Dear Kyoto ESS members
This is Masayma, writing. an announcement for the practice on Dec 8th.
Genre; Planning (discussion) & Presentation
Title: Let’s make the BCPs (Business Continuity Plans)
First of all, divide all of you into 6 groups as usual.
You are working for a manufacturing company.
You are all executives.There are going to be some serious situations
by which your company/factory may be damaged.
Now you are in need of updating the BCPs against the serious situations.
I’ll give you some fictitious and serious situations below which you have
to handle them well when they occur.
And I’ll also show you an example of the BCPs against a serious situation.
Please, make the BCPs more than 4 plans in each case.
I expect a representative in each group makes a presentation of the BCPs
only on a case in the last 15 minutes. The case # of your group presentation
will follow the number of your group.
Please, make the BCPs with the same case # as the number of your group
at first.
Case #X : Bird-flu
The situation: Bird-flu is spreading in some part of Japan.
Only 5% of workers are reporting to take time off from their work.
So far, there has only been a slight decrease of 3% in production.
What can you do to avoid a big damage?
The BCPs :
①To give out facemasks to all employees to prevent infection
②To provide free vaccines to all employees and their families.
③To purchase thermometer sensors to check health conditions of workers.
④・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・.
⑤・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・.
Case #1 : Cyber attack
The situation: Cyber attacks have been spreading all places in Japan.
This is a new threat! The data in your company/factory might be attacked.
The analysis in your company/factory has determined that a cyber attack
is a serious risk . What can you do to avoid a big damage?
The BCPs : ①②③④⑤and more plans if possible.
Case #2 : Typhoon
The situation: A typhoon of the lowest pressure in this year is
approaching your company/factory.
The electricity supply might be down and there is no prospect for
restoration.
The emergency power (electricity) supply system has not been installed
in your company/factory yet.
Your communication network might be cut off and the data system
might be down. What can you do to avoid a big damage?
The BCPs : ①②③④⑤and more plans if possible.
Case #3 : Strike
The situation: There is probably going to be a big strike in your
company/factory in a week . Workers are possibly demanding a 20% pay raise.
They may be also demanding hiring more workers to reduce their overtime
work. Please, don’t make a lot of concession to workers.
What can you do to avoid a big damage?
The BCPs : ①②③④⑤and more plans if possible.
Case #4 : Earthquake
The situation: The Meteorological Agency reported yesterday
that there was a possibility of an earthquake stronger than M7 in a
week in the region where your company/factory was located.
The emergency power (electricity) supply system has been already installed
in your company/factory. Are there any measures to meet the situation?
What can you do to avoid a big damage?
The BCPs : ①②③④⑤and more plans if possible.
Case #5 : Flood
The situation: The Meteorological Agency reported yesterday
that it was going to be heavy rain on the day after tomorrow,
which should bring us about 100mm of precipitation an hour.
Your company/factory is located near by a big river.
Please, think about not only the continuous operation,
but also commuting of employees and other problems.
What can you do to avoid a big damage?
The BCPs : ①②③④⑤and more plans if possible.
Case #6 : Supply shortage
The situation: your company/factory is making some devices to attach
them into” i-phone 5”.
You need a lot of rare metals. And you are importing them from China.
But they are recently reducing the export of their products.
What can you do to avoid a big damage?
The BCPs : ①②③④⑤and more plans if possible.
I hope you'll make preparations enough for the practice and enjoy the
discussion making the plans.
Please, don’t forget your group presentation after the discussion.
Thank you for reading!