Risk Management – Thomas G. Cagle

How Will Your Business Respond to a Natural Disaster?

On April 8, 2014, a tornado touched down in the small southern town of Louisville Mississippi. The EF-4 tornado’s wind and debris field carved a path diagonally through the town of around 5,000 people and claimed the lives of 10 of its inhabitants. Dozens of local businesses, the E911 service, and the county’s only hospital

Could your business withstand a prolonged supply chain disruption?

Building resiliency in the supply chain plays a crucial role in the overall business strategy to minimize potential disruptions with production and delivery in a manufacturing environment. Disruptions can occur from many sources and can be classified into categories, including “natural events, external—man-made events, and internal—man-made events, and can be of varying severity based on

The benefits of the three-tiered system of prioritizing recovery efforts

A challenge for business leaders, responsible for continuity and disaster recovery is the prioritization of restoration of business processes following a disaster or negatively impacting event. When asked what business processes need to be restored the correct answer is “all of them”, but when faced with time, resource, and financial constraints there must be a