Emergency relief logistics: an evaluation of military, non-military and composite response models

Pettit, Stephen John; Beresford, Anthony Kenneth Charles

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“…The post-disaster period is seen as a good opportunity to engage in activities that will increase the level of development and reduce vulnerability to future disasters (Pettit & Beresford, 2005), implying that projects must be sustainably implemented (Davidson et al, 2007).…”

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Local Resources and Procurement Practices in Humanitarian Supply Chains: An Empirical Examination of Large‐Scale House Reconstruction Projects

Matopoulos

Kovács

Hayes³

2014

Decision Sciences

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Different procurement decisions taken by relief organizations can result in considerably differentimplications in regards to transport, storage, and distribution of humanitarian aid and ultimately can influence the performance of the humanitarian supply chain and the delivery of the humanitarian aid.In this paper we look into what resources are needed and how these resources evolve in the delivery of humanitarian aid. Drawing on the resource-based view of the firm we develop a framework to categorize the impact of local resources on the configuration of humanitarian supply chains. In contrast to other papers, the importance of localizing the configuration of the humanitarian supply chain is not only conceptually recognized, but empirical investigations are also provided. In terms of methodology, this paper is based on the analysis of secondary data from two housing reconstruction projects. Findings indicate that the use of local resources in humanitarian aid has positive effects on programs' overall supply chain performance and these effects are not only related to the macroeconomic perspective, but benefits expand to improvements related to the use of knowledge. At the same time it was found that local sourcing often comes with a number of problems. For example, in one of the cases significant problems existed, which were related to the scarcity of local supplies. Both housing reconstruction projects have indicated the continuous need for changes throughout the programs as a dynamic supply chain configuration is important for the long-term sustainability of reconstruction aid.

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Section: Challenges In Housing Reconstructionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Local Resources and Procurement Practices in Humanitarian Supply Chains: An Empirical Examination of Large‐Scale House Reconstruction Projects

Matopoulos

Kovács

Hayes³

2014

Decision Sciences

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“…Given the fundamental differences between commercial supply chains and humanitarian supply chains (Beamon, 2004;Kovács and Spens, 2007;Oloruntoba and Gray, 2006;Thomas and Kopczak, 2005;Van Wassenhove, 2006) and the similarities between humanitarian supply chains and military supply chains (Oloruntoba and Gray, 2006;Pettit and Beresford, 2005;Rietjens et al, 2007;Skoglund and Hertz, 2007;Tatham, 2006;Tysseland, 2007), a number of issues as presented in Table 1 have materialised. Kovács and Tatham (2009) demonstrated that both humanitarian and military supply chains in contrast to commercial supply chains have to plan to respond for what they view as inevitable events such as natural or complex disasters.…”

Section: Current Supply Chain Theory: Comparison Of Commercial Militmentioning

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“…The accountability and numerous processes, doctrinal conditions and procedures can significantly slow the military involvement (Weeks, 2007). Pettit and Beresford (2005) argue that the use of military in humanitarian aid operations can carry unwanted perceptions and can compromise the neutrality of NGOs working in the disaster relief areas. Nevertheless the military have a wide range of logistic capabilities which are self sustaining and have rapid deployment capabilities as invaluable stop gap measures until the civilian capabilities can take of the relief supply chains.…”

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Improving civil–military coordination in humanitarian logistics: the challenge

Heaslip

Barber

2016

The Irish Journal of Management

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Within the emerging field of humanitarian logistics, the civil–military logistical interface has achieved only minimal attention in academic literature even though most western nations have a civil–military division within their defence departments. Due to fundamental differences between humanitarian and development agencies and international military forces in terms of the principles and doctrines guiding their work, their agendas, operating styles and roles, the area of civil–military logistical coordination in humanitarian relief has proven to be more difficult than other interagency relationships. This paper presents recent research that proposes a model for logistics requirements in humanitarian operations, taking account of where and how civil–military involvement can be most effective and efficient across all phases of humanitarian operations. Interviews were conducted with key personnel in humanitarian and military organisations. The model proposed here, appears to be robust and workable in a range of geopolitical and operational circumstances. We show that the greatest impact of military involvement is most beneficial in the initial crucial life sustaining days immediately after natural disasters. In contrast in manmade complex emergencies, military assistance to the logistical provision of aid is more beneficial when widespread military expertise is provided.

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“…The existing humanitarian logistics literature comprises published works that address the topic from civilmilitary ( Balcik et al 2010;Pettit and Beresford 2005) and operational and logistics ( Van Wassenhove 2006;Kovács and Spens 2007;Maon, Lindgreen, and Vanhamme 2009;Jahre, Jensen, and Listou 2009;Chandes and Paché 2010) perspectives. Numerous DoD publications, regulations, directives, and instructions also address ideal operational decision and financial management processes.…”

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Reacting to Crisis: The Costs of First Response by the United States Navy

Apte

Yoho

2017

Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management

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Abstract:The U.S. Navy has declared humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HADR) operations as a core mission in support of the U.S. national security strategy. However little work has been done to illustrate which vessels are typically deployed for such operations or the costs of these deployments which, as contingencies, are not part of the regular defense budget. In this work we summarize some of the work that has been done in the area of cost analysis for U.S. Navy HADR operations and conclude with implications for policy makers.

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Emergency relief logistics: an evaluation of military, non-military and composite response models

Cited by 199 publications

References 5 publications

Local Resources and Procurement Practices in Humanitarian Supply Chains: An Empirical Examination of Large‐Scale House Reconstruction Projects

Local Resources and Procurement Practices in Humanitarian Supply Chains: An Empirical Examination of Large‐Scale House Reconstruction Projects

Improving civil–military coordination in humanitarian logistics: the challenge

Reacting to Crisis: The Costs of First Response by the United States Navy

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