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Supply Chain Issues in Disaster Management

- by Abhishek Siroya & Hemant Joshi *

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These decisions shall be contingent upon the area of impact of disaster, population density of the area, age profile of the affected population, post-event transport infrastructure and other factors as given.

For example, in a crowded area with very limited exit route a bucket-brigade like formation shall be ideal, with fastest worker nearest to the disaster area and hence at each step taking people further away from the disaster area. A decision regarding size of transport vehicle may also come in handy. The transport vehicles shall be arranged locally so as to minimize the lead-time and maximize the people turnaround time. This can be understood more clearly by the matrix shown below.

The performance metrics shall be: -

  • lead time in starting the operation (shall be comparable in all the cases): Lead time shows how much is the responsiveness of the design of supply chain (rescue process in this case)

  • Turnaround time in terms of people-km/hr as well as people/hr (how many people how far from area): Here people-km/hr is used as efficiency measure, while people/hr is used as effectiveness measure. Ratio of these two metrics can beappr oximately taken as the safety distance to which people need to be evacuated

  • Cost, time and other usual business metrics as applicable: These measures are used to control the wasteful expenses that might occur (suitable improvisations needed for particular case.) Eg. Per person evacuation cost should be below certain level which would ensure that people do not carry unnecessary personal belongings

    Relief Plan

    The relief plan for affected people shall involve decisions to effectively procure and disburse relief supplies. The non-perishable supplies can be kept in a local warehouse as inventory and utilized as needed while perishable goods as milk, water and food shall be arranged in quickest possible manner. This will involve a very responsive supply chain partnership with local bodies and becomes strategic in relief operations to stranded people.

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    * Contributed by: -
    Abhishek Siroya & Hemant Joshi,
    IIM Lucknow.


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