Re:How H-E-B planned for the pandemic
by kortilla on Thursday March 26, 2020 @06:07PM
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Yes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contingency_plan
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From that page:
> A contingency plan is a plan devised for an outcome other than in the usual (expected) plan.
That sounds a lot broader than emergency preparedness.
Emergency preparedness is a tiny subset of contingency planning since real emergencies are so rare compared to mundane day to day problems like a truck breaking down or too many people in operations calling in sick during flu season. The less glamorous parts of the job mostly include calling alternative vendors in a rush trying to get something or someone replaced without making it appear like they're desperate.