Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management: Volume 5 Issue 2 , Open Access

Measuring while moving (humanitarian supply chain performance measurement – status of research and current practice)

Charles D'Haene, Sara Verlinde, Cathy Macharis

Raising standards are leading humanitarians to become increasingly interested in measuring the performance of their supply chain. A few researchers have addressed this topic…

Emergency relief supply chain design and trade-off analysis

Jae-Dong Hong, Ki-Young Jeong, Keli Feng

Emergency relief supply chain (ERSC) design is an important strategic decision that significantly affects the overall performance of emergency management activities. The…

Three dimensional printing – a key tool for the humanitarian logistician?

Peter Tatham, Jennifer Loy, Umberto Peretti

3D printing (3DP), which is technically known as additive manufacturing, is being increasingly used for the development of bespoke products within a broad range of commercial…

An integrated approach to agility in humanitarian logistics

Cécile L'Hermitte, Marcus Bowles, Peter Tatham, Ben Brooks

The purpose of this paper is to propose first, a comprehensive model of the concept of agility in a humanitarian logistics context, and second, to generate a research agenda to…

A 3-R principle for characterizing failure in relief supply chains’ response to natural disasters

Imoh Antai, Crispin Mutshinda, Richard Owusu

The purpose of this paper is to introduce a 3R (right time, right place, and right material) principle for characterizing failure in humanitarian/relief supply chains’ response to…

Reverse logistics in humanitarian operations: challenges and opportunities

Umberto Peretti, Peter Tatham, Yong Wu, Fabio Sgarbossa

Whilst implementation of a broad range of reverse logistics (RL) practices is increasingly the norm within commercial supply chain management, they have had limited impact in the…

Editorial

Nezih Altay, Ira Haavisto, Gyöngyi Kovács, Karen Spens