As we have all seen since the COVID pandemic, unplanned events can have a devastating impact on small businesses. Global crises (such as pandemics or financial crises) and business specific crises (such as fire or cyber-attacks) can all make it difficult or even impossible to carry out your normal day-to-day activities. In the worst-case scenario, they could force you to go out of business altogether. This is why creating a business continuity plan that identifies potential risks and details your response to them is critical to your business. Through the Industrial Engineering & Risk Management Division, NPS Management assist businesses with review of business risk and update of BCP. NPS Risk Officers are registered with IRMSA, COSO and other International Risk Management Professional bodies.
NPS has a team of competent Industrial Engineers trained in different business process improvement techniques and have experience from diverse industries including food manufacturing, pathology environment, mining, marine services, rail transport sector and breweries. The NPS Industrial Engineering division conduct Business Process Review for different purposes but with sole intention to improve business efficiency and resilience.
Lean principles dictate that assets must be fully utilised before considering asset upgrade. Similarly, employee utilisation is another key contributing factor towards operational performance. NPS team has the tools to measure equipment and employee utilisation to determine the most appropriate operating shift system.