THE IMPACT OF NATURAL DISASTERS ON WAREHOUSE OPERATIONS AND INVENTORY

Natural hazards disturb warehouses in two ways: they damage buildings, equipment and stock directly, and they interrupt the flows of goods on which a facility depends. This article proposes a four-criterion system for assessing warehouse resilience (preparedness, adaptability, recovery speed and risk exposure) with twelve indicators scored on one common four-point scale. An integral index and a weakest-link rule convert the scores into three resilience levels. The calculation is shown on two hypothetical warehouses and demonstrates how the index exposes the weakest dimension of an otherwise well-prepared facility. The framework can serve self-assessment, benchmarking and scenario planning; the empirical validation that it still requires is outlined.

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