Humanitarian relief chain agility: identification and evaluation of enabling factors

Dashtpeyma, Mosayeb; Ghodsi, Reza

doi:10.1108/ijes-12-2020-0069

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“…By enabling the delivery of the right quantity of appropriate relief supplies to people in desperate need at the right time through an effective channel, the emergency supply chain can aid in alleviating the suffering of populations affected by sudden-onset disasters (Maghsoudi and Moshtari, 2021). Dashtpeyma and Ghodsi (2021) explain that when a disaster strikes, it’s crucial to keep relief operations running smoothly and provide supplies where they are needed as soon as possible. Ritchie and Roser (2014) pointed out that persons living in poverty are hit the hardest by natural disasters in low- to middle-income nations, which have fewer infrastructure amenities available (Tasnim et al , 2022).…”

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A comprehensive research on analyzing risk factors in emergency supply chains

Chukwuka

Wang

Paraskevadakis

2023

JHLSCM

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Purpose Unforeseen events can disrupt the operational process and negatively impact emergency resources optimization and its supply chain. A limited number of studies have addressed risk management issues in the context of emergency supply chains, and this existing research lacks inbuilt and practical techniques that can significantly affect the reliability of risk management outcomes. Therefore, this paper aims to identify and practically analyze the specific risk factors that can most likely disrupt the normal functioning of the emergency supply chain in disaster relief operations. Design/methodology/approach This paper has used a three-step process to investigate and evaluate risk factors associated with the emergency supply chain. First, the study conducts a comprehensive literature review to identify the risk factors. Second, the research develops a questionnaire survey to validate and classify the identified risk factors. At the end of this step, the study develops a hierarchical structure. Finally, the research investigates the weighted priority of the validated risk factors using the fuzzy-analytical hierarchy process (FAHP) methodology. Experts were required to provide subjective judgments. Findings This paper identified and validated 28 specific risk factors prevalent in emergency supply chains. Based on their contextual meanings, the research classified these risk factors into two main categories: internal and external risk factors; four subcategories: demand, supply, infrastructural and environmental risk factors; and 11 risk types: forecast, inventory, procurement, supplier, quality, transportation, warehousing, systems, disruption, social and political risk factors. The most significant risk factors include war and terrorism, the absence of legislative rules that can influence and support disaster relief operations, the impact of cascading disasters, limited quality of relief supplies and sanctions and constraints that can hinder stakeholder collaboration. Therefore, emergency supply chain managers should adopt appropriate strategies to mitigate these risk factors. Research limitations/implications This study will contribute to the general knowledge of risk management in emergency supply chains. The identified risk factors and structural hierarchy taxonomic diagram will provide a comprehensive risk database for emergency supply chains. Practical implications The research findings will provide comprehensive and systemic support for respective practitioners and policymakers to obtain a firm understanding of the different risk categories and specific risk factors that can impede the effective functioning of the emergency supply chain during immediate disaster relief operations. Therefore, this will inform the need for the improvement of practices in critical aspects of the emergency supply chain through the selection of logistics and supply chain strategies that can ensure the robustness and resilience of the system. Originality/value This research uses empirical data to identify, categorize and validate risk factors in emergency supply chains. This study contributes to the theory of supply chain risk management. The study also adopts the fuzzy-AHP technique to evaluate and prioritize these risk factors to inform practitioners and policymakers of the most significant risk factors. Furthermore, this study serves as the first phase of managing risk in emergency supply chains since it motivates future studies to empirically identify, evaluate and select effective strategies that can eliminate or minimize the effects of these risk factors.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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A comprehensive research on analyzing risk factors in emergency supply chains

Chukwuka

Wang

Paraskevadakis

2023

JHLSCM

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“…The frameworks are presented in several formats, adopting conceptual structures [10,16,17,20]; the use of methods and modeling with a multicriteria approach [11][12][13][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58]; the application of questionnaires with experts and managers working in PHEs, [14,19,23]; and the description of steps and guidelines for guiding the context analysis [1,4,8,9,15,18,59]. Figure 3 shows the strategic plan for managing PHEs and addresses policies, planning, and coordination related to studies concerned with the resilience of structures [20,47], action plans [16,17], and government strategies [18], as well as ethical values [19] that challenge the positioning of nations in the face of a context of uncertainty, particularly for vulnerable populations.…”

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“…It is an application of a hybrid evaluation approach that combines fuzzy decision trial evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) and the analytic network process (ANP) to deal with ambiguities, uncertainties, and inaccuracies inherent in the evaluation process. The methods assess interactions between elements and establish reliability ratings [44].…”

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Decision Support Frameworks in Public Health Emergencies: A Systematic Review of Dynamic Models in Complex Contexts

Príncipe,

Filho,

Machado

et al. 2023

IJERPH

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Public health emergencies are extraordinary events of disease spread, with health, economic, and social consequences, which require coordinated actions by governments and society. This work aims to analyze scopes, application possibilities, challenges, and gaps of decision support frameworks in PHE management, using the components of the Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management Framework (H-EDRM) and the Preparedness, Prevention, Response and Recovery Model (PPRR Model), providing guidelines for the development of new models. A systematic literature review was carried out using the Web of Science, Scopus, and Pubmed knowledge databases on studies published between 2016 and 2023, and thirty-six articles were selected. The outcomes show a concentration of frameworks on short-term emergency response operations, with a limited emphasis on the political and strategic components that drive actors and responsibilities. Management prioritizes monitoring, evaluation, and information management frameworks. However, the models need to overcome the challenges of multisectoral and interdisciplinary action, different levels of decisions and actors, data sharing, and development of common platforms of evidence for decisions fitted to the various emergencies.

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“…Also humanitarian operations play a crucial role as the number of disasters is increasing. After the occurrence of any disaster, maintaining the quantity and quality of relief operations and delivering those to the right time at the right places are very necessary (Dashtpeyma and Ghodsi, 2021). Also, good relationships among partners, trust among them, quality of information sharing, strong resource base and infrastructure support act strongly to shape up a sustainable Supply chain (SC) network (Papadopoulos et al, 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Also, good relationships among partners, trust among them, quality of information sharing, strong resource base and infrastructure support act strongly to shape up a sustainable Supply chain (SC) network (Papadopoulos et al, 2017). Nagendra et al (2020) mentioned the importance of quality of information to improve effectiveness of (Dashtpeyma and Ghodsi, 2021) relief operations in disaster prone areas. Information and communication technology (ICT) plays a vital role for better coordination.…”

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Sustainable disaster supply chain management for relief operations in Bangladesh

Tasnim

Hamid

Dwivedi

et al. 2022

JHLSCM

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PurposeNumber of disastrous events are rising globally, and it is important to manage the humanitarian supply chain management process to assist the disaster affected individuals in terms of relief operations. Effective relief operations can help to recover the materialistic loss due to any disaster. But there is a paucity of studies regarding this issue for developing countries. This study, hence, inspected the factors that affect the disaster supply chain management (DSCM) processes for relief operations in Bangladesh.Design/methodology/approachThis study examined the factors affecting relief operations through a qualitative analysis. This study used thematic analysis. Interviews were conducted with related supply chain individuals who were triangulated by data from related publications and blogs.FindingsThe study showed that sustainable DSCM for relief operations in Bangladesh require addressing few factors as organizational capabilities, warehousing locations and inventory management, infrastructure facility, coordination among partners, government and local authority support to create a transparent, efficient, effective and sustainable DSCM process for relief operations in Bangladesh. The system loopholes can be identified and rectified on the base of these factors.Research limitations/implicationsThe number of interview respondents was limited to twenty who were selected randomly from four organizations. To create a sustainable disaster supply chain management (SCM) for relief operations few factors were considered as predominant factors in Bangladesh context to generalize the developing country contexts and other factors were not considered. Therefore, for farther humanitarian research, the model of this study can be used for quantitative research and the hypotheses can be tested empirically to get more acute findings.Practical implicationsAs this study identifies the factors which can help to create a sustainable DSCM system for relief operations, hence practically, Bangladesh humanitarian SCM agencies will be beneficial from this study. They can easily recognize the factors need to be considered to create a sustainable DSCM process for relief operations.Originality/valueThis is a unique study carried out to examine the factors affecting DSCM process for relief operations in Bangladesh.

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Humanitarian relief chain agility: identification and evaluation of enabling factors

Cited by 4 publications

References 69 publications

A comprehensive research on analyzing risk factors in emergency supply chains

A comprehensive research on analyzing risk factors in emergency supply chains

Decision Support Frameworks in Public Health Emergencies: A Systematic Review of Dynamic Models in Complex Contexts

Sustainable disaster supply chain management for relief operations in Bangladesh

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