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SOP AMU-068 · Part 4

Crisis Management

Crisis team composition and the nine-step crisis process.

Not every crisis is a product recall. Examples:

  • Major negative news
  • Viral customer complaint
  • Cyberattack
  • Employee misconduct
  • Regulatory action
  • Delivery-system collapse
  • Factory disruption
  • Major data issue
  • False information about AMU

Crisis Team

  • Crisis Leader — Managing Director
  • Quality / Compliance
  • Operations
  • Marketing / PR
  • Customer Service
  • Legal Advisor where necessary
  • IT / Finance depending on incident

Crisis Process

  1. 1Verify facts.
  2. 2Stop ongoing harm.
  3. 3Determine severity.
  4. 4Assign crisis team.
  5. 5Create one approved message.
  6. 6Communicate to appropriate stakeholders.
  7. 7Monitor developments.
  8. 8Implement corrective action.
  9. 9Close and document lessons learned.