Engro Chemicals Pakistan Limited (Engro) was a very great producer and marketer of fertilizer in Pakistan. It had several joint ventures and subsidiary companies in a variety of companies. In August 2007, a fire entirely destroyed the company's head office. The office was positioned in Karachi and the fire shattered all the gear as well as the hardcopies of the bookkeeping records. As the records were critical to the day of Engro to day operations the firm was unexpectedly confronted with a devastating loss. The DRP was invoked by the business as soon as the news of the complete destruction of the office facilities was received.
The IT and finance staff had to use the back-up equipment and data files to restart the transaction processing. The case contains a description of various business systems and the data security procedures that had enabled the company to restore the other and accounting systems needed at its head office. The main teaching goal is to focus on minimizing the company risks arising as a result of destruction of the IT facilities.
PUBLICATION DATE: December 14, 2009 PRODUCT #: 909E24-HCB-ENG
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