sharon sanders
Editor-in-Chief & President
"Sustaining the Transportation Infrastructure
<o
>Sustaining critical transportation services during a pandemic will be crucial to keep communities functioning and emergency supplies and resources flowing.We will make it clear to State, local, tribal, and private sector entities that planning efforts should assess systemic effects such as supply chain impact, just-in-time delivery, warehousing, and logistics, and should support the development of contingency plans to address lack of critical services and delivery of essential commodities, such as chlorine for water purification, gasoline, food, and medical supplies……."
Of course the transportation infrastructure is critical to maintaining our economic systems. The "just-in-time delivery" practices of business today will shut-down many businesses, almost immediately.
<o>
"Unlike many other catastrophic events, an influenza pandemic will not directly affect the physical infrastructure of an organization.While a pandemic will not damage power lines, banks, or computer networks, it has the potential ultimately to threaten all critical infrastructure by its impact on an organization’s human resources by removing essential personnel from the workplace for weeks or months. Therefore, it is critical that organizations anticipate the potential impact of an influenza pandemic on personnel and, consequently, the organization’s ability to continue essential functions….<o>
<o>up to 40 percent of their staff may be absent for periods of about 2 weeks at the height of a pandemic wave, with lower levels of staff absent for a few weeks on either side of the peak…."
And, personnel are key to all businesses.
Reduced staff = Reduced output = Less profits.
<o></o>
"Public and private sector entities depend on certain critical infrastructure for their continued operations. Critical infrastructure encompasses those systems and assets that are so vital to the <st1:country-region><st1lace>United States</st1lace></st1:country-region> that the incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, and national public health or safety. Critical infrastructure protection entails all the activities directed at safeguarding indispensable people, systems (especially communications), and physical infrastructure associated with the operations of those critical infrastructure sectors. Over 85 percent of critical infrastructure is owned and operated by the private sector. Therefore, sustaining the operations of critical infrastructure under conditions of pandemic influenza will depend largely on each individual organization’s development and implementation of plans for business continuity under conditions of staffing shortages and to protect the health of their workforces. Infection control measures are critically important for the protection of personnel……<o></o>
<o></o>
The private sector will have to meet all the challenges: cash flow, employee shortages, supply shortages, infection control, etc. Whew. Over 70% of business are small businesses that can not even afford health insurance for their workers.
</o>
</o></o></o>
<o
>Sustaining critical transportation services during a pandemic will be crucial to keep communities functioning and emergency supplies and resources flowing.We will make it clear to State, local, tribal, and private sector entities that planning efforts should assess systemic effects such as supply chain impact, just-in-time delivery, warehousing, and logistics, and should support the development of contingency plans to address lack of critical services and delivery of essential commodities, such as chlorine for water purification, gasoline, food, and medical supplies……."Of course the transportation infrastructure is critical to maintaining our economic systems. The "just-in-time delivery" practices of business today will shut-down many businesses, almost immediately.
<o
>"Unlike many other catastrophic events, an influenza pandemic will not directly affect the physical infrastructure of an organization.While a pandemic will not damage power lines, banks, or computer networks, it has the potential ultimately to threaten all critical infrastructure by its impact on an organization’s human resources by removing essential personnel from the workplace for weeks or months. Therefore, it is critical that organizations anticipate the potential impact of an influenza pandemic on personnel and, consequently, the organization’s ability to continue essential functions….<o
><o
>up to 40 percent of their staff may be absent for periods of about 2 weeks at the height of a pandemic wave, with lower levels of staff absent for a few weeks on either side of the peak…."And, personnel are key to all businesses.
Reduced staff = Reduced output = Less profits.
<o
></o>"Public and private sector entities depend on certain critical infrastructure for their continued operations. Critical infrastructure encompasses those systems and assets that are so vital to the <st1:country-region><st1
lace>United States</st1lace></st1:country-region> that the incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, and national public health or safety. Critical infrastructure protection entails all the activities directed at safeguarding indispensable people, systems (especially communications), and physical infrastructure associated with the operations of those critical infrastructure sectors. Over 85 percent of critical infrastructure is owned and operated by the private sector. Therefore, sustaining the operations of critical infrastructure under conditions of pandemic influenza will depend largely on each individual organization’s development and implementation of plans for business continuity under conditions of staffing shortages and to protect the health of their workforces. Infection control measures are critically important for the protection of personnel……<o></o><o
></o>The private sector will have to meet all the challenges: cash flow, employee shortages, supply shortages, infection control, etc. Whew. Over 70% of business are small businesses that can not even afford health insurance for their workers.
</o
></o
></o></o>
Last edited by a moderator: