Destruction of/lack of basic and supporting infrastructure causing difficulty in setting up/supporting the relief supply chain

Politics, government inefficiency and local conflicts affect the functioning of the supply chain

Owing to an uncertain demand, issues such as how much inventory to hold, how much to reorder arise. The situation is complicated as perishable commodities like food have lesser usable life than non-perishable goods

Bottlenecks can arise in the supply chain in terms of limited warehouse capacity, insufficient transport services

Owing to problems like improper safety measures, piling up of supplies, bad conditions of make-shift warehouses, it becomes difficult to maintain uniform quality of supplies at different levels of supply chain - especially at warehouses, distributors, and camps

Non-availability of forecasts affect the planning and scheduling activities in the supplier and manufacturers