Humanitarian Supply Chain
Table of Contents
1. Executive Summary
2. Introduction
3. Literature Review
1. Risk Management in Humanitarian Relief Operations
2. Commercial Supply chain and Humanitarian Supply Chain – A Comparative Study
4. Case Study
1. The Yogyakarta Earthquake – Humanitarian Relief Operations through IFRC’s Decentralized Supply Chain.
5. Areas to focus for Future Research
1. Sourcing and Supplier Management
2. Performance Management
3. Transportation, Model Choice and Routing
4. Distribution Planning
6. Conclusion
7. References
1. Executive Summary
The reported number of disasters has increased in recent years. The number of people affected by these disasters has risen rapidly and obviously they are expecting some helping hands. Due to changing nature and well developed warning systems there is a decrease in number of people who get affected to 75%, as per the report of IFRC (International Federation of Red Cross Red Crescent Societies) world disaster report. This means there is more number of people out there who are in need of local, regional and global Humanitarian assistance. This made the world on the strong dependence on Humanitarian Supply Chains.
The study below will explain how humanitarian supply chain prepare themselves in a risk management, how they perform with respect to the areas that has been affected in the relief operation and how they perform in humanitarian aid operations. Also further explains about the risk factors, drivers and consequences. Disasters happen anywhere, anytime. So on the whole it explains how the humanitarian supply chain handle a difficult situation of the damage and their flow in supply chain for relief operations. This study has a discussion on the literature review and also has a case study to explain how efficient and effective a humanitarian supply chain can
1. Executive Summary
2. Introduction
3. Literature Review
1. Risk Management in Humanitarian Relief Operations
2. Commercial Supply chain and Humanitarian Supply Chain – A Comparative Study
4. Case Study
1. The Yogyakarta Earthquake – Humanitarian Relief Operations through IFRC’s Decentralized Supply Chain.
5. Areas to focus for Future Research
1. Sourcing and Supplier Management
2. Performance Management
3. Transportation, Model Choice and Routing
4. Distribution Planning
6. Conclusion
7. References
1. Executive Summary
The reported number of disasters has increased in recent years. The number of people affected by these disasters has risen rapidly and obviously they are expecting some helping hands. Due to changing nature and well developed warning systems there is a decrease in number of people who get affected to 75%, as per the report of IFRC (International Federation of Red Cross Red Crescent Societies) world disaster report. This means there is more number of people out there who are in need of local, regional and global Humanitarian assistance. This made the world on the strong dependence on Humanitarian Supply Chains.
The study below will explain how humanitarian supply chain prepare themselves in a risk management, how they perform with respect to the areas that has been affected in the relief operation and how they perform in humanitarian aid operations. Also further explains about the risk factors, drivers and consequences. Disasters happen anywhere, anytime. So on the whole it explains how the humanitarian supply chain handle a difficult situation of the damage and their flow in supply chain for relief operations. This study has a discussion on the literature review and also has a case study to explain how efficient and effective a humanitarian supply chain can
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