The ORMS Intermediate provides a range of tools, guidance and techniques that enable an organization to implement organizational resilience concepts. The ORMS Intermediate is a relational database system that is designed to assist Users to implement and achieve conformance with the OR Standard [ASIS SPC.1-2009]. Like all versions in the ORMS software range, the ORMS Intermediate contains the full text from the OR Standard and delivers the requirements in an interactive format that simplifies conformance and encourages implementation. notification planning

The ORMS Intermediate also supports the development of an effective organizational resilience management system delivering an extremely wide range of functionality with mapping of all operational components, risk analysis and business impact analysis, resilience planning, and response and continuity planning, deployment of responsible persons and alternate asset and resource planning.

The ORMS Intermediate is available on a free trial basis for a maximum of 20 days for evaluation purposes. To take advantage of this 20 day free trial offer, simply click on this free trial link and press the "Buy now" button. You will then be required to register your details with the ecommerce provider Share-it! and provide valid credit card details. Share-it! will notify the vendor and provide a link to the Free Trial download. At the end of the 20 day free trial period the ecommerce provider Share-it! will process a transaction for the purchase of a one year license for a Master User License unless you have cancelled the transaction prior to that date. Share-it! will notify the vendor about the completed transaction and provide a link to the purchaser for the full version software download. You can cancel the transaction at any time during the free trial period and the purchase transaction will not be processed. Once the free trial period has been cancelled the programs will not continue to function and should be uninstalled.

The ORMS Intermediate contains all the functions included in the ORMS Entry Level but at a more detailed level plus a range of additional features and functions.

Contents of this ORMS Intermediate page
Detailed product information is provided in this section on the ORMS Intermediate. For comparative information about the five products in the ORMS software range go to the Comparative data page. The topic areas covered are as follows:

Overview of product features
Intended audience
Screenshots
ORMS Intermediate FAQs

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Overview of product features
ORMS software series contains five scalable versions. The ORMS Intermediate is the third product in the range of ORMS support systems and is designed to support the achievement of conformance with the OR Standard and provides the option of including descriptive detail. This product delivers the full OR Standard content together with a range of tools and guidance to assist the User identify gaps in the required level of conformance and to support the development of suitable processes and procedures to remove those gaps in a structured and controlled manner. Functionality in the ORMS Intermediate includes:

Full content from the OR Standard
Contextual delivery of each OR Standard requirement
Self assessment conformance questionnaire
Maturity modelling for implementation benchmarking
Password based log on security
Variable permission structure
Ability to customize the system
Comprehensive reporting structure
Links to external documents
On-line help file and User Manual
Contextual screen based help system
OR management support including scope and policy setting
Mapping of all key operational components
Establishment of business impact analysis criteria
Setting of impact category criteria and severity
Calculation of recovery time objectives & criticality
Risk identification, risk analysis and assessment
Setting dependency ratings
Potential incident identification & planning
Process continuity planning
Unique “Plan builder” to simplify task creation
Fully functioning example data
Contact details for key employees, customers, suppliers and other stakeholders
Assignment of persons to specific ORMS responsibilities
Wizards covering most data entry functions
Organization structure and business unit establishment
Assigning of persons to incident response and process continuity tasks
Operational workarounds
Resilience based proactive & reactive strategies
Testing for incident response and process continuity activities
Notification and communication planning
Alternate planning for assets or resources

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Intended audience for the ORMS Intermediate
The software is suitable for organizations of all sizes and from all industrial and manufacturing categories, all commercial sectors, and all state and federal agencies and government departments. The software will be of interest to organizations that wish to improve levels of preparation and protection against potentially disruptive incidents, improve the organization’s level of resilience, measure and achieve conformance against the organizational resilience standard, or would like to generally strengthen corporate governance activities. It is suitable for larger organizations who wish to fully involve the workforce in the organizational resilience process and to assign responsibilities for various components and planned tasks.

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ORMS Intermediate Screenshots

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ORMS Intermediate FAQs

Q: Can I customize the log-on screen

A: Yes, the User area of the log-on screen is customizable including organization name, locations included in the scope, name of person responsible for the ORMS program and name of person responsible for administrating the ORMS software.

Q: Is the date format amendable?

A: Yes, date format templates: DD/MMM/YYYY or MMM/DD/YYYY are included in the system

Q: Is there a comprehensive audit log of data changes?

A: Yes, all data changes are logged and this is available in, and filtered by, each all versions of the ORMS software

Q: Can anybody set up a new user who can access the system and data?

A: No, only Users with System Administrator permissions can set up or delete Users

Q: How do I obtain software updates and ensure I am using the latest version?

A: You can check anytime from the registration details button on the log on screen to see if there are updates available for the ORMS Intermediate. Updates are free and Users are encouraged to always use the latest version.

Q: Do you provide technical system support?

A: Yes, email based support is available from Support@organizational-resilience.com

Q: Can I attach external documents to the ORMS Intermediate so that I can reach the information easily?

A: Yes, it is extremely easy to attach external documents to the ORMS Intermediate through our unique DocLinks facility.

Q: Can I associate products and services, business processes or assets and resources to particular divisions or departments?

A: The ORMS Intermediate version associates all key components of the operational process with business units that are assigned by the User. Business Unit filtering and reporting is to be released by the end of December 2010.

Q: Do any of the ORMS products contain example data and plans?

A: Yes, the ORMS Entry Level, Intermediate and Intermediate software contain a comprehensive sample data. In those systems the User can easily toggle between the sample data and the User's own data.

Q: Can I change the currency associated with the costs in any of the systems?

A: Yes, the ORMS Intermediate has a full list of international currencies, any one of which can be selected for the ORMS plan.

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