That same year, a total of 414 natural disasters affected 211 million people. "Humanitarian Logistics" examines the challenges facing those whose role it is to organize and distribute resources in difficult situations.
Imagine planning an event like the Olympics. Now imagine planning the same event but not knowing when or where it will take place, or how many will attend. This is what humanitarian logisticians are up against.
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This book focuses on one specific open question: in logistics and supply chain management, what are the cross-learning opportunities for both the businesses and humanitarian organizations that cooperate in disaster relief through ...
This new edition of Humanitarian Logistics also increases the level of input from the practitioner community and broadens the geographic coverage, by introducing new perspectives from Asia and Africa and a number of experienced field ...
Humanitarian Logistics examines the key challenges facing those whose role it is to organize and distribute resources in the most difficult of situations.
... humanitarian organisation is given. Thus, efficiency of humanitarian supply chain operations can be enhanced significantly. x SCM systems also allow humanitarian organisations to comply with SCM Systems for Humanitarian Organisations 237.