Business continuity (BC) and resilience planning are critical to keeping organizations prepared for disruptions. But despite its importance, the process of building and maintaining a strong BC program is often bogged down by outdated, manual workflows.
However, there are solutions that you can use to eliminate the need for static data and manual processes, freeing up more time and resources for your teams to work strategically.
The Challenge: Data That’s Stuck in Documents
For many companies, business continuity plans (BCPs) and business impact analyses (BIAs) exist as static documents – Word files, Excel sheets, and PDFs – scattered across SharePoint or other storage platforms. While these documents hold crucial information, turning them into actionable insights is a time-consuming process.
Some of the biggest roadblocks include:
- Slow, manual data entry – Simply getting information into a BC system can take weeks or even months.
- High costs – Many organizations hire external consultants just to keep their BC plans updated.
- Fragmented information – With key details spread across multiple formats, it’s difficult to maintain a clear, consolidated plan.
The Role of Technology in Streamlining BC Programs
Technology has transformed many formerly manual processes, from financial reporting to supply chain management. Yet, BC planning has been slow to evolve, with many organizations still relying on time-consuming data collection methods.
Automation can change that. By using technology to extract key information from static documents, organizations can significantly reduce the effort required to input, organize, and analyze their BC data. Instead of manually entering information, teams can focus on what really matters: building stronger, more resilient programs.
A Smarter Approach to BC Data
This is where solutions like our BC Plan inFusion capability come in. Rather than spending countless hours transferring data from documents into a platform, BC Plan inFusion enables users to upload files in any format and automatically turn them into structured, usable data.
For BC professionals, this means:
- Faster implementation of BC plans
- Less reliance on manual data entry
- More time to focus on strategy, risk assessments, and response planning
Business continuity is about preparation, not paperwork. By leveraging automation, organizations can move past the bottlenecks of manual data entry and focus on strengthening their resilience programs.
Want to see BC Plan inFusion in action? Request a demo to meet with a member of our team.
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