{"id":2155,"date":"2006-06-22T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2006-06-22T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2006\/06\/22\/business-preparation-for-avian-flu\/"},"modified":"2021-08-12T07:45:21","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T11:45:21","slug":"business-preparation-for-avian-flu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/business-preparation-for-avian-flu\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Preparation for Avian Flu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There was an interesting article in today\u2019s Post-Gazette, which gave some examples of how businesses are preparing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/news\/purchasing-articles\/contingency-plans\/\">contingency plans<\/a> for the arrival of avian flu.<\/p>\n<p>As I\u2019ve said here before, avian flu is going to require some different approaches from procurement professionals. This particular article even cited the input of Giant Eagle\u2019s director of IT procurement.<\/p>\n<p>The avian flu threat is definitely driving some business changes and procurement leaders need to be proactive, flexible, and ready to switch gears. I encourage you to take some time to think about how avian flu could affect your organization and what you can do in procurement to support your organization\u2019s survival in the event of an outbreak.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Recommended Reading<\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/news\/purchasing-articles\/force-majeure-clause\/\">Is Your Force Majeure Clause Too Weak?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Recommended Resources<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lms.nextlevelpurchasing.com\/course\/view.php?id=15\">Professional Procurement Project Management<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lms.nextlevelpurchasing.com\/course\/view.php?id=29\">Supply Risk and Sustainability Management<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lms.nextlevelpurchasing.com\/course\/view.php?id=20\">Expert Procurement Operations Management<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lms.nextlevelpurchasing.com\/\"><b>NLPA Learning<\/b><\/a><b>:<\/b>\u00a0Looking for authoritative procurement templates, tools, webinars, and more? Stop trying to create resources from scratch and start taking advantage of having exactly what you need right at your fingertips in\u00a0NLPA Learning.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was an interesting article in today\u2019s Post-Gazette, which gave [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":4015,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-procurement"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.4 (Yoast SEO v19.13) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Business Preparation for Avian Flu \u2013 NLPA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The avian flu threat is definitely driving some business changes and procurement leaders need to be 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