Valve Magazine - Winter 2010

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went beyond the call of duty—as they saw the disaster occurring, they had products and people in place to help.

Planning for different scenarios of what can occur
also helps. “You need to have plans in place for support,
getting personnel back into the shops, getting them back
to work as quickly as possible, emergency numbers or
addresses,” says Bohannon, who adds that help may
extend well beyond just repairing valves. “If you need
to,” he says, “go help cut trees and things like that to get
[customer] facilities back up and running.”
Preparation extends to the ability to get the repair
facilities operating—from running temporary power
lines to bringing in people and parts from other loca-
tions, he adds.

These steps benefit the valve company as well as the customer, Roubik says. This is because when a brand is affected by a major disruption, the effects down the line “spread like wildfire,” often coming back on the OEM.

In the end, says Roubik, disaster preparation and response is about good partnerships—they have little to do with selling valves. VM

PETER CLEAVELAND is a contributing editor to Valve Magazine. Reach him at pcleaveland@earthlink.net.

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