“According to a study conducted by property-and-casualty insurer FM Global, the National Association of Corporate Treasurers, and management-consulting firm Sherbrooke Partners.  More than 75 percent of the respondents indicated that a major disruption would have a dramatic impact on their companies’ earnings-or threaten their business continuity.”   We understand the effect a disruption to your business can have on your bottom-line that is why EEC has put so much time and effort into its service and disaster restoration programs.
 
Many Facility Managers do not have direct access to the CFO’s or other financial decision-makers within their organizations, so pursuing upgrades to power systems is usually seen as fruitless. "My company will never spend $500 to add a new UPS, so why bother."
 
This study shows that financial decision-makers are concerned about system reliability if it is going to impact the bottom line earnings of a company.
 
CFO’s know power is critical but do not posses a strong understanding of the infrastructure support systems necessary to insure high reliability. The Facility Manager is in a unique position to educate the decision-makers about the critical nature of the systems (UPS, batteries, generator and AC), but this must be conveyed in a language that the CFO speaks. The Facility Manager is technical and the CFO wants to talk financial impact, EEC can help you translate. If this is one of your obstacles call EEC, we will work with you to help justify a system upgrade or expansion to improve reliability of your infrastructure.
 
EEC can also tailor a site-specific disaster restoration plan to meet your risk mitigation profile, detailing the response to meet your needs.  This service is provided without charge to EEC’s Facility Management & Engineering contract customers.
 
According to the CFO article, “Respondents are most worried about property-related hazards – things like natural disasters, fires/expositions, terrorism/sabotage/theft, mechanical/electrical breakdowns, and service disruption.”  If this is one of your concerns call EEC and put your mind at ease.  EEC’s contact is Jim Harmon at 781-302-2713 or jharmon@eecnet.com. (This week in Finance, by CFO.com, Friday, April 26, 2002 issue for the full article visit: http://www.cfo.com/Article?article=7111 )