10 tips for your pandemic plan

The current situation has shown – increased cases of illness, epidemics or pandemics can also affect our companies. In addition to national pandemic plans, every company should give thought to how to deal with these situations. A company pandemic plan can in any case prevent damage or take preventive measures.
The following areas can be affected by a pandemic, among others:
- Staff: Failure of employees and employees, unclear situation for new admissions, recruiting
- Buildings & Infrastructure: Hygiene and safety measure, production possible?
- Suppliers & Partners: Missing raw or basic materials, missing delivery or removal,
- Finances: Loss of sales, liquidity problems,
- IT & communication technology: Virtual work, missing IT equipment for home office, software packages, …
- Define responsible persons (crisis team, crisis manager, representatives, …)
- Create information and communication channels (online, offline)
- Create a BCM plan (continuity management, restart) for your most important processes
- Define your key personnel
- Create emergency jobs / virtual workplaces at least for your key personnel
- Stock up on protective equipment, cleaning agents and disinfectants
- Build up a network (experts, authorities, partner companies, …) that you might need in the event of a pandemic
- Think about a management concept for virtual teams (motivation, communication, …)
- Expand your crisis communication concept with the “Pandemic” scenario
- Plan a continuous improvement process (regular updates of documents, simulation games, exercises, internal / external audit, …)