The procurement of products and services is a critical and challenging process for
humanitarian organizations (HOs), accounting for approximately 65% of the costs of relief …

Forecasting research in the humanitarian context is scarce. In this literature review, our goal
is not only to show why forecasting research is important for the humanitarian sector, but …

The uncertainty associated with the location, severity and timing of disaster makes it difficult
for the humanitarian organization (HO) to predict demand for the aid material and thereby …

Procurement is essential to the success of humanitarian missions, yet it is relatively under-
researched. This may hinder the progress in the research area and limit its potential for …

Purpose Humanitarian supply chains (HSCs) by their very nature require urgent reaction to
unforeseeable needs, making it difficult to properly plan for the support of actual demands …

Procurement of aid material such as vaccines by a humanitarian agency (HA) is often
fraught with uncertainties. For example, an epidemic outbreak can increase the demand for …

Purpose The purpose of this article is to develop a new model called strategy segmentation
methodology (SSM) by combining the Kraljic portfolio matrix (KPM) and the supplier …

Purpose The impact of supply disruptions from unplanned events can cause goods
shortage, limited responsiveness and high opportunity cost thus compromising development …

The disaster response currently involves an increasing number of different stakeholders,
and understating their wants and needs is essential to managing them. Thus, the research …

This paper presents a multi-attribute reverse auction framework to facilitate the purchase
operations between suppliers and a relief organization. The proposed auction framework …