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Supply Chain Resilience Workshop

14 May 2009 - 14 May 2009

Marriott Marble Arch
Birmingham, England

You have developed the most effective business continuity programme since Noah and his Ark; but suddenly everything grinds to a halt because your sole supplier of packaging has gone into liquidation having failed to renegotiate loan arrangements with their bank. A sign of the times; or should you have been more aware of the risks of maintaining a single critical supplier and persuaded the Financial Director that operating on a just-in-time basis was a good idea only for the balance sheet?

So what does best practice look like when it comes to considering ‘supply chain resilience’ as an essential component of BCM programme development?

The Supply Chain Resilience Workshop on Thursday 14 May will address this simple question by exploring the risks and consequences of disruption arising from failures and performance shortcomings of product and service providers. Through sharing of ideas and experience we will identify practical steps that can be taken in the short-term; and, for the longer term, we will consider how, as BCM practitioners, we can argue the case for greater attention being paid to continuity and resilience through measures such as improved risk analysis, contract terms and service-level agreements, and closer scrutiny of suppliers’ BCM programmes.

The Workshop will combine presentations from an authoritative panel of contributors including researchers, case studies and supply-chain specialists with small group discussions where you will have the opportunity to discuss specific issues that are of concern to you personally. The programme is being developed to cater for participants from both public and private sectors; and as with other BCI Workshops, the conclusions will be published in report form for the benefit of all BCI Members.

There can be few BCM practitioners that are not faced with having to confront the issues of ensuring that their continuity planning takes account of supplier resilience – it is of course a requirement of BS 25999 – and so we anticipate that places at the Workshop will be in great demand.

See Supply Chain Resilience for further details of BCI's Workshop.