Measures to Prevent Recurrence of Incidents
Policy
Disaster Prevention
The Anritsu Group has laid outs its BCM* policy in its Basic Policy on Disaster Response, stipulated in its Basic Rules on Disasters and Emergency Response.
| Basic Policy on Disaster Response |
|---|
Anritsu Group establishes a prevention system against disasters that may significantly affect its management, places top priority on ensuring the safety of its stakeholders including employees and local communities in the event of a disaster or accident, and strives to minimize damage and promptly resume business activities in order to fulfill its social responsibility and continue to seek enduring success for the Anritsu Group. |
* BCM (Business Continuity Management): Management activities conducted during normal operations, such as formulating, maintaining, and updating business continuity plans (BCPs), securing budgets and resources for continuing business,taking preparatory measures, implementing training before launching initiatives, conducting inspections,and making continuous improvements
System
Members of the Emergency Response Headquarters (disaster response, infectious disease control)
| Title | Members |
|---|---|
| General manager | President |
| Deputy general manager | Chief officer in charge of disaster prevention (vice presidents)） |
| Staff | Persons appointed by the general manager (vice presidents overseas, presidents of group companies, etc.) |
Activities and Achievements
Formulation of BCP
At the Anritsu Group, each division and group company has formulated a BCP to ensure employee safety, minimize damage, and restore business activities quickly in the event of a natural disaster, infectious disease, or other unexpected event. In particular, Tohoku Anritsu, an Anritsu Group manufacturing location, has been hit by several large-scale natural disasters, including the Great East Japan Earthquake and river flooding due to torrential rains. Therefore, natural disasters are positioned as an serious risk at this site. Based on this experience,we have developed a flow chart of initial response procedures to clarify what to do after a disaster occurs. Damage predictions and procedures for dealing with risks such as fire, snow damage, and volcanic eruptions have been established and are reviewed as necessary.
Disaster Preparedness
The Domestic Anritsu Group is conducting re-inspection of earthquake countermeasures as preparation for large-scale earthquakes, which remain a concern. We exchange information on crisis management and BCP with our overseas group companies based on the results of surveys conducted in accordance with our management guidelines.
Disaster prevention training simulates an earthquake with an intensity of 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale and a resulting fire. We use this training to practice all of our skills, as we conduct initial firefighting activities, quickly set up an emergency response headquarters, confirm the safety of employees, provide first aid to injured employees,and check on personnel at evacuation sites. Employees are provided with a website with information regarding disaster prevention on site, and are also given a survival card that outlines initial actions to take in the event of an earthquake, measures to take if they are unable to return home, and preparations to make in case of fire or typhoon.
The Global Headquarters building is seismically isolated to enhance safety against earthquakes. In addition to solar power generation, the Atsugi Site is equipped with emergency power generation equipment that can maintain the operation of critical facilities for six days in the event of a power outage. In addition, there is a water storage tank that can hold six days' worth of water for the Global Headquarters building.
Supply Chain BCM
■ Supplier Information Database
The Anritsu Group's BCM is based on the principle of making an appropriate initial response to sudden risks that may affect suppliers' businesses through early information gathering and advance preparation. In the event of a disaster, information is collected through the media - mainly websites - and is matched with a database of suppliers' manufacturing and warehouse locations to predict the impact. We will then immediately contact suppliers in the affected areas to confirm the extent of damage, and consider what countermeasures to implement in order to minimize risk. We can accelerate BCM by using IT to visualize damage information in conjunction with map information.
■ BCM Achievements
The Anritsu Group conducted 21 supply chain BCMs in FY2024. We were affected by natural disasters such as earthquakes and typhoons. However, we focused on minimizing the impact by closely communicating with suppliers, making production adjustments, and using substitute parts. We will continue to strengthen our activities for stable procurement.
Response to Infectious Diseases
Following the downgrading of the status of COVID-19 infections to category 5 in May 2023, we have transitioned to a normal work schedule. In addition, we continue to monitor the situation of infections within the company in order to maintain business continuity and employee safety.