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A Disaster Relief Inventory Model Based on Transshipment

Independent Journal of Management & Production

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Title A Disaster Relief Inventory Model Based on Transshipment
 
Creator Reyes, Pedro
Man, Jianghong
Jaska, Patrick
 
Subject Supply Chain, Operations Management, Logistics, Simulation
systems dynamics, transshipment, disaster relief, humanitarian supply chains
 
Description This research study is an effort to shed light on how transshipment may help improve the management of inventory in a disaster relief system. System dynamics simulation was used to compare inventory control and costs in a humanitarian supply chain without transshipment vs. one with transshipment. A framework for this approach is given along with the results of simulations on a system consisting of two warehouses where transshipment is allowed compared to the alternative where transshipment is not allowed. The preliminary results of this study indicate that transshipment can reduce costs and improve service to disaster victims based on inventory levels maintained in the warehouses. In some cases, transshipment may be more expensive, but this assumes the cost of replenishing inventory as a result of emergency purchase costs.
 
Publisher Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo
 
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Date 2013-09-01
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

 
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Identifier http://www.ijmp.jor.br/index.php/ijmp/article/view/105
10.14807/ijmp.v4i2.105
 
Source Independent Journal of Management & Production; Vol 4, No 2 (2013): Independent Journal of Management & Production; 481-509
2236-269X
 
Language eng
 
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