Optimizing Supply Chain Capabilities to Distribute Relief Materials to Displaced People

Optimal Supply Chain

Associated with for-profit capability

Products available on demand

Supply synchronized with demand

Why relief materials don't get distributed effectively

No financial incetives

Not profitable for businesses

Consumers don't dictate quantity to be supplied

Volume available depends on funding, not consumption rate

Little / no supply chain capabilities

Resources for optimal supply chain

Transportation: Effective transportation system (drones, train, trucks, etc.)

Human: Professionals from public/private sector

NGOs: Not-for-profit concerns like Bill & Melinda Gates' Foundation

Donors: Resource availability on time by donors

Human Kindness: Genuine care & compassion for fellow humans in predicament

Government Policies: Mandating a certain percentage of common wealth to be channeled towards supporting displaced people

Collaboration: Public/Private partnership to ensure relief availability on time

Distribution Centers: Central locations where relief materials can be stored

Displaced People

Acts of War

Hositility

Religious ideology

Cultural intolerance

Genocide

Political attacks

Good non-profit examples

Bill & Melinda Gates' Vaccine distribution

Relief materials delivered with drones

Summary

Thank you for going through my mind map on optimizing supply chain capabilities to ensure adequate distribution of relief materials to displaced people. Our world will be a better place if we all care for one another. There are 38 million internally displaced persons globally. There are a lot of wastes, especially in developed nations - We can channel our resources by preventing food wastage and sharing from our earnings with those who are internally displaced. The amount of resources (food, sanitary materials, drugs) wasted daily is more than enough to cater for all the displaced people. Getting the "potential wastes" to the right people will be the supply chain challenge - and it all starts with demonstration of genuine kindness for one another. Looking forward to a better, brighter world as a result of redistribution of excess resources!