Organizing rapid and efficient supply operations for unpredictable big natural disasters was a continuing challenge for the U.S. military, and the 2010 quake in Haiti was both exceptional in its operational range and political complexity.
As he reviewed the after-action reports, George Topic, the Vice Director of Strategic Logistics in the National Defense University and the Center for Joint wondered the way the performance of calamity aid efforts should actually be quantified. How can the efficiency of response be distinguished? He contemplated if they could defeat some of the challenges to implementing theories from commercial supply chains.
The case explores a number of the lessons learned from the Haiti catastrophe, and has a chance to test well-known supply chain theories.
PUBLICATION DATE: September 04, 2014 PRODUCT #: 615003-HCC-ENG
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