... field, providing support for NGOs and governments when they respond to major disasters. However, the academic literature on humanitarian logistics has not really explored the roles that LSPs play in relief supply chains. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of LSPs in humanitarian relief...

... debate with a view to improving the outcome for those affected by current and future disasters. The global demand for humanitarian assistance, including requests for assistance by national Governments, continues to rise. This is triggered and sustained by the increased severity of natural hazards...

...Peter Tatham; Stephen Pettit; Marianne Jahre; Leif‐Magnus Jensen Purpose In the field of humanitarianism, cluster thinking has been suggested as a solution to the lack of coordinated disaster response. Clusters for diverse functions, including sheltering, logistics and water and sanitation, can...

...Peter Tatham; Stephen Pettit; Pamela C. Nolz; Karl F. Doerner; Richard F. Hartl Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present an operations research (OR) model for planning water distribution tours in disaster relief. Especially in situations after a disaster occurrence, characterized...

...Mustafa A. Ertem; Nebil Buyurgan; Manuel D. Rossetti Purpose The purpose of this paper is to address the inefficiency in resource allocation for disaster relief procurement operations. It presents a holistic and reconfigurable procurement auctions‐based framework which includes the announcement...

... does not include articles that are not peer‐reviewed. Practical implications This paper will serve as a guide to supply chain managers who would like to know how crises, disasters, and disruptions in supply chains have been handled in existing academic literature. Originality/value To the best...

...R. Glenn Richey, Jr; R. Glenn Richey, Jr Purpose The research on supply chains concerning disaster and crisis situations is in its infancy, but rapidly expanding on the backs of top researchers in the field. As with most young research streams there is very little theoretical grounding in extant...

...Geoffrey T. Stewart; Ramesh Kolluru; Mark Smith Purpose As noted in the Department of Homeland Security's National Response Framework, disasters are inherently local and ultimately the responsibility of the lowest jurisdictional level present within the impacted area. Given these parameters...

...Dennis Degeneffe; Jean Kinsey; Thomas Stinson; Koel Ghosh Purpose In the light of lessons learned from recent disasters (The London subway bombings, and Hurricane Katrina), it has become increasingly clear that supply chain partners as well as government agencies need to be prepared to communicate...

...Marcia Perry Purpose The paper aims to discuss the findings of a humanitarian logistics manager field study on response activity concerning the 2004 tsunami disaster in terms of what should have occurred and to present a comprehensive hindsight‐analysis case for a model placing natural disaster...

...Marianne Jahre; Gøran Persson; Gyöngyi Kovács; Karen M. Spens Purpose This paper aims to further the understanding of planning and carrying out logistics operations in disaster relief. Design/methodology/approach Topical literature review of academic and practitioner journals. Findings...

...Trevor Hale; Christopher R. Moberg Purpose Terrorist attacks, natural disasters, and regional power outages from the past several years have all highlighted the low levels of disaster preparedness that exist at many firms. Supply chain disruptions caused by external events can have a significant...