HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill,
Sept. 15, 2016 /PRNewswire/
-- National Preparedness Month is officially underway and CDK
Global wants to remind dealers about the importance of having a
disaster preparedness plan. Weather-related events from
Louisiana to Florida have demonstrated that communities and
business are vulnerable, but can take a few simple steps can
mitigate their impact.
"It's important to have a plan in place and educate your staff,
so that you can recover and rebuild quickly," said Jim Foote, chief business security officer at
CDK Global. "Dealerships are often looked to after a
weather-related event to repair and replace damaged vehicles.
Simple steps such as backing up your data and updating your
insurance coverage will help your business get back up and
running."
To help make sure dealers are prepared in the event of a natural
disaster and can recover quickly, CDK Global offers the following
tips to consider when putting together a disaster preparedness
plan:
Have a written plan, and make sure everyone has a
copy. Writing a plan and educating your entire staff will
make sure that everyone understands their role and the steps they
need to take in an emergency. Make sure to document your
organization's critical contacts and review them for accuracy.
Designate teams for key business operations. Before,
during and after the disaster period, your most crucial operational
need will be communications. Without it, you can't do much else.
Designate teams to be responsible for key communications, your
day-to-day business operations (payroll, parts, service, etc.) and
data recovery.
Use an off-site location to back up your on-premise data and
paper records. In the case of a power outage or system failure,
you will want to have your data backed up in a secure cloud service
or on an external hard drive sent to an off-site storage area where
your paper records are also stored. Ensure that your off-site
storage vendor is taking items to areas that won't be impacted by
the same threats as you – for example, if you're in a hurricane
zone, use a site that is farther inland.
Evaluate your disaster insurance coverage. Review
policies with your insurance agent to make sure your dealership is
covered for the appropriate types of disasters, and the proper
values of your building contents and inventory.
Test your preparedness. What would you do if key IT
people, like your systems administrator, aren't available in an
emergency? Write it down. Have materials and processes in place to
do business the old fashioned way, on paper, until power is
restored.
About CDK Global
With more than $2 billion in
revenues, CDK Global (Nasdaq: CDK) is a leading global
provider of integrated information technology and digital marketing
solutions to the automotive retail and adjacent industries. Focused
on evolving the automotive retail experience, CDK Global provides
solutions to dealers in more than 100 countries around the world,
serving more than 27,000 retail locations and most automotive
manufacturers. CDK's solutions automate and integrate all
parts of the dealership and buying process from targeted digital
advertising and marketing campaigns to the sale, financing,
insuring, parts supply, repair and maintenance of vehicles. Visit
www.cdkglobal.com.
Contact:
Kyle Donash
Kyle.donash@cdk.com
847-485-4335
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