Supply chain management for humanitarians : tools for practice / edited by Gyöngyi Kovacs, Karen Spens and Ira Haavisto.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kovacs, Gyongyi, 1977- author.

Contributor:

Kovács, Gyöngyi, editor.

Spens, Karen M., 1963- editor.

Haavisto, Ira, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business logistics.

Humanitarian assistance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (416 pages)

Edition:

1st edition.

Place of Publication:

London, England ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; New Delhi, India : Kogan Page, 2016.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Supply Chain Management for Humanitarians provides an in-depth insight into the management of supply chains in the context of humanitarian logistics. This accessible and practical book considers humanitarian logistics from a strategic and operational perspective.The overarching theme is collaboration and coordination, one of the biggest challenges in the humanitarian community. Supply Chain Management for Humanitarians takes a problem-based learning approach, featuring real cases and examples from leading organizations including Oxfam, Unicef, and The Red Cross. Each chapter is self-standing, relating the content in each chapter to the supply chain as a whole. This enables the reader to easily dip into different sections. At the end of each chapter, there is a case study written by a leading practitioner currently working in the humanitarian field. Supply Chain Management for Humanitarians fills a much needed gap in the market and is essential reading for humanitarians worldwide.

Contents:

Introduction

Exploring logistics competences and capabilities in not-for-profit environments : the case of Médecins Sans Frontières / Diego Vega, Neoma Business School and Cret-Log, France

Setting up a supply chain network

Setting up a humanitarian supply network / Graham Heaslip (HUMLOG Institute, Finland and Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, Ireland) and Gyöngyi Kovács (HUMLOG Institute)

Service triad case study / Graham Heaslip, HUMLOG Institute, Finland and Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, Ireland

Setting up a supply chain network in the Kenyan nutrition sector / Tunca Tabaklar (HUMLOG Institute, Helsinki, Finland) and Olivia Agutu (UNICEF Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya)

Supply chain strategy

Supply chain strategy / Ira Haavisto (HUMLOG Institute), Graham Heaslip (HUMLOG Institute and Galway Mayo Institute of Technology) and Paul Larson (University of Manitoba, Canada)

Case study: partnerships : supply chain strategy / Graham Heaslip, Humlog Institute and Galway Mayo Institute of Technology

Decision making in the supply chain

Decision making in humanitarian logistics / Minchul Sohn (HUMLOG Institute, Finland), Eija Susanna Meriläinen (HUMLOG Institute) and David B Grant (HUMLOG Institute, Finland and Hull University Business School, UK)

Forecasts, financing and acceleration of humanitarian logistics : from supply chain to value chain / Janot Mendler de Suarez, Pablo Suarez, Erin Coughlan de Perez and Dak Martin Doleagbenu, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, Netherlands

Procurement

Procurement in humanitarian supply chains / Ala Pazirandeh, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Joint tender for freight-forwarding services : promises and pitfalls / Ala Pazirandeh (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) and Heidi Herlin (HUMLOG Institute, Finland)

A procurement project in the Philippines / Jonas Stumpf (HELP Logistics AG, Kuehne Foundation, Asia Office), Maximilian Foehse (HELP Logistics AG, Kuehne Foundation, Asia Office) and Tom Godfrey, Save the Children International

Partnerships and innovative procurement as enablers for sustainable development goals / Rolando M Tomasini, Head of Global Outreach at the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)

Transportation, fleet management, delivery and distribution

Transport in humanitarian supply chains / Ruth Banomyong (Thammasat University, Thailand) and David B Grant (HUMLOG Institute, Finland and Hull University Business School, UK)

Humanitarian aid supply corridors : Europe-Iraq / Anthony Beresford, Stephen Pettit and Ziad al Hashimi, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK

Warehouse and inventory management

Warehousing in humanitarian logistics / Alain Vaillancourt, HUMLOG Institute, Finland

Gdacsmobile : an IT tool supporting assessments for humanitarian logistics / Bernd Hellingrath (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany) and Daniel Link (Chair for Information Systems and Supply Chain Management, University of Münster, Germany)

Logistics competency for humanitarian relief : the case of Médecins sans Fontières / Diego Vega, NEOMA Business School, France

Community-managed rural water supply in Ethiopia / Linda Annala, HUMLOG Institute, Finland

Managing supply chain sustainability risks / Alexander Blecken, Anna Gaarde and Nives Costa, United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), Denmark

Using three-dimensional printing in a humanitarian context : challenges and solutions / Peter Tatham (Department of International Business and Asian Studies, Griffith University, Australia) and Jennifer Loy (Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Australia)

Making performance measurement work in humanitarian logistics : the case of an IT-supported balanced scorecard / Bernd Hellingrath (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany) and Adam Widera (Chair for Information Systems and Supply Chain Management, University of Münster, Germany)

Boko haram : the security and supply chain management challenges of providing relief / Richard Oloruntoba, University of Newcastle, Australia

References

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780749474690

0749474696

OCLC:

952277344