Manifestly: A Checklist App for Teams

Business Continuity Planning Checklist

Risk Assessment and Business Impact Analysis

Map revenue-critical store operations

Score disaster scenarios by likelihood and revenue impact

Set RTO and RPO for each critical system

Emergency Response and Store Operations

Draft store evacuation and shelter-in-place procedures

Schedule quarterly fire and active-threat drills

Stand up the incident command structure

POS and IT Recovery

Configure encrypted nightly POS backups

Document offline-mode card acceptance procedures

Run the quarterly POS restore test

Open a remediation ticket for the failed restore

Communication Plan

Build the store-team mass notification tree

Designate a spokesperson for media and corporate inquiries

Pre-write customer-facing closure messaging

Supply Chain and Vendor Continuity

Identify backup suppliers for top-50 SKUs

Document 3PL and carrier failover contacts

Refresh vendor COIs and emergency contacts

Training and Awareness

Walk store managers through their BCP role cards

Add the BCP module to new-hire onboarding

Track training completion across the chain

Testing and Exercises

Run the annual tabletop with district managers

Simulate a POS outage during business hours

Capture lessons-learned from each exercise

Plan Maintenance and Review

Review the BCP with the leadership team

Reflect operational and regulatory changes

Distribute the updated plan to store managers

Free Checklist Templates for Store Operations