Optional Sectoral Module LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN In a resilient city, the logistics and supply chains system provides efficient and effective movement of goods ensuring continuous and profitable operation of companies. It has the ability to track, monitor and adjust supply chain patterns to avoid potential problems (reflective). In case of disruptions, the logistics system is able to recover the movement of freight rapidly (robust). Assessments of vulnerabilities and needs of urban logistics are performed in consultation with the private sector (coordinated). The assessments are integrated into city planning and inform investments in the city’s transport, freight and communication infrastructure (coordinated and redundant). In a resilient city, the business develops and shares continuity plans that recognize known shocks and respond potential climate related risks (inclusive and robust). APPLICABLE RELATIONSHIP TO RESILIENCE TOPIC GUIDING QUESTION RESILIENCE QUALITY QUALITY Institutional Who manages the freight Coordinated Close coordination among freight Capacity transport infrastructure, nodes transportation providers facilitates and services in the city, including planning for future demand, and accelerates re-routing during roads, highways, rail, intermodal disruptions and informs security facilities, ports, and airports? Are improvements. they well-coordinated in terms of management, development planning, and emergency response? Planning Does the city have a freight plan? Coordinated City freight plans are the Is freight planning integrated prerequisite for successful, large- with other urban development scale urban freight solutions. Integration of freight planning into plans? overall urban planning facilitates collaborative and strategic urban development that is compatible with the logistics needs of the city. 1 Planning How has the urban logistics Reflective Monitoring of physical and system (e.g., general freight infrastructure disruption physical and specific freight during previous disasters helps identify vulnerable locations and infrastructure) been impacted operational weaknesses within the by past disasters? Were logistics system. Keeping track of the impacts concentrated such vulnerabilities helps a city in specific locations? Have make strategic (maintenance) these disruptions informed investments for improving the improvements and substantial reliability of city infrastructure used for movement of freight. changes in the logistics system? Planning Has the city conducted a Reflective; Vulnerability assessment of the vulnerability assessment of the Redundant freight transportation network and freight transportation network projections of disruption impacts can provide the city the economic and evaluated how potential basis for evaluating the profitability failures may impact supply chain of investing in new freight users? Have alternative freight transportation network. paths been identified for each type of hazard? Planning Does the city have an overview Inclusive; A mapping of major supply chain of the major supply chain Coordinated users and their preferred supply users that rely on the city´s routes allows the city to prioritize maintenance/investments in freight logistics system? Are the supply corridors according to the needs of chain users classified based on users and their impact on the local their role in the supply chain economy. (e.g. importers, exporters, local, regional)? Is there an understanding on how the major players use the city´s transport networks and specific freight infrastructure? Planning Is there a freight origin & Reflective A freight origin & destination matrix destination matrix? Who is allows for planning of optimal responsible of keeping it up to logistics flows. Sound logistics planning depends on reliable and date? How often is updated? updated information on local, regional and international freight and should be performed by agencies best positioned to acquire and analyze freight information. 2 Finance Is there a budget to develop Robust Growth of supply lines, stiffer multi-stakeholder collaborations competition, customer demands for on logistics continuity planning? lower costs and political instability make companies vulnerable to high Does this budget include impact/low probability events. conducting large scale multi- Availability of financial resources stakeholder simulations of the for multi-stakeholder collaboration urban freight system? and joint simulations of the urban freight system allows for improved risk-information sharing and logistics continuity planning. Communica- Are there regular meetings with Reflective; Regular evaluation of the tion the private sector to review Inclusive performance of the city’s logistics the performance of the city´s system allows the city to determine the extent to which infrastructure logistics system? Is the private upgrades and investments are sector consulted during the needed to improve their efficiency. development a city freight plan/ For the purpose of being responsive strategy? to the needs of major supply chain users, the city freight plans should be developed in consultation with the private sector. Communica- Is there regular communication Coordinated Cities that are in regular tion with the operators of critical communication with critical freight freight nodes that support the nodes are able to assess threats to these nodes and re-route their import/export to the city major export/imports channels. Cities that economic sectors? regularly experience disruptions in their supply chain routes suffer from large logistics costs and potential disinvestment. Communica- How are private logistics Reflective; Regular freight system updates tion operators notified of changing Robust allows private logistics operators to conditions in the logistics adjust their operations and avoid instability in logistic flows. system? How often are critical information and communication systems tested? 3 Communica- Communication: Coordinated Emergency communication tion Does the city support the protocols and pre-established development of emergency mechanisms for sharing information during a disruption facilitates a communication protocols coordinated response and recovery and mechanisms for sharing among freight transport and information about disruptions infrastructure operators. Timely between transport sector and information about disruptions to freight infrastructure operators? the logistic system helps supply Can supply chain users quickly chain users to quickly respond and adapt to the new situation. access information on the status of the logistic system? Response Reflective Ability to monitor freight system Capabilities Are there metrics used to capacity allows logistics operators monitor the capacity of critical to adjust capacity in each freight network according to real freight nodes and links of the demand. Setting target metrics freight system (e.g. containers or goals for recovery of freight moved per day)? Are there target system after disruptions can help metrics or goals that need to be regain confidence in the logistics achieved after a disruption (e.g. operators. 80% of container movements after three days) Response Are there priorities on how to Robust; Assessment of the importance of Capabilities give access to critical freight Coordinated various supply chains allows for a nodes to various supply chains pre-defined prioritization that can be executed during limited flow on the event of a disruption? of logistics. A clear identification Is there a chain of command of roles and responsibilities clearly established to enforce for enforcing prioritization of these priorities on the critical freight transportation allows for freight corridors? maintenance of vital economic functions. Response Does the city have enough Robust Authority to temporarily adjust Capabilities authority to temporarily change freight regulations or control freight freight regulations or control infrastructure enables the city to keep vital freight flowing despite freight infrastructure? Are city disruptions in the freight system. officials properly trained on City officials must be capable these capabilities? to exercise this authority in a responsible and targeted manner to gain stability in critical supply chains. 4