Logistics service network design for humanitarian response in East Africa

É Dufour, G Laporte, J Paquette, MÈ Rancourt - Omega, 2018 - Elsevier
The outsourcing of management and logistics functions for the humanitarian sector has
become increasingly common following similar trends in the commercial sector. The United …

A two-stage approach to agile pharmaceutical supply chain management with product substitutability in crises

M Roshan, R Tavakkoli-Moghaddam… - Computers & Chemical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Natural disasters refer to a set of harmful incidents, which do not originate in humans and
threaten human lives around the world. These incidents are usually unpredictable. While …

An RFID-based inventory management framework for emergency relief operations

EE Ozguven, K Ozbay - Transportation research part C: emerging …, 2015 - Elsevier
In the aftermath of super storm Sandy, a large region from North Carolina to Maine endured
food shortages, power outages, and long lines at gas stations forced to ration fuel due to low …

Humanitarian/emergency logistics models: A state of the art overview

D Rafael, B Joshua, T Ange-Lionel, G Bridget… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - dl.acm.org
The occurrence of a natural disaster is generally characterized not only by the tremendous
physical and material damage, but also by the substantial social and economic impact on …

Multi objective optimization for humanitarian logistics operations through the use of mobile technologies

MA Serrato-Garcia, J Mora-Vargas… - Journal of Humanitarian …, 2016 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the development and implementation of a
multiobjective optimization model and information system based on mobile technology, to …

Research in humanitarian supply chain management and a new framework

D Yu, MG Yalcin, K Özpolat, DN Hales - 2015 - digitalcommons.uri.edu
With the frequency and magnitude of disasters on the rise, millions of people suffer huge
losses every year. Scholars have recently proposed various frameworks in disaster relief …

Case study–based evaluation of stochastic multicommodity emergency inventory management model

EE Ozguven, K Ozbay - Transportation research record, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Emergency disaster management has emerged as a vital tool for reducing the harm and
alleviating the suffering that disasters worldwide cause their victims. A significant task of …

A numerical approach for inventory pre-positioning in emergency management

V Di Pasquale, F Fruggiero, R Iannone - Journal of Humanitarian …, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose The increasing number of natural disasters has increased the attention on
emergency plans aimed at providing fast support to affected communities. In this context …

Modelling of uncertainty in minimising the cost of inventory for disaster relief

E Van Wyk, WL Bean, VSS Yadavalli - South African Journal of …, 2011 - scielo.org.za
South African Journal of Industrial Engineering May 2011 Vol 22(1): 1-11 MODELLING OF
UNCERTAINTY IN MINIMISING THE COST OF I Page 1 South African Journal of Industrial …

An RFID-based inventory management framework for efficient emergency relief operations

EE Ozguven, K Ozbay - 2012 15th International IEEE …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Emergency disaster management has emerged as a vital tool to reduce the harm and
alleviate the suffering the disasters can cause to their victims. A significant task of planners …