Training Overview
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Group Training
The leader in business continuity education and certification across many industries, DRI International offers team training designed to fit the needs of every organization, from private corporations to the public sector and everywhere in-between.
Higher Education
DRI International offers colleges and universities the opportunity to familiarize their students with information on business continuity professions and certifications recognized by private and public sector organizations around the world.
Certification Overview
Certification is a two-part process; verification of knowledge and confirmation of experience.
Value of Certification
A DRI International certification is the most widely recognized and respected business continuity certification in the world. DRI only certifies professionals that have demonstrated both knowledge and experience in the business continuity and/or disaster recovery profession.
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Maintaining your DRI International certification carries two requirements; an annual maintenance fee as well as Continuing Education Activity Points (CEAP).
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Thought Leadership
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Hiring Guide
Learn how to hire the right business continuity professionals that will enable your organization to withstand any crisis and come through even stronger with the DRI Hiring Guide. Download now.
What is Business Continuity Management (BCM)?
BCM is a holistic management process that identifies potential threats to an organization and the impacts to business operations those threats, if realized, might cause, and which provides a framework for building organizational resilience.
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A Perfect Storm of Resilience Threats is Coming for Perfume Makers
Supply chain, climate change, global trade, and logistics issues have impacted manufacturing and production in nearly all aspects of daily life. But challenges to one area have been quietly going unnoticed – fragrances.
Specifically, patchouli.
More than 80% of Pogostemon cablin – the minty plant from which patchouli oil is derived – is farmed in Indonesia. On the best of days, it’s a time-intensive process, and as a result it is a highly sought-after ingredient for perfume manufacturing and other scent-related markets.
But a variety of risks that resilience professionals are familiar with are hitting the patchouli supply hard. Extreme weather and heavy deforestation have combined to create landslides that ruin plantations, which the unpredictability of global markets makes it less lucrative for farmers to cultivate the plants, leading to supply shortages.
As a consequence, companies are attempting to be transparent with consumers as they attempt creative solutions.
“Patchouli essential oil is one of the few natural oils we use instead of a synthetic fragrance oil,” wrote Canadian company Flore Incense. “We have been testing a synthetic patchouli fragrance oil as a backup plan, but even that’s in limited supply.”
“We are currently experiencing a shortage of patchouli essential oil due to a crop shortfall,” Indigo Wild’s customer service wrote to a customer. “We understand how much you love this scent, and are actively working with our suppliers to resolve this situation as quickly as possible. In the meantime, we hope you’ll give our other aromatic blends a try.”
It’s another lesson in the growing need for alternative supply lines and backup manufacturing plans during these uncertain times.
(Even if you don’t care about perfume, you’re still not safe – we’ve got some bad news about the threat to beer, too.)
