Issues and Challenges in Self-Sustaining Response Supply Chains
dc.contributor.author | Apte, Aruna | |
dc.contributor.author | Khawam, John | |
dc.contributor.author | Regnier, Eva | |
dc.contributor.author | Simon, Jay | |
dc.contributor.author | Nussbaum, Daniel | |
dc.contributor.other | Defense Resources Management Institute (DRMI) | |
dc.date | September 28, 2013 | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-04-29T00:34:49Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-04-29T00:34:49Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013-09-28 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10945/45025 | |
dc.description | Acquisitions Research Program Sponsored Report Series | en_US |
dc.description.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) tends to have unknown demand and at best uncertain supply with disrupted flow. A self-sustaining supply chain 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. We explore the issues and challenges of SSRSC that arise in logistics networks in order to understand the costs associated with SSRSC observed in special operations and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | The research presented in this report was supported by the Acquisition Research Program of the Graduate School of Business & Public Policy at the Naval Postgraduate School. | en_US |
dc.publisher | Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School | en_US |
dc.rights | This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States. | en_US |
dc.title | Issues and Challenges in Self-Sustaining Response Supply Chains | en_US |
dc.type | Report | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Operations Research (OR) | |
dc.contributor.department | Business & Public Policy (GSBPP) | |
dc.subject.author | Self-sustaining | en_US |
dc.subject.author | supply chain | en_US |
dc.subject.author | humanitarian assistance | en_US |
dc.subject.author | disaster relief | en_US |
dc.identifier.npsreport | NPS-LM-13-107 | |
dc.description.distributionstatement | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. |