Despite a business’s best efforts in establishing food crime risk, understanding threats and vulnerabilities, identifying control measures and implementation practices to manage risk, the food supply chain will still surprise us.
Businesses, whatever their size or complexity, should plan for continuity but always prepare for crisis. Businesses which allocate time and resources to having the means to respond through careful escalation, when unpredicted to unforeseen events impact, will be more resilient than businesses that don't.
The ability to react and respond to changing conditions or catastrophic events is not dependent on the size or resources available to a business, rather the consideration that business has given to recognising change.
Routing a crisis response within a carefully considered escalating process management system enables a business to identify when processes are starting to move off track, enabling early intervention.
Considering who and how to manage non-conforming situations of any kind, right through to a full catastrophic event, well in advance, will help businesses to prepare and be effective in dealing with changing conditions and major events.