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IJCCE 2015 Vol.4(2): 126-133 ISSN: 2010-3743
DOI: 10.17706/IJCCE.2015.V4.391

Understanding Natural Disasters as Risks in Supply Chain Management through Web Data Analysis

Jimmy Boon Som Ong, Zhaoxia Wang, Rick Siow Mong Goh, Xiao Feng Yin, Xin Xin, Xiuju Fu
Abstract—With the increasing trend of global outsourcing, companies are now facing ever more complex supply chains. When a company operates over a large geographical area, the likelihood of disruptions is potentially increased due to such unforeseen events as natural disasters, union strikes or social unrest. In this paper, we consider natural disasters as a form of risks in supply chains and propose to aid its management by analyzing Web data collected in real-time. Using Twitter "tweets" as our primary source of Web data, a real-time data crawler is developed to collect and analyze tweets that are identified as relevant to natural disasters. In addition, a visualization platform customizable to users’ requirements is implemented as part of the decision making dashboard for supply chain risk management. The applicability of such a system and its effectiveness for making informed decisions in risk mitigations are then discussed via a case study.

Index Terms—Natural disaster, earthquake, supply chain risk management, web data, real-time analysis, visualization.

The authors are with the Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Fusionopolis, 1 Fusionopolis Way, #16-16, Connexis, Singapore 138632.

Cite:Jimmy Boon Som Ong, Zhaoxia Wang, Rick Siow Mong Goh, Xiao Feng Yin, Xin Xin, Xiuju Fu, "Understanding Natural Disasters as Risks in Supply Chain Management through Web Data Analysis," International Journal of Computer and Communication Engineering vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 126-133, 2015.

General Information

ISSN: 2010-3743 (Online)
Abbreviated Title: Int. J. Comput. Commun. Eng.
Frequency: Quarterly
Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Maode Ma
Abstracting/ Indexing: INSPEC, CNKI, Google Scholar, Crossref, EBSCO, ProQuest, and Electronic Journals Library
E-mail: ijcce@iap.org
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