Emergency Supply Chain Management (2cr)

Objectives

This course provides students with a brief introduction on logistics and supply chain management. It identifies the major supply chain issues in the humanitarian sector, particularly as they relate to the emergencies and also reveals the need for cross-learning between the business and the humanitarian sector.

After completing the course, students will be able to:

Understand the characteristics of a humanitarian supply chain management speed.
Understand Humanitarian and emergency cycle
Analys the Logistics cases from the ground: Red-Cross, DHL, NESA
Understand the coordination and complexity in humanitarian SCM.

Content

Logistics of humanitarian aid
Preparedness
Coordination
Building a successfull partnership ( Private: TNT-WFP case)
Reading materials and articles.

Prerequisites

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Further information

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