Humanitarian logistics is defined as the process of planning, implementing and controlling the efficient, cost effective flow and storage of goods and materials as. Keywords humanitarian logistics humanitarian supply chain types of disaster. Now imagine planning the same event but not knowing when or where it will take place, or how many will attend. Effectiveness of logistics activities ensures timely delivery of humanitarian aid, which has become an increasingly important aspect of response to disasters. In response to this trend humanitarian agencies are looking for more efficient and effective solutions. One question of this paper is, if the pain points, as they were identify in the paper from the fritz institute, still exist and if so, how they can be closed by performance measurement in humanitarian logistics. First phase in humanitarian relief management is the initial days of sudden on. Big data and humanitarian supply networks asmat monaghan mark lycett can big data give voice to the voiceless. Last mile logistics for disaster relief supply chain.
The mix of invited speakersparticipants at the humanitarian logistics. Fundamental issues in humanitarian logistics professor anna nagurney john f. Chapters include extensive descriptions of methods used. It is the first paper in a series, each looking at another characteristic of humanitarian logistics and comparing them across the three types of organizations. Smith memorial professor and director virtual center for supernetworks isenberg school of management university of massachusetts amherst, massachusetts 01003 schmgmt 597lg humanitarian logistics and healthcare spring 2012 c anna nagurney 2012. Master of advanced studies in humanitarian logistics and. Tomasini and wassenhove 2009 emphasize that achieving optimal logistics. With this in mind, the paper walks us through the complexities of managing supply chains in humanitarian settings. Our essentials of humanitarian practice training course also provides foundational knowledge for working within the modern humanitarian system, and for responding to an international crisis that involves a global response. The paper begins by presenting the humanitarian sector at its widest through sketching the history and development of the field and the environment within which humanitarian logistics must take place. Pdf purpose in recent years, logistics service providers lsps have. Van wassenhove, insead abstract transportation is the second largest overhead cost to humanitarian organizations after personnel.
Logistics of disaster preparedness and disaster development mitigate pp response multisector partnerships environmental impact of rebuild prepare environmental impact of humanitarian operations global healthcare supply chains respond relief fleet management in the humanitarian sector. It is based on research conducted by the humanitarian research group. Reviewed, renewed and revitalised award winning humanitarian logistics programme launched become a certified humanitarian logistics professional by enrolling on cilts certification in humanitarian logistics programme. Transportation and vehicle fleet management in humanitarian logistics have characteristics virtually unexplored by or researchers. L n van wassenhove imagine the logistics involved in planning an event like the olympics. The master of advanced studies in humanitarian logistics and management mashlm is a parttime executive program designed for humanitarian professionals who want to build capacity and enhance their careers. Humanitarian logistics rolando tomasini and luk van wassenhove. Methodoloy literature was searched across academic journals with the keywords humanitarian logistics and disaster logistics.
Humanitarian logistics disaster relief and logistics in. Pedraza martinez, insead orla stapleton, insead luk n. Chapter 2 humanitarian logistics and supply chain management since disaster relief is about 80 % logistics it would follow then that the only way to achieve this is through slick, ef. Humanitarian logistics management degrees usi mashlm. We provide evidencebased insights into the logistics challenges imposed by the dual objective of relief and development, decentralization, earmarked funding, and field operating conditions. Chapter 2 humanitarian logistics and supply chain management. Effectiveness of logistics activities ensures timely delivery of humanitarian aid, which has become an. Analyzing transportation and distribution in emergency. Pdf humanitarian logistics and the cluster approach. Performance measurement is not a main part of this publication but it is a side issue of the chapter information and knowledge management. Recent natural and manmade disasters have brought relief scm to the forefront of the global response to tragedy, establishing the central role of logistics in averting and limiting unnecessary. Enhancing the engagement of local populations abstract purpose the purpose of the paper is to identify how local populations, particularly at the municipal and village levels, can enhance their capacity to prepare and respond more.
Humanitarian logistics significance, definition, and aims significance. United nations human refugee council unhrc has estimated more than 1 billion of people are in need of humanitarian relief and this number is ever increasing despite the efforts from various governments. Ensuring effective and efficient humanitarian logistical. Request permission export citation add to favorites track citation. Last mile logistics for disaster relief supply chain management. This lack directly affects effective performance in terms of validity and reliability enhancement in which an adapted resiliency management in relief supply chain strategies could offer a solution to cover the problem. Mizushima, tomasini and van wassenhove, qiang and nagurney, thompson. Networks for africa bellagio center conference, which included educators and researchers as well as practitioners from leading academic institutions as well as ngos and even from a corporation resulted in new professional and personal links being forged.
Although logistics has been mostly utilized in commercial supply chains, it is also an important tool in disaster relief operations. One of the biggest hurdles to overcome in humanitarian relief supply chain is the huge uncertainty in demand and supply as well as the assessment of the needs accompanied by time pressure to supply on time. This is what humanitarian logisticians are up against. Providing humanitarian logistics training to emergency response workers is an effective part of disaster preparedness planning. Disasters are on the rise, more complex, and donor support is increasingly unpredictable.
Now imagine planning the same event but not knowing when or where it will take place, how many spectators will attend or how. Humanitarian logistics is defined as the process of planning. This paper discusses the evolution of supply chain management in disaster relief and the role of new players like the private sector. Logistics of humanitarian aid request pdf researchgate. Many of them have chosen a career in nongovernmental organisations or as policy makers. The definitive guide for the business professional, mcgrawhill. For example, slow steaming, low carbon fuels, cold ironing, real time tracking and more. Some even further suggest supply chain analytics for humanitarian logistics transformation focuses on the important role of humanitarian logistics, networks for africa in support for the implementation of the millennium development goals. In this chapter we utilize this humanitarian supply chain management framework. Originalvalue the research paper shows how essential performance measurement in humanitarian logistics is and what the stateoftheart in this area includes. This paper establishes a better understanding of the factors that influence sourcing decisions in humanitarian supply. Factors influencing procurement performance in humanitarian.
Feb 02, 2017 humanitarian logistics vol 5 issue 2 1. Next, the range of roleplayers engaged in humanitarian logistics, the nature of humanitarian space and the challenges to conventional logistics. Humanitarian logistics insead business press rolando. Key performance indicators in humanitarian logistics by anne leslie davidson submitted to the engineering systems division on may 19, 2006, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of master of engineering in logistics executive summary when disasters strike, relief organizations respond by delivering aid to those in need. Oversights result in serious consequences for the victims of. Performance measurement in humanitarian logistics a. Humanitarian operations georgia institute of technology. Oversights result in serious consequences for the victims of disasters.
These environments commonly need supplies, clothing and food in quantities and times that defy other logistics operations. This may help in developing successful logistics partnerships with each. Mashlm provides education in the key areas of supply chain management, process and project management, strategic management, and. Designing e cient resource procurement and allocation mechanisms in humanitarian logistics shantanu bhattacharya insead, shantanu. Humanitarian logistics is a complex and highly unstable business process, because it involves serious operational challenges such as. In response to this trend humanitarian agencies are looking for more efficient and effective solut. Humanitarian aid environments have a wide variety of actors, each one with different backgrounds, goals, interests, and skills. The result helps the humanitarian logistics community to conduct further research in this area and to develop key performance measures that suit the humanitarian logistics sector. This is the first book that has integrated effective approaches in humanitarian logistics and business supply chain management in a most instructive and inspiring manner, and both sectors can learn so much from it. The customers aid recipients actually have no choice and, therefore, true demand is not created in humanitarian logistics kovacs and spens, 2009. Performance measurement in humanitarian logistics a process. Humanitarian, aid and emergency logistics furthers the scholarly understanding of scm in disaster relief. At the same time, humanitarian supply chains are also argued to be among the most agile supply chains in existence van wassenhove, 2006.
Humanitarian organisations tend to combine local sourcing and international approaches, resulting in considerable complexity. This book comprehensively covers the problems of humanitarian logistics. Such humanitarian logistics processes occur through the humanitarian supply chain. Roland tomasini insead pdf william eric smith fema logistics management directorate pdf. Transportation and vehicle fleet management in humanitarian. I highly recommend to humanitarian logistics professionals as well as business supply chain practitioners. The contextinterventionmechanismoutcome cimo logic is applied to.
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The palgrave handbook of humanitarian logistics and supply. Humanitarian logistics and relief supply chain management is a relatively new area of. Article explains ten strategies used in shipping that will have less negative impact on the environment and that are relevant to the humanitarian sector. In addition to managing resources, it is important to recognize that different actors are involved as kova. Humanitarian logistics download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. The main aims of humanitarian, business and military. This paper builds on the idea that private sector logistics can and should be applied to improve the performance of disaster logistics but that before embarking on this the private sector needs to understand the core capabilities of humanitarian logistics. Humanitarian logistics is a branch of logistics which specializes in organizing the delivery and warehousing of supplies during natural disasters or complex emergencies to the affected area and people.
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