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Managing Our Business

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Managing Our Business

Microbix has developed a plan that is specific and proprietary to us. We have written a high level summary of our plan so that other businesses and organizations can use it to custom tailor a plan for themselves. The intent of the plan is to address interruptions of normal business activity depending upon the severity of a pandemic outbreak. The plan contemplates how we would reduce business activities and manage critical aspects of the business during a slowdown or shutdown period. The plan also deals with how we would carry on the business during “intermediate” levels of an outbreak and how we would ramp up the business once the pandemic is over. The plan covers the following areas:

Human Resources
  • Create Employee communication teams with a leader, for each department to:
    • Communication procedures to teams
    • Communicate Current pandemic status
  • Key team tasks:
    • Map key task skills for each department and ensure redundancy
      • May require extra cross training investment
    • Plan for reduced work schedules
  • Sick leave policy changes:
    • Err on the side of caution
  • Home work environment:
    • Virtual Private Network set up for remote access to servers
    • Review and expand conference calling access
  • Travel policy:
    • Consider requirements for quarantine after travel
    • Limit travel to “hot” areas
  • Employment policy during interruptions of business
    Payroll
  • Emergency credit facilities for employees
  • Training sessions for employees and families

Business Operations

  • Planning major task maintenance
    • Plan to reorganize virtual and on site work load
  • Advance plan for purchasing and key inventory materials
    • Lead time analysis and inventory levels
  • Transportation plan for staff providing business maintenance
  • Communications systems
  • Accounting department operation
    • Accounts receivable collection and accounts payables management
    • Benefits management
    • Credit facilities
  • Manufacturing schedules during intermittent staff reductions and material shortages
  • Shipping
    • Transportation scheduling during interruptions of service
    • International border closings
    • Alternative transportation routes
  • Customers inventory and sales forecasting
    • Planning with customers for increased inventories and emergency shipments

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