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Issues and Challenges in Self-Sustaining Response Supply Chains.

ADA583933

Publication Date	2013
Personal Author	Apte, A.; Khawam, J.; Regnier, E.; Simon, J.; Nussbaum, D.
Page Count	12
Abstract	The most basic representation of a supply chain has three elements: supply, demand, and the flow between the two. A humanitarian response supply chain (RSC) has to a large extent unknown demand and at best uncertain supply demand with disruptive flow. A self-sustaining supply chain (SSSC) requires that the supply chain itself provide all resources consumed while transporting supplies, thus complicating the operations with numerous challenges and unfamiliar issues. If an RSC is self-sustaining, it will reduce some of the uncertainties in supply. However, self-sustaining response supply chains (SSRSC) generate significant additional cost for being extreme supply chains. To understand the costs associated with SSRSC observed in special operations and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR), they must be compared and contrasted against the known characteristics of traditional supply chains. This work explores the issues and challenges of SSRSC that arise in logistics networks.
Keywords	Logistics Supplies Costs Disasters Humanitarian assistance Military assistance Resources Response Supply chains
Source Agency	Non Paid ADAS
NTIS Subject Category	74E - Logistics, Military Facilities, & Supplies 72E - Operations Research 70C - Management Information Systems
Corporate Authors	Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA. Graduate School of Business and Public Policy.
Supplemental Notes	Excerpt from the Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Acquisition Research Symposium Logistics Management.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Research rept.
NTIS Issue Number	201402

Issues and Challenges in Self-Sustaining Response Supply Chains.

Issues and Challenges in Self-Sustaining Response Supply Chains.
ADA583933

Publication Date	2013
Personal Author	Apte, A.; Khawam, J.; Regnier, E.; Simon, J.; Nussbaum, D.
Page Count	12
Abstract	The most basic representation of a supply chain has three elements: supply, demand, and the flow between the two. A humanitarian response supply chain (RSC) has to a large extent unknown demand and at best uncertain supply demand with disruptive flow. A self-sustaining supply chain (SSSC) requires that the supply chain itself provide all resources consumed while transporting supplies, thus complicating the operations with numerous challenges and unfamiliar issues. If an RSC is self-sustaining, it will reduce some of the uncertainties in supply. However, self-sustaining response supply chains (SSRSC) generate significant additional cost for being extreme supply chains. To understand the costs associated with SSRSC observed in special operations and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR), they must be compared and contrasted against the known characteristics of traditional supply chains. This work explores the issues and challenges of SSRSC that arise in logistics networks.
Keywords	Logistics Supplies Costs Disasters Humanitarian assistance Military assistance Resources Response Supply chains
Source Agency	Non Paid ADAS
NTIS Subject Category	74E - Logistics, Military Facilities, & Supplies 72E - Operations Research 70C - Management Information Systems
Corporate Authors	Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA. Graduate School of Business and Public Policy.
Supplemental Notes	Excerpt from the Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Acquisition Research Symposium Logistics Management.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Research rept.
NTIS Issue Number	201402