Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management: Volume 7 Issue 3 , Open Access

Decision support framework for location selection and disaster relief network design

Giuseppe Timperio, Gajanan Bhanudas Panchal, Avinash Samvedi, Mark Goh, Robert De Souza

The purpose of this paper is to provide a decision support framework for locations identification to address network design in the domain of disaster relief supply chains. The…

A model for enterprise resource planning in emergency humanitarian logistics

Jose V. Gavidia

While the need for information systems is regularly highlighted in the humanitarian logistics literature, a detailed model of what such system would look like is missing. The…

Analyzing the response to epidemics: concept of evidence-based Haddon matrix

Azrah Anparasan, Miguel Lejeune

The purpose of this paper is to propose a novel evidence-based Haddon matrix that identifies intervention options for organizations and governments responding to an epidemic in a…

The potential role of philanthropy in humanitarian supply chains delivery: the case of Thailand

Ruth Banomyong, Puthipong Julagasigorn

The purpose of this paper is to provide a framework on how strategic philanthropy can be included in humanitarian supply chains delivery. This framework explains the modalities…

Value supply chains at the base of the pyramid: studies of past and present textile networks

Sameer Prasad, James Jaffe, Kuntal Bhattacharyya, Jasmine Tata, Donna Marshall

Billions of entrepreneurs at the Base of the Pyramid (BoP) operate as small-scale producers within multi-tiered supply chain networks. Unfortunately, a majority of these…

How social entrepreneurship can be useful in long-term recovery following disasters

Sherwat Elwan Ibrahim, Raghda El Ebrashi

This paper supports the call for using a separate research stream for long-term recovery vs disaster relief in humanitarian studies. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the…

Managing military involvement in emergency preparedness in developed countries

Elvira Kaneberg

The purpose of this paper is to analyse supply chain network management (SCNM) in the context of emergency preparedness management (EPM). The results of this study revealed that…