Learn how SkyGuard Warnings and AccuWeather site-specific alerts can help your business stay ahead of the storm and avoid costly delays and downtime.
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Whether you realize it or not, climate change and supply chains are linked in many ways. As global temperatures rise, extreme weather conditions become more common, impacting your supply chain and production. Hurricanes, wildfires and floods can damage warehouses or make travel dangerous. For example, cargo planes and trucks must wait for the weather to clear, leading to costly stoppages and delays. These disruptions can result in loss of business, contracts and customers. Businesses lose billions of dollars every year because they are not properly prepared. Here is where AccuWeather for Business between.
When extreme weather conditions are forecast, AccuWeather SkyGuard® Warnings alert our customers earlier than anyone else by providing them with advance notice up to 10 days before weather disruptions.
Our customers also receive a map showing where weather impacts will occur, complete with supplier notifications, so their teams can visualize which suppliers will be impacted and which will not.
Communication is essential. AccuWeather For Business continuously monitors each storm and provides customers with a list of affected providers based on the start time of the weather event. Customers also receive a list of affected suppliers based on their magnitude, so they can know which ones will be most affected.
The customer’s supply chain team can arrange a call with AccuWeather meteorologists for a one-on-one consultation to answer questions and review workflows. AccuWeather for Business provides our customers with the information needed to help them decide which shipments should be rerouted, which suppliers should be notified, and any additional adjustments that need to be made.
1. Create an emergency plan: A contingency plan and preparation for supply chain disruptions is always a good idea. For example, have additional financial resources and design a plan to move goods and supplies to prevent and prepare for potential disruptions.
2. Create an inventory: Stockpile several months’ worth of essential supplies so your business can survive disruptions. If supply chains are disrupted, you may need to stockpile the goods and materials needed to keep your business running.
3. Diversify suppliers and identify backup suppliers: Find other suppliers who can provide you with what you need if your current supplier cannot deliver the goods to you. You may need to diversify your suppliers and find suppliers in different geographies to get what you need. This way you can still get what you need in the event of a disruption.
4. Integrate risk management: Use technology and experts to assess potential threats to your supply chain. Understand where you may experience a supply chain disruption that could affect product quality, pricing and availability.
5. Communicate with customers: Customers only care about supply chain issues. They want their products. Be sure to plan to communicate sooner rather than later in case of delays or disruptions.
No matter the weather – snow and ice, tornadoes, severe thunderstorms, flooding or extreme temperatures – AccuWeather forecasts are more accurate, detailed, localized, personalized and often delivered further in advance than any other source. This gives you time to operate more efficiently, minimize the risk of reputational damage, and most importantly, keep your teams and customers safe.
Be proactive with AccuWeather SkyGuard® Warnings, which will issue site-specific alerts and offer warnings well before severe weather conditions occur, giving you much-needed time to prepare.
Benefits of SkyGuard® Warnings:
• Proactive, site-specific alerts provide warnings well before severe weather impacts occur
• Live individual or group consultations are provided by our weather experts at any time, day or night.
• Alerts sent in a format that matches your organization’s emergency management plan.
• End-of-alert notifications are sent when a threat has passed, minimizing weather-related downtime.
• All alerts are sent via push notification from SkyGuard® mobile application, available on Android and iOS
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