Index

Tatenda Talent Chingono (University of Johannesburg, South Africa)
Charles Mbohwa (University of Johannesburg, South Africa)

Supply Networks in Developing Countries: Sustainable and Humanitarian Logistics in Growing Consumer Markets

ISBN: 978-1-80117-195-3, eISBN: 978-1-80117-194-6

Publication date: 8 June 2023

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Chingono, T.T. and Mbohwa, C. (2023), "Index", Supply Networks in Developing Countries: Sustainable and Humanitarian Logistics in Growing Consumer Markets, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 145-153. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80117-194-620231012

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Copyright © 2023 Tatenda Talent Chingono and Charles Mbohwa


INDEX

Accountability
, 25

Action Aid
, 19

ADRA
, 19

Africa Regional Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction
, 19

African nations
, 5

African Science and Technology Advisory Group (Af-STAG)
, 100

African Union (AU)
, 19

Agile and lean-based strategies for reverse logistics
, 84

Agile supply chain
, 49–50

Agile supply networks
, 3

Agility
, 52–54, 75

Aid organisations
, 3, 23

Aidmatrix
, 3

Air cargo supply chain
, 64

Airbnb
, 103

American logistics aid networks
, 3

Appointments
, 104

Armed conflict
, 5–6

AU regional strategy
, 32

Avoidance
, 81

Basic humanitarian operations
, 8

Beneficiaries
, 3

Biodiesel
, 80

Bioenergy products
, 80

Bioethanol
, 80

Biogas
, 80

Biomasses
, 80

Blockchains

basics
, 114–115

in humanitarian logistics and SCM
, 115–116

in logistics and supply chain management
, 113–114

prospects of blockchain in logistics and SCM
, 119–120

Boards
, 25

Bosch
, 122

Build-to-order supply chains
, 22

Building Disaster Resilience to Natural Hazards in Sub-Saharan African Regions, Countries and Communities’ programme
, 33

Business planning policy
, 65

Calls
, 104

Carbon credits
, 115

Carbon dioxide
, 80

CARE
, 3

Care International
, 19

Cargo security
, 76

Caribbean region
, 40

Cash and voucher aid (C&V aid)
, 111

Cashless payment systems
, 113

Centralised structures
, 20

Certificates
, 104–105

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport
, 24

Clever transportation systems
, 101–102

Clients (see Victims)

Climate change
, 7–8, 31, 38

Climate variability
, 7–8

Closed loop strategies
, 85

CMR1 consignment note
, 104

Collaboration
, 22–23, 67

in humanitarian logistics
, 137

in supply chain management
, 75

Commercial logistics
, 1, 47

Commercial supply chains
, 4

Commodity procurement
, 13

Communication
, 23, 67

theory
, 10

Communities
, 3

Competing values theory
, 10

Computations
, 65

Consolidation
, 21

Contingency planning in Africa
, 11–12

Continuous replenishment supply chain
, 49

Contract negotiation
, 106

Cooperation
, 21

issues
, 76

Coordination
, 21–23, 53, 67

issues
, 76

of research activities
, 139–140

Corporate donors
, 45

Counterfeit products
, 117

Crisis management
, 4

Critical success factors (CSFs)
, 129

Cross-country comparison
, 33

Customers
, 3

service packaging
, 46

Cyclical models
, 70

Data collection in humanitarian logistics
, 137–138

Data governance
, 123

Data innovation
, 91–92

DB Schenker
, 122

De-centralised structures
, 20

Decentralised value chain operations
, 123

Delivery coordination
, 95

Dependability
, 51

Developing nations
, 40

Developing World
, 3, 12

DFID
, 3

Digests
, 80

Digital currency
, 115

Digitalisation of humanitarian aid and logistics
, 111–112

Digitalised communication
, 103–104

Digitalised logistics
, 112–113

Digitised supply chains
, 120–122

Dineo cyclone
, 7–8

Disaster appeals
, 60

Disaster management
, 47–48, 59

cycle
, 57–59

policies for training in
, 23–24

Disaster Management Act 57 of 2002
, 11, 24

Disaster Management Authority of Mozambique
, 12

Disaster Management Institute of South Africa
, 24

Disaster relief

and management
, 21

recommendations for investment in
, 61

theoretical model of
, 70–71

Disaster risk management
, 11–12, 58

Disaster Risk Management Training and Education Centre for Africa
, 24

Disaster risk reduction (DRR)
, 100

science and technology in
, 100

Disasters
, 4–5, 31, 46, 57

AU regional strategy
, 32

climate change
, 38

economic and social impacts of disasters in emerging economies
, 38–39

efficiency of disaster response
, 9

failure to recover
, 43

across globe
, 39–41

population growth in hazard-prone urban areas
, 37

recovering from
, 42

sub-Saharan Africa’s disaster profile
, 32–35

success and failure in recovery outcomes
, 42

and sustainable development in Africa
, 8–9

systematic risk reduction recommendations
, 37

vulnerability and systematic risk
, 35–37

Disposition
, 81

Distributed system
, 115

Distributed transactions
, 110

Documents
, 104

Domain-specific descriptions
, 108

Domestic funding
, 61

Domestic non-governmental organisations
, 22

Donations
, 63

Donors
, 3

Droughts
, 5

Dual-cycle model
, 70–71

E-cash programmes
, 112–113

E-vouchers programmes
, 112–113

Earthquakes
, 4

Effective resource allocation
, 9

Efficiency of disaster response
, 9

El Nino Southern Oscillation phenomenon
, 34

Eline of 2000 in Southern Africa
, 12

Emergency Events Database
, 7

Emerging economies, economic and social impacts of disasters in
, 38–39

Enterprise resource planning
, 99

Epidemics
, 4

European Union (EU)
, 107

Event management
, 112–113

Ex ante public investments
, 35

Extended point of delivery and relief to beneficiaries
, 66–67

Extreme events
, 34

Extreme hydro-meteorological events
, 31

Favio hit Mozambique
, 12

FESTO
, 122

Fleet Forum
, 139–140

Flexibility
, 51, 53–54

Flooding
, 7

Floods
, 4

Forecasting
, 93–94

Foreign donors
, 13–14

Foreigners
, 6–7

Forward logistics
, 81–82

Four-stage standard process model for disaster assistance
, 70

Fourth Industrial Revolution
, 2

Framework agreements
, 105

Fraunhofer Institute
, 121–122

Freight exchanges
, 106

Fritz Institute
, 3, 92

Fully flexible supply chain
, 50

Gatekeeping
, 81

General climate models (GCMs)
, 38

Generic humanitarian supply chains
, 48–51

Generic supply chain
, 51–52

Geographic information systems (GISs)
, 70, 129

Global Impact
, 60

Global sourcing trends
, 54

Governmental institutions
, 61

Governments
, 3, 22

donors
, 45

regulations
, 26

Graphical Evaluation and Review Technique (GERT)
, 69–70

Green logistics
, 2

Gross domestic product (GDP)
, 36

GSCM compliance-centred strategies for reverse logistics
, 83–84

High abstraction model
, 22

Horizontal coordination
, 20, 22

Horn of Africa
, 5

Human capacity building for disaster risk management in Africa
, 23

Human Development Index
, 5

Human resources
, 61

Humanitarian appeal
, 4–5

Humanitarian calamities
, 3

Humanitarian logistics
, 1, 19, 45, 129

academia, humanitarian organisations, and competition
, 134–135

access to research issues
, 134

analysis and review
, 12

background review
, 1–2

blockchains in
, 115–116

building theory of HSC policy
, 19–20

characteristics
, 3, 46

collaboration in humanitarian logistics
, 137

commercial logistics vs.
, 47

communication issues
, 134

contextualisation issues
, 132

coordination and frameworks
, 21–22

data collection in humanitarian logistics
, 137–138

difficult data collection
, 132–133

digitised supply chains and
, 120–122

frameworks and policy
, 20–21

impact of humanitarian logistics research
, 130–131

i-cargo ontologies
, 107–108

in industry 4.0 literature
, 122–123

key humanitarian logistics challenges
, 130

knowledge base
, 106–108

multiplicity of actors
, 22–23

need to avoid fixed and irrelevant logistics networks
, 10–11

and open agendas
, 136–137

operations and IoT in
, 118–119

opportunities and challenges for humanitarian logistics in growing consumer markets
, 140–141

and performance metrics
, 136

policies for training in disaster management
, 23–24

policy and framework challenges of humanitarian logistics in Africa
, 24–26

poorly defined problems
, 131–132

and relief supply chain steps
, 76–77

research, and relevance for practice
, 131–136

research work on
, 13–14

routeing
, 118

security
, 118

tracking
, 118

trust issues
, 134

validation issues
, 133

web of needs
, 106–107

Humanitarian operations
, 47

Humanitarian policy
, 26

Humanitarian relief
, 19

Humanitarian response operations
, 8

Humanitarian supply chains
, 2–4, 48, 69

agility
, 75

applying proper supply chain strategy
, 74

collaboration in supply chain management
, 75

coordination and cooperation issues
, 76

creating supply chain resilience
, 73–74

humanitarian logistics and relief supply chain steps
, 76–77

linear sequence models vs. cyclical models
, 70

mapping supply chain
, 74

model-based strategy for simulation
, 71–73

new culture
, 75

reconsidering supply approach for HL
, 74

relief supply chain management challenges
, 76

supply chain reconfiguration
, 74

supply chain structure
, 76

theoretical model of disaster relief
, 70–71

Humanitarian supply networks
, 2–3

Hydro-meteorological services
, 37

i-cargo ontologies
, 107–108

IBM
, 116

Imbawula heating stoves
, 7

Immutability quality
, 107

Industrial Data Space (IDS)
, 118

Industrial Data Space Association
, 122

Industry 4.0
, 99

basics of blockchains
, 114–115

blockchains in humanitarian logistics and SCM
, 115–116

blockchains in logistics and supply chain management
, 113–114

decentralised value chain operations
, 123

digitalisation of humanitarian aid and logistics
, 111–112

digitalised logistics
, 112–113

digitised supply chains and humanitarian logistics
, 120–122

distributed transactions and long-running work
, 110

ease of paperwork processing freight transportation
, 116–117

expressing technology user agreement
, 111

humanitarian logistics in industry 4. 0 literature
, 122–123

humanitarian logistics knowledge base
, 106–108

identifying counterfeit products
, 117

logistics information requirements
, 109–110

message retraction
, 110

multi-modal routeing algorithms
, 123–124

operations and IoT in humanitarian logistics
, 118–119

prospects of blockchain in logistics and SCM
, 119–120

science and technology in disaster risk reduction
, 100

supply chain service descriptions
, 108–109

TMS
, 101–106

and tracking
, 117–118

Information and communication technologies (ICT)
, 99

Information technology (IT)
, 2, 89

applications for relief organisations
, 91–92

drivers for IT use in SCM
, 93

effectiveness of IT on relief logistics
, 92

forecasting and quantification
, 93–94

HSC and
, 95

order tracking and delivery coordination
, 95

procurement
, 94

recommendations
, 95–96

research constructs
, 89–90

supply chain planning and collaboration
, 94–95

technological shortage
, 90

transaction processing
, 94

usage level
, 90–91

Innovation-centred strategies for reverse logistics
, 84–85

Integrated development plan (IDP)
, 24

Integrated supply chains
, 22

Intelligent transportation systems (ITS)
, 99

Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
, 34

International NGOs
, 22

Internet of Things (IoT)
, 99

Inventory consolidation
, 21

Inventory control
, 46

Inventory holding
, 62–63

Inventory management approaches for humanitarian logisticians
, 63

Irpinia earthquake (1980)
, 43

Kamchatka earthquake in Russia (1952)
, 43

Kanbans
, 63

Knowledge chain
, 75

Landslides
, 4

Language
, 11

usage and translation
, 138

Lean supply chain
, 49

Linear sequence models
, 70

Loading ramps
, 65

LogiCo
, 107

LogiServ
, 107

Logistics (see also Humanitarian logistics)
, 22, 81

and environment
, 83

information requirements
, 109–110

logistics 4.0
, 101–102

service providers
, 3

Long-running work
, 110

Man-made disasters
, 3

Manufacturing companies
, 45

Material handling
, 46

Maule catastrophe
, 42

Message retraction
, 110

Military
, 45

organisations
, 22

service providers
, 3

Milk runs
, 63

Mitigation
, 48, 59

Model-based strategy for simulation
, 71–73

Mount Karthala in Comoros
, 34

Mount Nyiragongo in Democratic Republic of the Congo
, 34

Multi-modal routeing algorithms
, 123–124

Municipal Systems Act
, 24

National Disaster Management Organization
, 23–24

Natural catastrophes
, 35

Natural disasters
, 3, 7, 39

Non-governmental organisations (NGOs)
, 2–3, 45, 61, 111

Non-logistics programme units
, 2

Open agendas
, 136–137

Open Logistics Networks
, 108

Operation excellence
, 112

Operational bottlenecks
, 65

Operations Research (OR)
, 70, 129

Order management
, 46

Order tracking
, 95

Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
, 111

Ownership documents
, 115

Oxfam
, 3, 19

Peer-to-peer network (P2P network)
, 114, 121

Performance measurement
, 52

Performance metrics
, 136

Permanent networks
, 20

Photosynthesis
, 80

Planning
, 59–60

Population growth in hazard-prone urban areas
, 37

Positioning
, 62

Postponement
, 53

Pre-positioning of stocks
, 12

Preparation
, 47

Preparedness
, 47, 59–60

Price bargaining
, 105

Price negotiation
, 105

Price sensitivity
, 105

Privacy
, 104

Probabilistic risk assessments
, 33

Problem-solving
, 72

Procurement
, 12–13, 94

Product recovery
, 81

Projects
, 3

Provincial Disaster Management Centre of Western Cape
, 24

Public government donors
, 3

Purchasing
, 62

Purchasing consolidation
, 21

Quality dimensions
, 105–106

Quality trends
, 54

Quantification
, 93–94

Quinscape
, 122

Rain-fed agriculture
, 31

Real-time rerouting
, 118

Reconstruction
, 47

Recourse mobilisation
, 60–61

Recovery
, 48, 59

Recycling
, 79

Red Cross
, 2

Reduce/reuse/recycle processes (R3 processes)
, 51–52

Relationship management theory
, 10, 22

Reliability
, 51

Relief operations
, 59

Relief organisations
, 39

importance of validating findings with
, 138

Relief supply chain

management challenges
, 76

umbrella
, 67

Resilience
, 40

Resource-based view of firm
, 10

Resource description framework (RDF)
, 106–107

Response
, 47, 59

Results sharing and dissemination, importance of
, 138–139

Return freight
, 105

Returns management
, 81

Reverse logistics
, 2–3, 46, 79–80

agile and lean-based strategies for reverse logistics
, 84

barriers to good
, 83

challenges for
, 86

closed loop strategies
, 85

cost implications
, 82

and environment
, 86

GSCM compliance-centred strategies for reverse logistics
, 83–84

impacts
, 82

innovation-centred strategies for reverse logistics
, 84–85

logistics and environment
, 83

product recovery and waste management
, 81

returns management
, 81

Risk profiles
, 33

Salzgitter
, 122

Schaeffler
, 122

Science and technology in disaster risk reduction
, 100

Sequencing supplies in line (SILS)
, 63

Setlog
, 122

SHACL
, 109–110

Short-term management
, 4

SICK
, 122

Simulation

model-based strategy for
, 71–73

models
, 65, 69

Smart contracts
, 115

SmartLog
, 123

Sourcing
, 62

Stakeholders
, 3

groupings of
, 45–46

Stock asset management
, 66

Storms
, 4, 34

Sub-Saharan Africa’s disaster profile
, 32–35

Suplier subassembly
, 63

Supply chain
, 71

agility trends
, 54

analytical frameworks
, 22

channels and network design
, 45

disaster management
, 47–48

flexibility
, 51

future research
, 54

generic humanitarian supply chains
, 48–51

generic supply chain
, 51–52

groupings of stakeholders
, 45–46

humanitarian operations
, 47

humanitarian supply chains
, 48

mapping
, 74

performance measurement
, 52

planning and collaboration
, 94–95

reconfiguration
, 74

resilience
, 73–74

service descriptions
, 108–109

structure
, 76

supply chain management practices applicable during humanitarian relief operations
, 52–54

supply network components of humanitarian aid
, 46

systems
, 2, 57

vulnerability
, 22

Supply chain management (SCM)
, 1, 93, 101, 129

blockchains in
, 115–116

drivers for IT use in
, 93

prospects of blockchain in logistics and SCM
, 119–120

Supply network components of humanitarian aid
, 46

Supply network management (SNM)
, 129

Sustainable development in Africa
, 8–9

Systematic risk
, 35–37

reduction recommendations
, 37

Technology readiness level (TRL)
, 123

Temporary networks
, 20

ThyssenKrupp
, 122

Tracing
, 65

Tracking
, 65

Transaction processing
, 94

Transition phase
, 47

Transparency
, 25

Transport and execution system
, 64

Transport ontologies
, 108

Transportation
, 46

consolidation
, 21

system management
, 64–65

Transportation management systems (TMS)
, 99, 101–106

Transporters
, 46

Tropical storms and cyclones
, 34

Trust
, 103

Tsunami risk
, 35

Uber
, 103

United Nations (UN)
, 4–5, 57

agencies
, 3

relief agencies
, 45

relief organisations
, 22

United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
, 2

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
, 31

Unmanned aerial vehicle systems (UAVs)
, 129

Unpredictable demand and supply
, 9

Urban dwellers
, 32

Urgent reaction
, 47

USAID
, 3

Vajont Dam (1963)
, 43

Vertical coordination
, 20, 22

Victims
, 46

Virtual integration
, 53

Virtual technology integration
, 102

Volcanic eruptions
, 4

Volcanoes
, 34

Vulnerability
, 35–37

of people and economies of Sub-Saharan Africa
, 31

Walmart
, 117

Warehouse management systems
, 99

Warehousing
, 46

Waste management
, 81

Web of needs (WoN)
, 102, 106–107

Wildfires
, 4, 7

World Food Programme (WFP)
, 2

World Vision
, 3

World Vision International
, 19

Wrong assumptions
, 106

WS-Business Activity (WS-BA)
, 110

Xenophobia
, 6–7