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Informationen zum Autor Dr. Ira Haavisto is the director of the HUMLOG Institute. She is co-editor in chief of the Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management and teaches supply chain management and social responsibility at Hanken School of Economics in Finland. Dr Gyöngyi Kovács is the Erkko Professor in Humanitarian Logistics at the Hanken School of Economics and is the Head of Supply Chain Management and Social Responsibility. She has published widely in humanitarian logistics and sustainable supply chain management. She is the Director of the HUMLOG Institute and lectures in supply chain management and corporate geography. Professor Karen Spens is the Director of the Hanken School of Economics, as well as professor of supply chain management. She has published extensively in logistics and supply chain management, particularly in health care and humanitarian supply chains. Klappentext 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 both 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. Shows how to integrate collaboration and coordination into working practices, one of the current biggest challenges in the humanitarian community. Zusammenfassung Examine supply chain management in the context of humanitarian logistics, supported by international practitioner case studies and problem-based learning. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART ONE Logistics and supply chain management in the humanitarian context1.1 IntroductionIra Haavisto, Gyöngyi Kovács and Karen M Spens, Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Research Institute (HUMLOG Institute), Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki, FinlandIntroductionWhat is so special about humanitarian logistics?Trade-offs in humanitarian logisticsStrategic, tactical and operational levelsActivities, phases and mandatesConcluding remarksNotesReferences1.2 Exploring logistics competences and capabilities in not-for-profit environments: the case of Médecins Sans FrontièresDiego Vega, Neoma Business School and Cret-Log, FranceIntroductionLiterature reviewResearch designResultsDiscussion and implicationsReferencesPART TWO Setting up a supply chain network2.1 Setting up a humanitarian supply networkGraham Heaslip (HUMLOG Institute, Finland and Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, Ireland) and Gyöngyi Kovács (HUMLOG Institute)IntroductionLocal versus global considerations in humanitarian supply chainsAnticipating, and preparing for, new risksCash transfer programmes changing the logic of humanitarian supply chainsConcluding remarksReferences2.2 Service triad case studyGraham Heaslip, HUMLOG Institute, Finland and Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, IrelandThe buyer organizationThe service providerThe end customerFindingsReferences2.3 Setting up a supply chain network in the Kenyan nutrition sectorTunca Tabaklar (HUMLOG Institute, Helsinki, Finland) and Olivia Agutu (UNICEF Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya)IntroductionTrade-offs in procurement decisions in setting up a supply chain networkKenyan nutrition supply chainProcu...
