Disaster management and humanitarian logistics – A South African perspective
Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management, 2011 Disasters are becoming an unavoidable part of everyday life throughout the world, including South Africa. Even though South Africa is not a country affected by large-scale disasters such as earthquakes, the impact of disasters in South Africa is ...
Wilna L. Bean +3 more
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Developing organisational capabilities to support agility in humanitarian logistics [PDF]
Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management, 2016 Purpose – – The purpose of this paper is to explore the underlying strategic mechanisms of agility in a humanitarian logistics context. Based on the research conducted in business disciplines, the paper empirically examines a set of four strategic ...
Cécile L'Hermitte +3 more
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Services operations management and humanitarian logistics [PDF]
Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management, 2013 Purpose – – This paper aims to examine the nature of service operations management and its application to the field of humanitarian logistics. The purpose of this paper is to assess developments in the humanitarian logistics (HUMLOG) literature over ...
Graham Heaslip
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Performance indicators for humanitarian relief logistics in Taiwan
Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics, 2022 The purpose of this work is to explore the international humanitarian relief organizations in Taiwan, and find the most crucial performance indicators of humanitarian logistics, according to the experience and opinion of those large NGOs in Taiwan.
Saeyeon Roh, Hsuan Hung Lin, Hyunmi Jang
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Humanitarian aid logistics: a Cardiff University research perspective on cases, structures and prospects [PDF]
Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management, 2021 Purpose – This paper provides a contextualised review of research in the area of humanitarian and emergency relief logistics, providing insights with particular emphasis on lessons learned.
Anthony Beresford, Stephen Pettit
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Potential use of focused logistics in disaster relief logistic systems. A conceptual analysis
Revista Facultad de Ingeniería Universidad de Antioquia, 2012 The Focused logistics has been developed in order to respond to the asymmetric, uncertain and variable environments characteristics for the actual military scenes.
Leonardo José Gonzáles Rodríguez +3 more
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Humanitarian logistics: Review and case study of Zimbabwean experiences
Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management, 2010 This paper reviews and presents findings on mini-case studies done on the difficulties and problems faced by humanitarian organisations in running logistics systems in Zimbabwe.
Charles Mbohwa
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Transparency in humanitarian logistics and supply chain: the moderating role of digitalisation [PDF]
Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management, 2022 Purpose – Mismanagement and corruption in disaster relief operations (DROs) have created a demand for transparency and visibility in humanitarian logistics and supply chains.
Tahir Iqbal, Shabir Ahmad
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Big data and humanitarian supply networks: Can Big Data give voice to the voiceless? [PDF]
, 2013 This is the author's accepted manuscript. The final published article is available from the link below. Copyright © 2013 IEEE.Billions of US dollars are spent each year in emergency aid to save lives and alleviate the suffering of those affected by ...
Lycett, M, Monaghan, A
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Diagramming development for a base camp and staging area in a humanitarian logistics base airport [PDF]
Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management, 2017 Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a method for diagramming a base camp or space for emergency workers and a staging area to be used during sorting, storing, loading, and unloading of relief goods in a humanitarian logistics base airport ...
Sunkyung Choi, Shinya Hanaoka
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