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C/OM/169. Humanitarian supply chain management: features, challenges and IT solutions

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4700
DATE:
2009
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49.99 GBP

The paper examines the features of humanitarian supply chain management (SCM) describing organisations, activities and challenges in the humanitarian SCM for the procurement, delivery, warehousing and distribution of the aid, highlighting the role of CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) in an ethical and responsible humanitarian SCM, addressing coordination issues and challenges of the humanitarian SCM providing examples of best practices and emphasising the importance of agility, adaptability and alignment in a ‘managed’ humanitarian supply chain response. The use of IT innovations in modelling and simulation of humanitarian SCM is discussed highlighting the optimisation of information and material flows for collaborative coordination

 

KEYWORDS: Humanitarian supply chain, SCM, CSR, Corporate Social Responsibility,