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BCP-PREP Features Upgrades for Enhanced Business Continuity

About RC Solution Co., Ltd., headquartered in Shinjuku, Tokyo, aims to enhance business continuity planning (BCP) through its service, BCP-PREP. The company is planning significant upgrades to improve usability and effectiveness in the operational and formulation of BCPs.

With the recent rise in natural disasters and emergencies, robust business continuity strategies are essential for companies to ensure resilience and minimal operational disruption. BCP-PREP is designed to support businesses in creating and executing effective continuity plans. With upcoming features, RC Solution aims to further streamline and enhance the experience for users.

Upcoming Features

1. Strengthened Visualization of Initial Response Progress

One significant upgrade planned for 2024 is the enhancement of the initial response function. Previously implemented as a monitoring tool for managers only, the feature will now reflect actions taken at the site during disasters. Users will be able to aggregate the progress of initial responses, including data from on-the-ground operations. Moving forward, the platform plans to include functionality for setting target completion times and visualizing progress against these objectives. This is intended to optimize the speed and priority of actions taken during disaster response, thereby bolstering the practical effectiveness of operations.

2. Bulk Registration Feature Implementation

Currently, registering items involves handling multiple files per setting item, which increases workload and the potential for errors, as well as raising management costs. To address these issues, RC Solution is developing a system that allows for the bulk registration of all items within a single Excel file. This innovation aims to achieve smoother integration and management, thereby streamlining the BCP registration process.

Through these upgrades, BCP-PREP intends to significantly improve operational efficiency in disaster response and business continuity management.

For further insights and information, visit the official BCP-PREP introduction site here.

Company Background

Founded in August 2002, RC Solution has made notable strides in disaster response technology. In November 2010, they released the Yurekuru Call, a notification app for earthquake alerts. Following this success, they introduced the Amefuru Call in October 2011 for precipitation predictions and Safety tips, an app providing disaster information for foreign visitors, in October 2014. In 2018, they launched the Disaster Prevention Cloud, a multilingual disaster information dissemination service. Most recently, in October 2023, the company released the business continuity management support application BCP-PREP, committed to leveraging IT to enhance societal safety through innovative system development.