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.
Main BCP Approaches:
- Decentralization of main raw material procurement (selection of production locations based on the concept of local production for local consumption)
- Securing safety stock of important raw materials that are difficult to substitute
- Decentralization of product storage in accordance with storage function (instruments, maintenance parts, room temperature storage reagents, cold storage reagents, and hazardous reagents)
- Creation of mutual supply systems within the factories, and securing alternative routes for transportation of products
- Prioritization of important products for supply to medical institutions
- Introduction of a structure 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
- Provision of 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 temporarily 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)
- In this report, “Sysmex” refers to the Sysmex Group as a whole. “Sysmex Corporation” refers to the Company on a standalone basis.