Supply Chain Issues in Disaster Management

- by Praneet Parate & Anusha Jain *

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1. Point of Origin / Source

This node refers to the actual source of all the material, people, etc. Generally, there are numerous such nodes.

2. Point of Collection

All the material from various sources would be collected here. This would work as our first DC. This is generally in proximity of the sources itself and located at some transportation terminal. From here, material is now transferred to the point of extended delivery.

3. Point of Extended Delivery

This point would works as second DC and it would be in proximity to the disaster area. This point would normally be the nearest airport or any other transport terminal.

4. Disaster Area

Disaster area is, in most of the cases, cutoff from the rest of the world. Facilities would be transported here from the point of extended delivery. Air is most commonly used route of transportation to this area.

Figure 3. Transportation Network Design

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* Contributed by: -
Praneet Parate & Anusha Jain,
IIM Lucknow.

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