Business Continuity Management
The risks of unforeseen events that threaten economic andsocial continuity, such as natural disasters like earthquakes andlarge-scale flooding, disruptive incidents, accidents, andpandemics such as the new strain of influenza, have increasedgreatly in recent years.
To ensure that even when such risks occur, we can continueto provide a stable supply of the high-performance, high-qualityproducts and services our customers need, the Fujitsu Group hasestablished a Business Continuity Plan (BCP), and promotesBusiness Continuity Management (BCM) as a way ofcontinuously reviewing and improving that BCP. Through theBCM process, the lessons learned in the course of the Great EastJapan Earthquake and the flooding in Thailand are nowreflected in our BCP.
Strengthening BCM for Our Entire Supply Chain
In order to consistently supply products and services even underunforeseen circumstances, Fujitsu has been continuouslysupporting improvement of BCM with our business partnerssince FY 2007, under the belief that it is essential to strengthenBCM along our entire supply chain. In FY 2013, we conducted asurvey to reassess relevant content, from the BCP formulationphase to the implementation phase, while also holding briefingsessions with our business partners directed towardstrengthening BCM.We also have dedicated ourselves to making supply chainrisks visible. As one example of this, we use the SCRKeeper*2 riskmanagement system to clarify the scope impact risks have onthe supply chain. Our executives also continued to take part intraining sessions.
*2 SCRKeeper:
A supply chain risk management service developed by the Fujitsu Group, the distribution of which began in FY 2013. It enables the evaluation and analysis of business partners' business continuity capability and predicts and assesses potential damage to their location of business on the level of each individual disaster.
Training Specialists in BCM
The Fujitsu Group plans on developing its specialists in order tofurther promote, implement, and improve BCM. In FY 2013, BCMspecialists from each department took part in training to betterunderstand BCP for their own department and learn how toconduct actual BCM activities.Our plan now is to move forward with BCM throughout theentire supply chain, not just our logistics and production supplychains, with efforts that include providing support for BCMsystem creation for our suppliers, with our specialists playing acentral role.