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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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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.

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