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Measuring and Fostering Supply Chain Resilience in the Humanitarian Context

The severe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has brought the consequences of supply chain disruptions into our everyday life. Organizations operating in the humanitarian space are confronted with supply chain risks in the majority of their programs. Building and strengthening supply chain resilience, in particular in the context of humanitarian operations, is critical. However, it is also a complex, time and resource intense undertaking. To tackle this challenge we present a proven approach that helps gaining fact-based knowledge on supply chain vulnerabilities and lays the foundation for impactful supply chain investments. We recommend a thorough analysis of the operating environment and the contextual factors by tapping into tools such as the “Country Logistics Resilience Indicator” tool. Ultimately, building resilience requires smart, sustainable, and long-term investment plans. To develop such investment plans and maximize the investment impact, HELP Logistics and KLU have benefitted from existing preparedness frameworks that highlight the relevance of considering both intra- and inter-organizational supply chain investments.

Uploaded by: Hassan Montazeri
Author: Stumpf, Jonas | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7941-6564
Co-author: Jaeschke, Andrea
Co-author: Rustemeier, Lisa
Co-author: Besiou, Maria | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6401-2738
Institution: Kühne Logistics University | Centre: Sustainable Operations for Resource Management and Food Supply (SCO)
Type: Chapter in book | English | Peer Reviewed
Subjects: Logistics

Published in: Supply Chain Resilience: Insights from Theory and Practice, Online ISBN 978-3-030-95401-7
Publisher of document: Springer, Cham Online ISBN978-3-030-95401-7
Date: 25 September 2022 | Pages: 87–101
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-95401-7_8
Copyright: Jonas Stumpf, Niklas Jaeschke, Maria Besiou, Lisa Rustemeier