by Jen Clark, Plastics Business While the information age has provided tools that make doing business easier and faster, it also has enabled a proliferation of fraudulent activity. Two MAPP-member companies recently experienced similar attacks and decided to share their experiences to help prevent cyber fraud from happening to others. Cyber fraud is any type of deliberate … [Read more...] about Cyber Fraud
Disaster Recovery
Disaster Recovery Plan, Business Interruption Insurance Avert Catastrophe for MAPP Member
by Staff On a Thursday morning in March, the maintenance staff at Viking Plastics, Corry, PA, was performing the daily exterior walk-around. An oil leak was discovered on the concrete near an electric transformer and, upon opening up the transformer, the maintenance staff found a steady stream of oil coming from one of the connections. With the transformer only hours away from … [Read more...] about Disaster Recovery Plan, Business Interruption Insurance Avert Catastrophe for MAPP Member
Information Technology Benchmarks for Plastics Manufacturing Companies
by Staff It is virtually impossible to think about the future linearly when it comes to computing-, information- and design-related technology. In fact, according to Ray Kurzweil (inventor, entrepreneur and visionary), "Information technologies double their capacity, price performance and bandwidth every year." This exponential growth in technology is one that leading-edge … [Read more...] about Information Technology Benchmarks for Plastics Manufacturing Companies
Disaster Recovery Plan, Business Interruption Insurance Avert Catastrophe for MAPP Member
On a Thursday morning in March, the maintenance staff at Viking Plastics, Corry, PA, was performing the daily exterior walk-around. An oil leak was discovered on the concrete near an electric transformer and, upon opening up the transformer, the maintenance staff found a steady stream of oil coming from one of the connections. With the transformer only hours away from … [Read more...] about Disaster Recovery Plan, Business Interruption Insurance Avert Catastrophe for MAPP Member
Planning for Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
by Dianna Brodine Fire. Flood. Tornado. Chemical spill. Power outage. Equipment failure. Swine flu. Labor strike. Natural or man-made, five hours of downtime or five weeks, disaster can strike at any time. Employee safety, reestablishment of production, and customer communications all should be addressed. Do you have a plan in place? Focusing on Disaster … [Read more...] about Planning for Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity