Specializing in Risk Management, Business Continuity, Emergency Management, and Disaster Recovery

Decisions made in the first few hours of a serious disruption to your business are critical, and could cost you a lot of money. A business having an effective and well-tested business continuity plan is more likely to make the right decisions and undertake the best actions to limit the impact.

Companies capable of continuing to supply clients, even in the event of an incident that causes serious disruption to their business, have a significant competitive advantage, and can make their business much more attractive as a potential supplier. One of the most critical and costly aspects of running any business today is obtaining and retaining customers. If there is one overriding reason why a business should have a business continuity plan, it’s to ensure continuity of supply to its customers. Once lost, it is both difficult and expensive to regain a customer, particularly if that customer was forced to go elsewhere.

One of the not immediately apparent benefits of business continuity plans, is an understanding of what the organization does and what is important to it. This enables a business to examine what it does. By understanding the processes that makes your business work, you can mitigate risk, as well as improve your processes, which in turn will position you for any opportunity that presents itself. Being able to understand your organization’s supply chain and where this fits into the critical and non-critical functions or your business, will enable you to ensure that supply to critical functions continue. 

Statistics have shown that a large number of companies will go out of business as a result of a serious outage. It doesn’t matter whether an organization is a large corporation, a small or medium business, the ability to respond swiftly and effectively to a major disruption to business has never been more important. Smart companies are turning to business continuity to protect employees and business operations as well as to protect the organization’s reputation and brand. As well, many companies now find that they now have a legal or regulatory obligation to maintain an effective business continuity plan.

Having a detailed and tested business continuity plan in place minimizes confusion and enables effective decision-making during a disaster, while reducing the impact of the disaster on your business, and facilitating timely recovery of business functions and helps maintain your public image and reputation.

Our goal is to assist business clients in gaining a competitive edge in today’s marketplace and improving their chances of continuing operations, should an interruption occur, thus ensuring continued success, viability, profitability and growth of the business.

It’s all about managing risk and our services consist of a comprehensive and integrated Risk Management Program. We are impartial and follow the Disaster Recovery Institute’s International Code of Ethics for Certified Business Continuity Professionals in the performance of our services.  We also provide a fresh perspective and unbiased point of view. Projects will be done faster, more skilfully, and at a lower cost than using in-house staff. As well, all plans will incorporate any legislation and standards that are mandated provincially or federally. 

Jean-Paul LeBlanc Consulting Services has demonstrated experience in:

• Project Initiation and Management
• Risk Evaluation and Control
• Business Impact Analysis
• Developing Business Continuity Strategies
• Emergency Response and Operations
• Developing and Implementing Business Continuity Plans
• Awareness and Training Programs
• Maintaining and Exercising Business Continuity Plans
• Public Relations and Crisis Communications
• Coordination with Public Authorities