Invited Session Information DSI 2017

Supply Chain and Revenue Management Research Track

Presentations
Title (Type title as it should appear in the Program; limit to 25 words. DO NOT TYPE IN ALL CAPITAL
LETTERS. Use Initial Caps Only.):

Building Supply Network Resilience in the Face of Extreme Events

Abstract (You may provide a 350-words abstract for the paper.):

Over the last decade, extreme weather events have been occurring with greater frequency,
intensity, and duration than in the past, and with an increasingly irregular timing in the course of
the season. Along with billions of dollars in damages to local economies, this shift has also had a
marked impact on the availability of urgent and high-priority commodities such as food and vital
medicines. The model developed in this paper aims at optimizing the inventory and allocation
decisions regarding high-priority items, while at the same time enhancing the resilience of the
supply network. The model is tested with a case study on the 2014 November winter storm in
Buffalo, NY.
Authors (Please provide FIRST and LAST names of the authors with their e-mail and affiliations; the
authors should be listed in the order they will appear in the final program; please also indicate student
authors with Yes/No):

First Name Last Name E-mail Affiliation Student: Yes/No

Zhasmina Tacheva zhasmina@buffalo.edu SUNY at Buffalo Yes
Behzad Zahiri behzadza@buffalo.edu SUNY at Buffalo Yes
Charles Wang cxwang@buffalo.edu SUNY at Buffalo No

Presenting Author(s):

Zhasmina Tacheva