Your first priority is keeping your people safe from an ever-increasing list of hazards. Next, you must protect the resources and facilities they need to do their job.

Your ERP system, warehouse, third-party logistics, and suppliers are all vulnerable to some form of failure. Build resilience into your system now to avoid disruptions in production.

Every aspect of your business depends on information technology. You must have a proactive technical team, guard against all cybersecurity incidents, and have an actionable disaster recovery plan.

Fraud, theft, insufficient insurance, and disasters can all prevent you from obtaining supply, paying vendors, fulfilling customer demand, and collecting the cash that protects your balance sheet. Stay vigilant against these existential threats.

Your products and associated strategies, trade secrets, designs, processes, patents, trademarks, and copyrights are valuable assets. Protect them from both external and internal threats.

OSHA, EPA, and even the local fire marshal can close your business for various forms of non-compliance. Stay up to date with their requirements and have a strategy in place to meet them.

Requirements such as a professional Industrial Security Program, ISO certification, and ITAR and FCPA compliance keep you competitive but can also represent single points of failure. Make sure these essential elements are fully integrated into your risk management program.

Export compliance, special shipping requirements, and transportation challenges can delay the shipment of finished products. Your process must remain agile and focused on the customer, no matter what situation comes your way.