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Author
Michael Howden
Title
How humanitarian logistics information systems can improve humanitarian supply chains: A view from the field
Type
Conference Article
Year
2009
Publication
ISCRAM 2009 – 6th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management: Boundary Spanning Initiatives and New Perspectives
Abbreviated Journal
ISCRAM 2009
Volume
Issue
Pages
Keywords
Disaster prevention
;
Disasters
;
Logistics
;
Supply chain management
;
Disaster management
;
Disaster management cycles
;
Humanitarian logistics
;
Humanitarian operations
;
Information flows
;
Sharing information
;
Information systems
Abstract
Humanitarian logistics represents a broad range of activities taking place within humanitarian organizations, the bulk of these activities are also components of a broader humanitarian supply chain – The network involved with providing physical aid to beneficiaries. Humanitarian logistics information systems improve information flows, which integrates logistics units more efficiently with non-logistics units within the humanitarian supply chains and provides better feedback to donors, ensuring more effective operations. Humanitarian logistics activities occur across the disaster management cycle. Humanitarian logistics information systems not only improve logistics activities in each phase, but can improve the continuity of humanitarian operations by sharing information throughout the transition of different disaster management cycle phases. Through collaboration between organizations, humanitarian logistics information systems also have the potential to reduce corruption and the market distortion which can occur during humanitarian operations.
Address
Humanitarian Consultant, Germany
Corporate Author
Thesis
Publisher
Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM
Place of Publication
Gothenburg
Editor
J. Landgren, S. Jul
Language
English
Summary Language
English
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Series Editor
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Series Volume
Series Issue
Edition
ISSN
2411-3387
ISBN
9789163347153
Medium
Track
Humanitarian Actions and Operations
Expedition
Conference
6th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
Notes
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no
Call Number
Serial
597
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