Governance
Response to Risks Related to Business Continuity
Establishment of a Business Continuity Plan (BCP)
Response to Major Disasters
Sysmex has formulated Group-wide business continuity plans (BCPs) for production, procurement, and other functions to ensure the continuity of important operations in the event of an earthquake, storm or flood damage, and other large-scale disasters, as well as rapid recovery from such disasters.
In addition, we relocated our distribution center to an inland location with less risk of flooding so we can reinforce our system for stable supply even further. We also strengthened the facility with a quake-absorbing structure, private power generation system, and fire shutters.
Main BCP Approaches:
- Decentralization of main raw material procurement (selection of production locations based on the concept of local production for local consumption)
- Establishment of a mechanism for procurement of parts such as semiconductors with long lead times to register raw material ordering plans for such parts in a system based on our medium-term production plan
- Decentralization of product storage according to storage function (instruments, maintenance parts, room temperature storage reagents, cold storage reagents, and hazardous reagents)
- Creating mutual supply systems within the factories, and securing alternative routes for transportation of products
- Prioritizing important products for supply to medical institutions
- Introduction of a tool (cloud system for disaster prevention information) to share crisis information between the Company and raw material suppliers so the Company can promptly take measures against highly urgent risks such as a natural disaster, fire, or accident occurring on the supplier side
- Providing rules and manuals for disaster response and conducting regular disaster drills
- Introduction of an employee safety confirmation system
- Installation of digital radios in each business office
- Provision of emergency supplies and items to support employees staying at business offices and returning home after a disaster
- Establishment of basic IT systems (assignment to an external data center and creation of a system infrastructure that is quickly transferable to a backup system in emergencies)