Purpose This paper aims to provide a systematic literature review of the state-of-the-art applications climate information in humanitarian relief efforts, further knowledge how science can be better integrated into decision-making process supply chains. Design/methodology/approach A was conducted using combination key search terms developed from both and logistics literature. Articles four majo...

Logistics in natural disasters or emergencies involve highly complicated optimization problems with diverse characteristics. The contribution of the present paper is twofold. First, it introduces a multi-period model aiming to minimize the shortages of different relief products in a number of affected areas. The relief products are transported via multiple modes of transportation from dispatch ...

In this paper we present the development of an integrated process analysis toolkit for humanitarian logistics. The toolkit integrates a conceptual and a technological component. Our approach follows a case study-based modeling and design approach. The developed concept was evaluated in two humanitarian organizations. Based on these results we extended and integrated the tool-supported process a...

In July 2010, Pakistan suffered nationwide floods after unprecedented monsoon rains overwhelmed the Indus basin. The ensuing floods claimed 1985 lives, injured 2946 people and affected over 20.2 million people. Seventy-eight out of 121 districts were affected and at one stage one-fifth of the country's land was inundated with water. Indiscriminate damage was caused to housing, educational and h...

Humanitarian relief logistics is one of the most important elements of a relief operation in disaster management. The present work develops a multi-objective robust stochastic programming approach for disaster relief logistics under uncertainty. In our approach, not only demands but also supplies and the cost of procurement and transportation are considered as the uncertain parameters. Furtherm...

Disaster relief presents many unique logistics challenges, with problems including damaged transportation infrastructure, limited communication, and coordination of multiple agents. Central to disaster relief logistics is the distribution of life-saving commodities to beneficiaries. Operations research models have potential to help relief agencies save lives and money, maintain standards of hum...

Purpose The aim of the article is to identify gaps in research and to set up a research agenda that investigates how gender attributes and different sets of skills contribute to logistics performance. The article focuses on humanitarian logistics and outlines the areas in which gender issues impact on the effectiveness of the provision of aid following a disaster. Design/methodology/approach A ...