Supply Chain Resilience Workshop
Thursday 14th May, Marriott Marble Arch, London
There is a well-known tale of the organisation that ensured, via a series of questionnaires, that its critical suppliers all had well developed and fully tested business continuity plans only to discover that, when the crunch came and one of them failed, they were not on that supplier’s list of priority clients to receive preferential service during recovery.
So what does “best practice” really look like in terms of how you extend your own business continuity programme to ensure that your supply chain and outsourced services are sufficiently robust to enable you to meet commitments made to your stakeholders? What should be the relationship with your key suppliers? Is a comprehensive service-level agreement all that is required? How far should you go in terms of scrutiny of a supplier’s BCM programme? What do we, as BC practitioners, need to learn about procurement and supply-chain logistics?
Prompted by a growing recognition amongst members that effective continuity planning must extend right down through the supply-chain we are pleased to be delivering a workshop devoted specifically to exploring the issues and the nature of “best practice” in ensuring supply-chain resilience. The purpose of the workshop is to help you to develop a clear understanding of the ways in which you might choose to strengthen your BCM programme and add substance to the requirements of BS 25999 which says little more than “an organisation should assure itself that its key suppliers or outsource partners have effective BCM arrangements in place”.
To ensure that we understand the complexities of supply-chain management and logistics, and the nature of the issues that we must address, we are pleased to welcome Dr Helen Peck of Cranfield University as our opening speaker. Dr Peck brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the workshop with substantial research and publications in this area to her credit. The most recent issue of Continuity magazine includes an article on “BCM in the Food Chain” contributed by Dr Peck.
Martin Haines of Link Associates will take us further into the topic by highlighting key aspects of “best practice” in respect of developing supply-chain continuity and will consider how these meet the specific requirements of BS25999.
As with all BCI Workshops, participants will be expected to contribute their own ideas and share their experiences with fellow practitioners, a process that will be further supported by a number of case studies including a review of recent work from David Robertson, Continuity & Risk Specialist with Vodafone.
One particular goal for this workshop is to define the structure of more detailed guidelines that might be developed as a continuing project in the area of supply-chain resilience. We hope that participants will see this project as an opportunity to further extend their understanding of this topic and contribute to the collective knowledge available as a benefit of BCI membership.
What does it cost and how do I book?
Workshop offers!
- Book and pay before Friday 17th April and receive a 15% discount!
- Bring a colleague along and they receive a 20% discount on the full price!
- Book three separate Workshops at once and receive a 50% discount on the full price of the third one.
Please e-mail lucy.burns@thebci.org
BCI Members and employees of BCI Partners - £295 (+vat)
Non-members - £395 (+vat). This includes the option of 12 months BCI Affiliate Membership in order to provide access to the conference materials and the Members-only area of the BCI website after the Workshop. It also provides discounted rates for attendance at BCI Workshops for the next twelve months.
To register to attend, use the booking form click here or send an email to lucy.burns@thebci.org
Venue and timings
134 George Street
London
W1H 5DN
United Kingdom
Phone: 0207 723 1277
9.30am - 10am - Registration
10am - Workshop begins
4.30pm - Workshop ends
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