Post-disaster grain supply chain resilience with government aid

Assessing the disruption and resilience of the agricultural grain supply chain is critical to ensure grain supply and stabilize grain price in the final market. This research proposes a quantitative model to analyze how a grain processor regains robustness when supply is disrupted by a natural disaster upstream, and how this disruption affects grain retailers downstream. Two supply chain recovery methods, contingent sourcing and government aid, are considered for grain processor recovery. The results show that (1) a processor prefers timely full recovery, and (2) government aid as an intervention means is indispensable but cannot fully replace the backup supplier.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2015.02.007
• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136655451500040X
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Yang, Yuefeng
  • Xu, Xuerong
• Publication Date: 2015-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 139-159
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review
  • Volume: 76
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 1366-5545
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13665545

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Disaster relief; Freight transportation; Government funding; Grain; Markets; Service disruption; Supply chain management
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Security and Emergencies; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01561062
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 24 2015 11:22AM