Katrina Humanitarian Logistics.pdf

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Emergency Logistics IssuesImpacting the Katrina Response

What went wrong?How do we avoid a repeat?

Emergency Logistics IssuesImpacting the Katrina Response

What went wrong?How do we avoid a repeat?

Jos Holgun-Veras, Ph.D., P.E.

Professor,[email protected]

Noel Prez, radua!e "esear#h $ssis!an!

%iguel Jaller, radua!e "esear#h $ssis!an!

&isa Des!ro, radua!e "esear#h $ssis!an!

'ri#ia (a#h!endorf, )niversi!* of Dela+are
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]


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Acknowledgment Other contriutors!"iguel #aller$ R%I

&oel %'re($ R%I

)oral *orres$ R%I

+ethany +rown$ ,-

Lisa -estro$ R%I

Research was supported y &./0s! )""I12345267 8-R,! )ontending with

"ateriel )onvergence! Optimal )ontrol$)oordination$ and -elivery o9 )ritical.upplies to the .ite o9 E:treme Events;

)".1.5> 8)haracteri(ation o9 the.upply )hains in the A9termath o9 anE:treme Event! *he


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Outline

)ommercial vs Humanitarian logistics

*he phenomenon o9 material convergence

Katrina0s logistical deacle or How not to do it

How do we avoid a repeat?

Operations-ecision support systems

*he need to re9ormulate humanitarian logistic

modeling"aterial convergence)onsidering social costs


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)ommercial vs Humanitarian logistics


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Characteristic Commercial logistics Humanitarian logistics

01je#!ive pursued %ini2iza!ion of !o!allogis!i# #os!s

%ini2iza!ion of hu2ansuffering

3o22odi!* flo+s

genera!ed4elf-#on!ained

De!er2ined 1* 2a!erial

#onvergen#e

De#ision 2a5ing

s!ru#!ure

4!ru#!ured in!era#!ions

under #on!rol of a de#ision

2a5er

Non-s!ru#!ured

in!era#!ions, un5no+n

2ul!iple de#ision 2a5ers

6no+ledge of

de2and6no+n +i!h so2e #er!ain!* )n5no+n and d*na2i#

Periodi#i!* and

volu2e of logis!i#

a#!ivi!ies

"epe!i!ive, large volu2es0ne in a life!i2e even!s,

s2aller volu2es

4!a!e of suppor!ing

s*s!e2s

4!a1le s*s!e272pa#!ed and d*na2i#

s*s!e2


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+ackground on "aterial )onvergence andHumanitarian Logistics

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Humanitarian Logistics @ "aterial )onvergence

/rit( and "athewson B>=3C de9ined convergence

as 8the movement or inclination towards a point;*hey created a comprehensive!personnel convergence$ ie$ movements o9 individualsD

in9ormational convergence$ ie$ 8movement ortransmission o9 symols$ imageries$ and messages;D

material convergence$ ie$ 8the actual movement o9supplies and eFuipment;

Humanitarian Logistics intertwined with "aterial)onvergence

&ot much research in either 9ield


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What is the prolem?

*he e99iciency o9 the 9low o9 high1priority goods

depend on the 9low o9 low priority cargoesEFuivalent to trying to move two di99erent liFuids

through a pipe

&ogis!i# s*s!e2

&o+ priori!*

High priori!*


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Is it really that ad?

Let0s take a look at previous e:periencesB>=7 Arkansas tornado

B>>4 Hurricane Andrew

422B World *rade )enter

422=


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=7 Arkansas tornado

8 the day 9ollowing the tornadoC all this clothing and 9ood

and all this vast store o9 supplies started moving into .earcy9or distriution to the tornado areas*here was no place toput it &o uildings to put it in *hat created a igprolem .o much was worthless rags *hey had some

pretty good ones .omeody sent an old doggone igcarton o9 9alsies We got a tu:edo$ a nice one ;

8It was coming y Railway E:press$ y truck$ y plane$ y9reight car Enormous amount o9 9loor space$ ut that was9illed in two hours9illed ceiling high One other iguildingproaly a hundred 9eet long and si:ty 9eet wide$with B5 9eet ceiling 9illed in B4 hours; si:ty percent o9 itwas not goodD it shouldn0t have come to the area at all;&OR) report &o =4$ pp 46BC


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>4 Hurricane Andrew

8E:cessive donated clothing created maGor

prolems some o9 the clothing was notappropriate 9or the tropical climate o9 -ade countyeg$ winter coatsCO9ten$ truck drivers with loadso9 clothes drove straight to severely damaged

areas,pon arrival$ they o9ten did not know whereto deliver the donated clothes$ so they unloadedthem on the side o9 the road *he heat and usuala9ternoon summer rains Fuickly turned the piles

into heaps o9 stinking$ rotting cloth; 8 E:cessive9ood donations created 9urther emergencymanagement prolems; &eal$ B>>5$ pp 45C


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*he 9indings discussed here are ased on do(ens o9

interviews with the individuals directly involved inthe logistical response

#HN and colleagues declared persona non grata y

/E"A and very proud o9 itC


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2$222 sFuare miles$ an area almost the si(e o9 the,nited Kingdom


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BB emergency call centers were severely impacted Out o9 service! =2 radio stations$ 55 o9 *N stations

=2$222 utility poles were toppled in "ississippi alone

8theJ entire in9rastructure was wiped out andJ there were

no communicationsuntil 9ive days a9ter the storm whenJwe got satellite phones;

8the main communication came ack and 9orth yhelicopter .ort o9 like a &ew Age %ony E:press; &o one

knew 8i9 things had een delivered$ and i9 they had eendelivered$ who accepted it;

*he Internet1ased inventory system E1*eamC used y the.tate o9 Louisiana to process emergency reFuests collapsed


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7 Lack o9 integration etween computer systems

Local and state governments used a commercial

so9tware E1*eamC 9or procurement and tracking/E"A relied on a custom1made system called

&E"I. &ational Emergency "anagement

In9ormation .ystemCE1*EA" and &E"I. did not communicate

E1*eam reFuests had to e individually read andmanually inputted into &E"I.

/ederal sta99 could not check in9ormation onindividual reFuests$ local@state sta99 could not checkthe status o9 their reFuests


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?>? 'o!al so#ial #os! a! node i, !i2e !

( ) ( ) ( ){ }nnn

, t, di,...,, t, di,, t, diX ,,,


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&umerical e:amples

)ase I! One distriution center$ One demand node

Optimal policy! *o deliver as much as possile

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