ECOR: A reference model for the management of electoral Supply Chain Support

Africa is rapidly becoming a democratic continent, and with this transformation comes the challenge of managing credible elections at a reasonable cost across many African nations. The backbone activity in the conduct of elections is Logistics/Supply Chain Management. Documentation processes, measuring supply chain performance and transferring best practices amongst the Elections Management Bodies is a task that seems daunting. This paper proposes a reference model to address these problems in a holistic manner. The model, called the Electoral Chain Operations Reference (ECOR) Model extends the Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) Model. An illustration of its use in the definition and specification of a middle level process (at the supply chain configuration level) was presented. The model shows potentials for solving this set of integrated problems.