant opportunity for resilient supply chains. Plus information on a brand new low cost book which promises to drive Business Continuity down to the grass roots of our society. Read more >>

 

MARCH 2012

Community Resilience UK
The UK Government in 2011 published the ‘Strategic National Framework on Community Resilience’ which explored the resilience of individuals and communities before, during and after an emergency. It invited individuals and communities to prepare themselves in the event of an emergency and provided examples of how to do so. Read more >>

BCMS - Smart Assurance
BCMS Assurance – Why bother? You may think that obtaining regular assurance over your Business Continuity Management System (BCMS) is a luxury you can manage without and that you will rely on your testing activity to fill you with the confidence that all is working as designed. I would suggest a different approach to take. Assurance is fantastic tool - if you make the process of obtaining it as slick as possible and the information that it provides meaningful to you and your business. Read more >>

 

FEBRUARY 2012

Preparing your business for the Games
The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be the largest sports events in the world. However, like any large event, the Games will bring with them certain challenges for any organisation, or their critical suppliers, who are located near to a Games venue or a travel hotspot. This booklet, provided produced by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG), is an essential read and planning needs to commence as soon as possible to reduce any adverse impact that the Games could have on your business.

Preparing Your Business For The Games (PDF) >>

Preparing for High-impact, Low-probability Event
According to this new report from the international affairs think tank Chatham house. The UK could stand "at most a week" of disruption when a natural or man-made disaster struck before severe problems, economic and social, that would bring chaos to the country.

As 2012 gets under way running in crisis mode has become business as normal for many public services. As a result there is little flexibility when a real crisis strikes and the increasing complexity of supply chains has resulted in increasing threats to organisations when these crisis occur. This report is essential reading for all those concerned with the resilience of their organisation no matter what public service, or industry, they are involved in.

http://www.chathamhouse.org/publications/papers/view/181179

 

NOVEMBER 2011

Establishing a suppliers resilience
There has been a great deal of discussion recently in a number of online forums and groups on how to establish the status of a supplier with regard to its capacity to recover from a disaster and its general resilience. Read more >>

Supply Chain (part 2)
Question: How does one establish that Suppliers have good Business Continuity (BC) capabilities that we can trust and rely on? Read more >>

 

OCTOBER 2011

Business Resilience in the Supply Chain 2012 Confirmed as September 19th
Take a look at the short video from this year’s conference:

Resilience, what?
The past few years have seen the increasing use of the term resilience and with its increase
in use so its definition has become cloudier and cloudier as it has become applied to a range
of references e.g. business resilience, organisational resilience, supply chain resilience
people and even personal resilience. Read more >>

Resilience within Supply Chain Security
Supply Chain Security is always important, It’s usually seen as when companies move their
finished articles to their valued customer’s, however it starts a lot earlier than that within the
supply chain. Read more >>

Resilience in the Supply Chain
Procurement has long seen the need for a robust and reliable supply chain, and in recent
years has increasingly promoted effective business continuity management.   
However, it’s questionable whether the conventional approach delivers the levels of certainty 
and governance we need. Read more >>

 

SEPTEMBER 2011

ISO 28002 Development of Resilience in the Supply Chain
I have been delighted to see that finally the long awaited International Standards
Organisation standard ISO 28002 Development of Resilience in the Supply Chain –
requirements with guidance for use, has been published. This standard will I am sure directly
assist organisational resilience by strengthening the supply chains upon which the rely. Read More >>

Health and Safety Executive review of rules on Home working – What a let down!
In June 2010, a great fuss was made in the press following the Prime Minister's
appointment of Lord Young of Graffham to overhaul Britain's health and safety laws. As a
result of this Lord Young’s report ‘Common Sense Common Safety’ was published the
following October ... Read More >>

 

JULY 2011

Brief video shot at BRiSC2010, click to watch:

Introduction by Colin Ive (July 2011)
This year’s Business Resilience in the Supply Chain has really taken off in recent weeks and organisations from across England, Scotland and Wales have registered to attend with backgrounds as diverse as local authorities, banking and brewing. This is how it should be for it is not about any specific business it is about their resilience and the resilience of their suppliers. Read more >>

The Games, will they effect you, or your suppliers? By Colin Ive (July 2011)
With the start of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games now just over a year away many London based organisations will, via their local authorities, have been encouraged to assess the impact of the Games upon their business and prepare plans to enable them to continue business if not as usual then as close to this as possible. Read More >>

At last a common sense health and safety approach to temporary working from home. One hope’s! By Colin Ive (July 2011)
In late 2010 Lord Young produced for Prime Minister Cameron a report entitled ‘Common Sense, Common Safety’. This report was a result of a study he had undertaken of the Health and Safety laws directly affecting British Industry. Many points were raised as a result of this and the following recommendation taken from the report should be of particular interest to those concerned with the resilience of both their own and their suppliers business. Read More >>

New technology provides innovative business continuity solutions.
By James Cope (July 2011)
With more companies and organisations increasingly placing more emphasis on business continuity management (BCM), professionals in the sector are consequently looking at new and innovative solutions to tackle communications issues. Read More >>

 

MAY 2011

Introduction by Colin Ive MBA MBCI (May'11)
It has been a busy time recently for CoDRIM Ltd facilitating the global BCI Business Continuity in the Supply Chain workshops. Springing from these has been further evidence of the importance this issue has become for so many organisations around the world. Read more ...

Business Resilience in the Supply Chain by Colin Ive MBA MBCI (May'11)
During my time initially as the Chief Risk & Continuity Manager for a global telecommunications corporation, and more recently as an independent Business Resilience consultant, I have experienced a developing focus on the increasing risks in the supply chain. This has in turn led to an understanding of the serious weakening these risks pose to an organisations resilience. Read more ...

Considerations when implementing BC capabilities by Brian Hiscutt MBCI (May'11)
During a recent assignment of mine the company who hired me had just recently bid and won a prestigious transport scheme. Their client, a large provider of transport services and devoted to ensure interruptions are kept to a minimum, provided reams of material that was part of the agreed contract and terms of business. A whole section of the contract was devoted to business continuity and was very detailed concerning implementation, deliverables and monitoring. Read more ...

ISO Standard for Business Continuity Gets the Green Light by Hilary Estall SBCI, IRCA Lead BCMS Auditor (May'11)
ISO 22301 took one step closer to becoming reality recently when the DIS (Draft International Standard) received a 91% vote of confidence from the ISO Technical Committee responsible for its creation. Whilst there will be some further changes made to the document based on feedback received from member countries, the majority felt that it was adequate to vote through to the next stage. Read more ...

APRIL 2011

 

Introduction by Colin Ive MBA MBCI (Apr'11)
Businesses across the globe have experienced during the past 30 years a seemingly
unending increase in risk. Which has, and continues to, come from a diverse variety
of sources. Read more ...

Why sticking to a standard is so important by Colin Ive MBA MBCI (Apr'11)
Having been involved in disaster management and subsequently business continuity
management for the past 30 years I am convinced that one of the most positive and
significant developments in the discipline of Business Continuity Management has without
doubt been the creation of the British Standard in Business Continuity Management
BS25999. Read more ...

Weakest Supply Chain Link - Find It Before It Finds You by Peter Morris (Apr'11)
With the current economic climate as it is, today's businesses are under more
pressure than ever before to run as lean as possible. Lower stock covers, shorter
lead times, and just in time deliveries have become the board's rallying calls. Whilst
this improves margins and undoubtedly increases profitability the use of these
strategies increases the exposure businesses have to interruptions in their supply
chain. Read more ...

Supply Chain Risk Management by Warren Dow (Apr'11)
The concept of Risk Management, its practices, techniques and tools have been
widely used in the financial sector for many years. However, risks with respect to a
company’s Supply Chain have only recently begun to receive attention brought on by
industry’s need for increasing supply chain efficiency and agility. Read more ...

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