Sustainability in Supply Chain Management (Collection)

Part I: Disaster Response: Social and Financial Impacts

As disaster strikes, the flow of goods, services, information, and money are disrupted, compromising financial and social sustainability. Companies risk not having products at the proper places and in the proper quantities, or finding that their inventories, machines, and factories have been destroyed, resulting in reduced revenues and increased costs. Government and emergency response agencies face many of the same challenges. Financially, this can be devastating to companies that operate in these regions. Even more upsetting, communities are often devastated by these disasters. People often are killed, lose loved ones, and are displaced from their homes and jobs as the disaster demolishes ...