TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shatzkin,Matt
TI  - Understanding the complexity of emergency supply chains /Matt Shatzkin
T2  - Supply and operations management collection,
SN  - 9781631576164
AV  - HD38 .U534 2017
PY  - 2017///
CY  - New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017)
PB  - Business Expert Press
KW  - Business logistics
KW  - Emergency transportation
KW  - Emergency management
KW  - Logistics
KW  - Authorized Stockage List (ASL)
KW  - automated and manual requisitioning systems
KW  - complexity
KW  - demand
KW  - disaster relief
KW  - effectiveness
KW  - efficiency
KW  - emergency
KW  - forecasting
KW  - Haiti
KW  - military expeditions
KW  - nongovernmental organizations
KW  - performance
KW  - supply chain
KW  - U.S. Army
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 1 (pages 121-132) and index; 1. Introduction --; 2. General sources of complexity within emergency supply chains --; 3. Part 1: Understanding complexity within the military domain of emergency supply chains --; Part 2: The nature of an expedition --; 4. Understanding complexity within the NGO-led disaster relief domain of emergency supply chains --; 5. Part 1: The potential for emerging capabilities in emergency supply chains --; Part 2: A proposed hierarchy for evaluating effective supply chains --; 6. Conclusion --; Abbreviations --; Notes --; References --; Index; 2; b; Also available in printing
N2  - While conventional commercial supply chains may be complicated, emergency supply chains are inherently complex. In responding to an emergency, they lack a developed forecast, primarily use manual requisitioning systems, and do not possess sophisticated means to sense and respond to the rapidly emerging and changing demand. Multiple stakeholders come together, many for the first time, to execute "on the fly." The success of emergency supply chains is mostly defined by effectiveness, in either preserving combat capability or providing relief; the primary focus becomes getting the job accomplished "at all costs." As a result, supply chain efficiency is an afterthought, and optimization is difficult, if not undesired. Finally, due to their infrequent nature, less has been written and studied in the area of emergency supply chains, increasing the risk that practitioners supporting the next emergency will encounter the same difficulties. It is for these reasons this seeks to complete the education of both practitioners and academics across multiple domains and disciplines. It contributes to military and nongovernmental operators, logisticians, and organizations' understanding of emergency supply chain strengths and vulnerabilities. Similarly, emergency management professionals will gain a sense of how these supply chains accomplish, limit, or constrain the emergency management process. Moreover, undergraduates and other supply chain professionals seeking a deeper understanding of supply chains will benefit from this book, as it explores circumstances that run contrary to supply chain theory and thus reinforces a solid grasp on supply chain fundamentals
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