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dc.contributor.authorApte, Aruna
dc.contributor.authorKhawam, John
dc.contributor.authorRegnier, Eva
dc.contributor.authorSimon, Jay
dc.contributor.authorNussbaum, Daniel
dc.contributor.otherDefense Resources Management Institute (DRMI)
dc.dateSeptember 28, 2013
dc.date.accessioned2015-04-29T00:34:49Z
dc.date.available2015-04-29T00:34:49Z
dc.date.issued2013-09-28
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10945/45025
dc.descriptionAcquisitions Research Program Sponsored Report Seriesen_US
dc.description.abstractThe 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.sponsorshipThe 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.publisherMonterey, California. Naval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
dc.rightsThis 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.titleIssues and Challenges in Self-Sustaining Response Supply Chainsen_US
dc.typeReporten_US
dc.contributor.departmentOperations Research (OR)
dc.contributor.departmentBusiness & Public Policy (GSBPP)
dc.subject.authorSelf-sustainingen_US
dc.subject.authorsupply chainen_US
dc.subject.authorhumanitarian assistanceen_US
dc.subject.authordisaster reliefen_US
dc.identifier.npsreportNPS-LM-13-107
dc.description.distributionstatementApproved for public release; distribution is unlimited.


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