New Zealand exporters taking business continuity seriously

The New Zealand Herald has published the results of a DHL survey that looked at the business continuity practices of New Zealand exporters. 67 percent of 485 exporters surveyed by DHL have a business continuity plan and, of these, 73 percent have tested their plan.

According to The New Zealand Herald, “technical failure, such as with IT infrastructure, telecoms or manufacturing equipment, was cited as the main cause of business interruption, affecting 59 percent of respondents. This was followed by power outages, at 38 percent.”

58 percent of respondents have experiencing an outage lasting half a day or less in the last 12 months and 13 percent have experienced major downtime lasting more than half a day.