Integrating supply chains for emergencies and ongoing operations in UNHCR

Journal of Operations Management - Tập 45 - Trang 57-72 - 2016
Marianne Jahre1, Joakim Kembro2, Tina Rezvanian3, Ozlem Ergun3, Svein J. Håpnes4, Peter Berling2,5
1Accounting, Auditing, and Business Analytics, BI Norwegian Business School, 0442 Oslo, Norway
2Industrial Management and Logistics, Lund University, Box 118, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
3Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
4Supply Chain Management and Business Analysis, UNHCR, Ipoly utca 5/B, 1133 Budapest, Hungary
5Linnaeus University, 351 95 Växjö, Sweden

Tóm tắt

AbstractHumanitarian organizations (HOs) often base their warehouse locations on individuals' experience and knowledge rather than on decision‐support tools. Many HOs run separate supply chains for emergency response and ongoing operations. Based on reviews of humanitarian network design literature combined with an in‐depth case study of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), this paper presents a warehouse location model for joint prepositioning that incorporates political and security situation factors. Although accessibility, co‐location, security, and human resources are crucial to the practice of humanitarian operations management, such contextual factors have not been included in existing network optimization models before. We found that when quantified, and modeled, such factors are important determinants of network configuration. In addition, our results suggest that joint prepositioning for emergency response and ongoing operations allows for expansion of the global warehouse network, and reducing cost and response time.

Tài liệu tham khảo

10.1016/j.jom.2016.05.003 Balcik B., 2013, Supplier selection for framework agreements in humanitarian relief, Prod. Oper. Manag., 23, 1028, 10.1111/poms.12098 10.1080/13675560701561789 10.1007/s00170-013-5379-x 10.1108/20426741311328529 Bendz T., 2012, Developing a Warehouse Optimization Model for Humanitarian Logistics. A Study with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 10.1111/poms.12215 10.1111/poms.12177 10.1007/s00291-011-0268-x 10.1016/j.ejor.2010.08.029 10.1016/j.seps.2011.04.004 Charles A., 2010, Improving the Design and Management of Agile Supply Chains: Feedback and Application in the Context of Humanitarian Aid Chopra S., 2010, Supply Chain Management—strategy, Planning and Operation 10.1007/s00291-008-0126-7 10.1287/inte.1100.0526 10.2307/258557 Ellram L.M., 1996, The use of the case study method in logistics research, J. Bus. Logist., 17, 93 10.1016/j.seps.2012.11.002 10.1016/j.ijpe.2010.01.003 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602526 10.1057/jors.2010.67 10.1016/j.jom.2012.08.003 10.1016/j.jom.2013.06.002 10.1016/S0377-2217(96)00106-3 ICSC.A Guide to the Mobility and Hardship Scheme and Related Arrangements.2013 Document available at:http://icsc.un.org/resources/hrpd/mah/MOBILITYENG.pdf 10.1080/16258312.2008.11517198 10.1080/07408170500539113 Komrska J., 2013, When supply chains save lives, Supply Chain Manag. Rev., 42 10.2991/978-94-91216-74-9_3 10.1057/jors.2012.65 10.1007/s00291-011-0237-4 10.1016/0272-6963(93)90002-7 10.1016/j.ijpe.2009.10.004 Miles M.B., 1994, Qualitative Data Analysis: an Expanded Sourcebook 10.1007/s00291-011-0258-z 10.2991/978-94-91216-74-9_2 10.1016/j.ejor.2014.11.030 10.1109/SFCS.2000.892068 Patton M.Q., 1987, How to Use Qualitative Methods in Evaluation Patton M.Q., 1999, Enhancing the quality and credibility of qualitative analysis, HSR Health Serv. Res., 34, 1189 10.1287/opre.34.2.203 10.1016/j.trb.2009.08.003 10.1016/j.tre.2013.12.006 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2009.01119.x Schulz S., 2008, Disaster Relief Logistics. Benefits of and Impediments to Cooperation between Humanitarian Organizations 10.1287/msom.1050.0083 10.1111/poms.12427 10.1016/j.tre.2006.10.012 United Nations Department of Safety and Security.United Nations Security Management System Security Policy Manual Chapter 6: Security Management.2011 April 8 2011 10.1111/j.1475-3995.2010.00792.x 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602125 10.1007/s10898-010-9603-z 10.1108/01443570210414329 www.unhcr.org ; accessed June 20 2015. www.unhrd.org ; accessed June 20 2015. Yin R.K., 2014, Case Study Research—design and Methods
Thông tin
Thông tin xuất bản

Journal of Operations Management

Tập 45

57-72

Thông tin tác giả