supply
Let an agent handle supply by resource, source, capacity, reliability and quality, and separate economic supply from utility provision.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent handle supply by resource, source, capacity, reliability and quality, and separate economic supply from utility provision.
The provision of a resource or service to meet demand, such as water supply, energy supply or the supply of goods; in economics also the quantity offered at each price.
What it is for: Meeting needs for water, energy, goods and services.
It can be plan and build supply systems; measure capacity and reliability; manage shortages; analyse supply in markets.
Distinguishing features
Provision to meet demand
Has sources, capacity and reliability
Quality standards for water and energy
Economic supply is a price-quantity relation
What it looks like
Pipes, reservoirs, wells, grids, depots and supply chains.
How it is recognised
Supply networks and sources
Supply curves in economics
Local systems such as sand dams
Related models
is a kind of - category
meets - counterpart
includes - kind
is part of - system
In practice
Families and kinds
water supply
energy supply
supply of goods and supply chains
intermittent and emergency supply
economic supply
Standards and regulation
EU Drinking Water Directive
WHO Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality
Utility regulation
Failure modes and hazards
Contamination
Intermittent supply and shortages
Single points of failure
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.supply-process
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Resource What is supplied.
Resource decides the system.
Kind
Water, energy, goods.
Kind
Supply type.
- What resource is supplied? definition
- Which specific entry fits? action
Source
Origin.
Source
Source.
- Where does the supply come from? provenance
- Is the source sustainable? boundary
Capacity How much.
Capacity must meet demand.
Volume
Quantities.
Volume
Capacity.
- What is the supply capacity compared with demand? measurement
- From which data? provenance
Reliability
Continuity.
Reliability
Reliability.
- How reliable is the supply? measurement
- How often is it interrupted? measurement
Quality Standards.
Quality protects health.
Standards
Compliance.
Standards
Quality standards.
- Does the supply meet quality standards? provenance
- Which regulator checks? provenance
Incidents
Contamination.
Incidents
Incidents.
- Is there a current advisory such as boil water? provenance
- What should users do? action
Economics Market supply.
Economics uses supply differently.
Supply curve
Price and quantity.
Curve
Supply curve.
- How does quantity supplied respond to price? definition
- What is the elasticity? measurement
Shocks
Disruptions.
Shocks
Supply shocks.
- What disrupted supply, and how were prices affected? provenance
- How long did it last? measurement
What the second pass must settle
- Should water, energy and goods supply be separate entries?
- How should economic supply be split off?
- How should reliability be measured?