Benefits of Implementing ISO22301 Standard
As the leading international standard for Business Continuity Management System (BCMS), the ISO 22301 is designed to help organizations of all sizes and industry to protect, prepare against, respond, and recover from disruptions. With a Business Continuity Management System aligned with the ISO 22301 standard, any organization is equipped with the necessary tools to combat any threat.
What is for the Organisation with ISO22301 Certification?
More specifically, these are some of the benefits of the ISO 22301 Standard for the organisation.
Efficiency
Implementing the ISO 22301 allows organizations to improve their recovery time when it comes to disruptions.
Risk Identification
Through an ISO 22301 aligned BCMS, organizations will be able to preemptively identify threats, assess their impact and likelihood, and put into place measures to mitigate, prepare for, or eliminate them entirely
Structure
The ISO 22301 Standard provides a framework based on international best practices around the ‘Plan, Do, Check, Act’ concept.
Flexibility
In the event of a crisis, disruption, or disaster, an organisation will have a business continuity plan in place to ensure operations continue running even during a disruptive incident.
Advantage over Competitors
Ensure client confidence through certification to ISO 22301, an internationally acknowledged standard, while gaining new opportunity and winning new business.
Organisational improvement
BCM Certification provides you with a clear understanding of your entire organisation. This can provide you with new opportunities for improvement.
Continuous Internal Improvement via Audits
During the certification process you will participate in regular audits which ensure your management system is up to date.
Cost Efficiency
Due to the ISO 22301 BCMS , the organisation may be able to not only reduce the expenditure of BCM audits both at the internal and external level, but to also improve financial performance, continue providing services and products during a disaster, and get operations up more quickly during a disruption.
Maintain Optimum Client Delivery Levels
A BCMS framework supports strengthened management processes which allow you to supply an agreed level of critical services and products within a specified time frame after disruption to your clients.
Important Observation by Author
It is imperative that the actual BCM process of the ISO22301 standard be implemented and not to become a "tick on the box" by the certification auditor. The audit allows the organisation to be recognized to comply to the ISO22301 international BCMS standard, however, the true spirit of this standard is to ensure that the organisation develop, implement and maintain (based on its PDCA cycle) its readiness and resilience level of its organisation in anticipation of any disaster.