Issues and Challenges in Self-Sustaining Response Supply Chains
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Apte, Aruna
Khawam, John
Regnier, Eva
Simon, Jay
Nussbaum, Daniel
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2013-04-01
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Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
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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.
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Disclaimer: The views represented in this report are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy position of the Navy, the Department of Defense, or the federal government.
Excerpt from the Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Acquisition Research Symposium Logistics Management
Excerpt from the Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Acquisition Research Symposium Logistics Management
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Acquisition Research Symposium
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Graduate School of Business & Public Policy (GSBPP)
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NPS-LM-13-C10P05R06-064
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Prepared for the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA 93943.
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