Humanitarian Logistics: Meeting the Challenge of Preparing for and Responding to Disasters [NOOK Book]

Introduction Martin Christopher (Marketing and Logistics, Cranfield School of Management) and Peter Tatham (Human Systems and Military and Humanitarian Logistics, Cranfield School of Management)

1 Risky business: what humanitarians can learn from business logisticians – and vice versa Paul D Larson (Supply Chain Management, University of Manitoba)

2 Impacts of funding systems on humanitarian operations Tina Wakolbinger (Fogelman College of Business and Economics, University of Memphis) and Fuminori Toyasaki (School of Administrative Studies, York University)

3 The importance of information technology in humanitarian supply chains: Opportunities and challenges in the Helios project Martijn Blansjaar (Logistics and Supply, OXFAM GB) and Charl van der Merwe (Safety Management Systems, Oxfam International)

4 Humanitarian logistics metrics: where we are and how we might improve Peter Tatham and Kate Hughes (Managerial Decision-making in Humanitarian Supply Chain Response, Macquarie Graduate School of Management)

5 Humanitarian logistics and the cluster approach: Global shifts and the US perspective Nezih Altay (Operations Management, DePaul University) and Melissa Labonte (Political Science, Fordham University)

6 The 2004 Thailand tsunami reviewed: Lessons learned Stephen Pettit (Logistics and Humanitarian Aid Delivery, Cardiff-Cranfield Humanitarian Logistics Initiative), Anthony Beresford (Transport and Shipping Research Group, Cardiff Business School), Michael Whiting (Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply, and Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport) and Ruth Banomyong (International Business, Logistics, and Transport Management of Commerce and Accountancy, Thammasat University)

7 The journey to humanitarian supply management: An African perspective Paul SN Buatsi (Omega Strategic Resources Ltd and HUMLOG Group)

8 Humanitarian logistics in the United States: Supply chain systems for responding to domestic disasters Jarrod Goentzel (Supply Chain Management, MIT) and Karen Spens (Supply Chain Management and Corporate Geography, Hanken School of Economics)

9 The supply network’s role as an enabler of development Deb Ellis (Supply Chain Consulting, Carpenter Ellis)

10 Humanitarian logistics professionalism David Moore (Centre for Defense Acquisition, Cranfield University) and David Taylor (Centre for Defense Acquisition, Cranfield University)

11 Humanitarian logistics: A cultural perspective Rachel Dowty (Disaster Science and Management, Louisiana Statye University)

12 The impossible interface? Combining humanitarian logistics and military supply chain capabilities Jersey Seipel (Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Massey University and University of Sydney)

13 Disaster agencies and military forces – not such strange bedfellows after all Tim Cross (Retired Major General, British Army)

14 So where next? Developments in humanitarian logistics Gyöngyi Kovács (Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Institute, Hanken School of Economics and Finnish National Defence University)