Every business is at risk of disaster whether it be natural or man-made. Pipes burst, fires happen, you can be burgled, or adverse weather can stop production. What do you have in place in case these things happen?
Chances are you have a dusty copy of an old disaster plan filed away somewhere. The truth is event can seriously affect your manufacturing company. It can completely halt your equipment and wipe your data. What you need is a Backup and Disaster Recovery Plan (BDR).
Here are 4 reasons why.
1 - Less downtime
When a business experiences downtime, it can’t conduct business as it normally would. No product being manufactured leads to no profit made. It doesn’t matter what type of product your business is making, to be successful you still need to take orders, respond to emails, access important data and keep machinery running. None of this is possible during downtime.
A BDR solution helps businesses get back to full time production after a disaster by storing your data offsite, assisting you to get back online as quickly as possible to reassure consumers that their orders are being filled. This helps to protect and enhance your reputation and impacts future orders.
2 - Data backups
A BDR solution will backup your data incrementally multiple times daily to make sure you always have the most up to date information possible in the event of a disaster. Offsite storage ensures that it won’t be affected by what has happened to your business premises. Incremental data backup also means that only information that has changed or is new is added to your pre-existing files, keeping your storage costs low.
This also helps minimize downtime as you can pick up exactly where you left off instead of wading through all of your files looking for the most recent backup, which may have been done weeks ago.
3 - Cost effectiveness
Not only can a BDR save you money by making sure your manufacturing business has the least possible downtime, it has other benefits as well. Hardware costs can be decreased as the need for physical servers onsite is obsolete when you’re covered by a cloud-based offsite solution. This leads to less office space needed. Investing in the latest software developments won’t break the bank either, as all this can be included in your BDR monthly payments.
4 - Assessment and inventory management
A BDR package has a thorough documentation review including equipment inventory, focusing on what you have, what you need and what you have spare and where everything is stored. In this way, if the downtime is caused by machine failure, it will be a lot quicker and easier to find out if you have replacements, and if so, where they are. The more accessible this information is, the faster production can continue. Asset management also helps to prevent theft by employees, which can happen in any organization.
BDR plans offer a lot of benefits to a company that can potentially save the company’s business should disaster arise. If you’re looking for more information about BDR plans and how to best protect your company, contact the IT professionals at Stratosphere Networks today at (877)599-3999 or fill out our contact form.
