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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 MontazeriAuthor: Stumpf, Jonas | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7941-6564
Co-author: Jaeschke, Niklas
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, EISBN 9783030954017, ISBN 9783030954000
Publisher of document: Cham : Springer
Date: 25 September 2022 | Pages: pages 87–101
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-95401-7_8
Copyright: (©)The Author(s) | License: Under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG
