{"id":2135,"date":"2006-05-12T20:34:00","date_gmt":"2006-05-12T20:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2006\/05\/12\/contingency-planning\/"},"modified":"2021-08-12T07:45:37","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T11:45:37","slug":"contingency-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/contingency-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"Contingency Planning"},"content":{"rendered":"

I hope that you have enjoyed the article \u201cThe Next Purchasing Crisis & Contingency Plans.\u201d<\/p>\n

To be blunt, this wasn\u2019t one of my favorite purchasing articles to write. To think of the potential impact of pandemic influenza is not pleasant.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know how prepared they will be for the real deal, but state and local governments and health care providers are talking a good game. They seem to want to be ahead of the curve with their contingency planning.<\/p>\n

I really hope that my procurement brethren are prepared as well. Contingency planning is not as fun as, say, developing a sourcing strategy<\/a>. Contingency planning is easy to put aside for addressing more urgent matters. But contingency planning gotta be done \u2013 especially with this particular threat.<\/p>\n

To this day, suppliers are still talking about being affected by Hurricane Katrina. And pandemic influenza seems to be much worse in its potential threat.<\/p>\n

But we have more time to prepare. Will you use that time for contingency planning?<\/p>\n

Or will you take your chances?<\/p>\n

Recommended Reading<\/b><\/p>\n