Humanitarian logistics
Building organisational capacity to support operational agility in humanitarian logistics
... the humanitarian needs, but also to funding uncertainties, to the heterogeneity of the humanitarian organisations involved in the supply networks, and to the evolving nature of the humanitarian work ...
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GIS and optimisation:potential benefits for emergency facility location in humanitarian logistics
... Abstract: Floods are one of the most dangerous and common disasters worldwide, and these disasters are closely linked to the geography of the affected area. As a result, several papers in the academic field of ...
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A Qualitative Analysis of Inventory Management Strategies in Humanitarian Logistics Operations
... international humanitarian institutions with the greatest challenge of supporting an affected population to recover from the emergency and help them return to their normal ...term Humanitarian ...
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Review of intermodal freight transportation in humanitarian logistics
... Transhipment points enable mode changes of the freight being carried in a transportation unit. Various types of containers can be used as transportation units, but to qualify as intermodal transportation, they must be ...
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MODELING A HUMANITARIAN LOGISTICS INFORMATION SYSTEM’S PROCESSES AND INFORMATION NEEDS
... Humanitarian Logistics Management is the process of designing, implementing and controlling efficient / efficient product f low and storage, as well as, relevant information, from the point of origin to the ...
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Humanitarian Logistics in Zimbabwe: A Taxonomic Literature Review
... Humanitarian logistics can be distinguished into these main categories; continuous aid work and disaster relief (Kovacs & Spens, ...about humanitarian logistics concentrate on the first ...
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Investigating the strategic antecedents of agility in humanitarian logistics
... the humanitarian logistics literature to quantify the impact of organisational capacity building on operational agility, that is, to provide evidence that 52 per cent of the ability of fieldworkers to ...
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An analysis of the literature on humanitarian logistics and supply chain management : paving the way for future studies
... In order to deal with situations of disaster in a preventive way or by helping its victims, it is necessary to be aware of the two main types of disasters: natural or man-made, and also the speed of these events, i.e., ...
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Humanitarian Logistics: Challenges for Human Resource Management
... origin to the point of consumption for the purpose of alleviating the suffering of vulnerable people. The function encompasses a range of activities, including preparedness, planning, procurement, transport, warehousing, ...
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HUMANITARIAN LOGISTICS
... for humanitarian response to take place. Humanitarian logistics is the management and execution of the activities needed to plan for and move relief materials and supplies, along with related funds ...
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Humanitarian Relief Organizations and Its Relationship with Logistics Service Providers
... the humanitarian system, rather it is meant to enable interaction and exchange of ...Joint Logistics Center (UNJLC) was responsible for the logistics coordination and not actual management of ...
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Host government impact on the logistics performance of international humanitarian organisations
... Two additional insights are worth discussing. First, the availability of financial resources is not a prerequisite for host government control. We found host governments that had developed subtle ways of regulating ...
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Humanitarian Response Review
... Donors Humanitarian Liaison Working Group (HLWG) and, in the context of “G77”, with representatives of the CAP, UNDAC and “tsunami” affected countries 8 ...the humanitarian community 9 ...
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RELATIONSHIPS AND HUMANITARIAN WORK
... Humanitarian work can be very comfortable for people like Sue with a dismissive attachment style. If they are in a relationship, they usually look forward to the times of separation and independence. Unless their ...
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Dutch Humanitarian Assistance
... the humanitarian situation: ‘…nearly 40 per cent of the rural population cannot count on having sufficient food to satisfy their most basic hun- ger; 57 per cent of the population is under 18 years of age but with ...
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Careers in Humanitarian Engineering
... At least two United Nations languages (Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish). Relevant overseas work experience (1 year +)[r] ...
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The Future of Humanitarian Reporting
... many humanitarian agencies continue to see communication as something that is done to raise money or boost the profile of their disaster relief efforts, the sector is, increasingly, seeing the need for a clear ...
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The Humanitarian Negotiator's Paradox
... There have been other pivotal moments for the MSF in which information management did not play an essential role, some of which were discussed earlier, as when the UN negotiated access on its behalf. However, the three ...
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Humanitarian Intervention and Syria
... (The right to intervene in an ungovernable situation [humanitarian intervention] is the recognition of the right of states to violate the national sovereignty of anot[r] ...
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Responding to Humanitarian Crises
... Among the steps that could have been taken were an international needs assessment to determine high-priority development projects; international development assistance [r] ...
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