SGER: Characterization of the Supply Chains in the Aftermath of an Extreme Event: The Gulf Coast Experience

该项目涉及收集关于支持恢复工作的正式和非正式后勤系统的基本特征以及关键和非关键物资流向受卡特里娜飓风影响地区的易腐烂信息和数据。先前的研究指出了在受影响地点建立供应链所面临的挑战，这些供应链充分考虑到眼前的资源需求、供应来源的范围和来源机制，以及关键和非必要捐赠的管理和优先次序。该SGER项目将(1)确定向墨西哥湾沿岸提供资源的供应链的基本特征；(2)收集关于关键和非关键供应实际流动的数据；(3)记录所吸取的经验教训，包括正面和负面的。这项研究将为未来的研究人员提供极端事件现场供应链的清晰图景，这将使开发急需的决策支持系统成为可能。这项拟议的研究涉及RPI和特拉华大学之间的多所大学合作。它利用了特拉华大学灾害研究中心在飓风过后几周内收集的快速反应数据，并利用了伦斯勒多式联运货物运输和安全中心的资源。

This project is concerned with gathering perishable information and data about the basic features of the formal and the informal logistic systems supporting the recovery and the flows of critical and non-critical supplies to areas impacted by hurricane Katrina. Prior research points to the challenges associated with setting up supply chains to an impacted site that fully account for immediate resource requirements, the range of supply sources and source mechanisms, as well as the management and prioritization of critical versus non-essential donations. This SGER project will (1) identify the basic features of the supply chains delivering resources to the Gulf Coast; (2) Gather data about the actual flows of critical and non-critical supplies; and (3) Document lessons learned, both positive and negative. This research will provide future researchers with a clear picture of the supply chains in place at the site of an extreme event, which will enable the development of much needed decision support systems. The proposed research involves multi-university collaborations between RPI and the University of Delaware. It makes use of quick response data collected by the University of Delaware's Disaster Research Center in the weeks following the hurricane and leverages resources of Rensselaer's Center for Intermodal Freight Mobility and Security.