Table 2

Supply vulnerability dimension criteria

CriteriaSub-criteriaDescription
B1
Market risk
  1. Availability of potential suppliers in the market

  2. Types of market

  1. High supply dependency due to the monopolistic and oligopolistic market structures

  2. Barriers to new entrants

  3. Demand volatility and reduction of suppliers' capacities in case of unexpected events

B2
Commodity risk
  1. Complex characteristics of the commodity

  2. Substitution possibility

  1. Difficulty for the aid organisation to source unique commodities

  2. High possibility of substitution of less complex characteristics commodities

B3
Logistics risk
  1. Logistics cost variability

  2. Transport and movement restriction

  3. Lead time variability

  1. The lack of proper logistics infrastructure, skilled logistics personnel, long-distance transport, sufficient transport vehicles

  2. Disaster prone areas and inconveniently accessible locations

  3. Long lead time and high logistics cost

Source(s): The authors

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