Emergency Management Benchmarking Study: Lessons for Increasing Supply Chain Resilience

Abstract

The challenge to manage a business today is bigger than ever, because we cannot think only about our organization, but the intricate network of organizations that form our supply chain. Some organizations cope far better than others with both the prospect and the manifestation of unquantifiable risk -- they share a critical trait: resilience. This study researches emergency management organizations which are required to maintain a state of readiness for immediate reaction, and evaluates best practices in preparedness, detection, response and recovery. Extracting insights from multiple interviews, this research verified that most of the current emergency management best practices do indeed increase resilience without increasing redundancy; consequently, performance is improved in a cost-effectively way. Applications to supply chain management are made to recommended enhancements to overall resilience.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA516949

Entities

People

  • Jose M. Morais Jr.

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Best Practices
  • Business Administration
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Detection
  • Disaster Management
  • Disasters
  • Emergency Response
  • Health Services
  • Information Systems
  • Logistics
  • Management Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Public Administration
  • Risk Analysis
  • Supply Chain
  • Supply Chain Management

Readers

  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Systems Analysis and Design