Performance Management In Humanitarian Logistics Development Of A Process Driven And It Supported Performance Measurement System

Author : Adam Widera
Publisher : Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2023-08-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783832555771

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Performance Management in Humanitarian Logistics. Development of a Process-driven and IT-supported Performance Measurement System by Adam Widera Pdf

Logistics and supply chain management are considered as the backbone of humanitarian operations, significantly influencing their performance. Consequently, it is not surprising that the academic community addressed performance measurement in humanitarian logistics early on and extensively. However, there exists a significant disparity between the academic findings on performance measurement and their practical implementation within humanitarian organizations. What factors contribute to this gap, and how can we bridge it? This book aims to provide a socio-technical solution through an action researchbased approach that designs and develops a process-driven and IT-supported performance management system for humanitarian logistics. By utilizing an iterative and participatory design methodology, an active involvement of humanitarian organizations in identifying and addressing their practitioner realities, needs, and objectives is ensured. The resulting performance management system has been designed, implemented, and evaluated within three distinct and representative humanitarian organizations. As a result, these research findings hold promise for enhancing the capabilities of humanitarian organizations to measure and manage logistics performance effectively.

Author : Chiara Fonio,Adam Widera,Tomasz Zwęgliński
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2023-02-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000833294

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Innovation in Crisis Management by Chiara Fonio,Adam Widera,Tomasz Zwęgliński Pdf

This book deals with how to measure innovation in crisis management, drawing on data, case studies, and lessons learnt from different European countries. The aim of this book is to tackle innovation in crisis management through lessons learnt and experiences gained from the implementation of mixed methods through a practitioner-driven approach in a large-scale demonstration project (DRIVER+). It explores innovation from the perspective of the end-users by focusing on the needs and problems they are trying to address through a tool (be it an app, a drone, or a training program) and takes a deep dive into what is needed to understand if and to what extent the tool they have in mind can really bring innovation. This book is a toolkit for readers interested in understanding what needs to be in place to measure innovation: it provides the know-how through examples and best practices. The book will be a valuable source of knowledge for scientists, practitioners, researchers, and postgraduate students studying safety, crisis management, and innovation.

Author : Michael Middelhoff
Publisher : Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783832557089

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Secure-by-Design Enterprise Architectures and Business Processes in Supply Chains. Handling Threats from Physical Transport Goods in Parcel Mail Services by Michael Middelhoff Pdf

Supply chain security encompasses measures preventing theft, smuggling, and sabotage through heightened awareness, enhanced visibility, and increased transparency. This necessitates the adoption of a security-by-design paradigm to achieve effective and efficient security measures, yielding additional benefits such as diminished supply chain costs. Given their vulnerability, transportation and logistics service providers play a pivotal role in supply chain security. This thesis leverages systems security engineering and security-by-design to provide a methodology for designing and evaluating security measures for physical transport goods. It formulates nine principles that define security-by-design and establishes a supply chain security framework. An adaptation of the TOGAF architecture development facilitates the creation of secure-by-design enterprise architectures. Security measures are documented using security-enhanced processes based on BPMN. This enables an analysis and compliance assessment to ascertain the alignment of security with business objectives and the adequate implementation of requirements. The culmination of these efforts is exemplified through a case study.

Author : R. Tomasini,L. Van Wassenhove,Luk Van Wassenhove
Publisher : Springer
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2009-02-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780230233485

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Humanitarian Logistics by R. Tomasini,L. Van Wassenhove,Luk Van Wassenhove Pdf

Imagine planning an event like the Olympics. Now imagine planning the same event but not knowing when or where it will take place, or how many will attend. This is what humanitarian logisticians are up against. Oversights result in serious consequences for the victims of disasters. So they have to get it right, fast.

Author : Matthias Klumpp,Sander de Leeuw,Alberto Regattieri,Robert de Souza
Publisher : Springer
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-26
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319154558

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Humanitarian Logistics and Sustainability by Matthias Klumpp,Sander de Leeuw,Alberto Regattieri,Robert de Souza Pdf

This contributed volume combines conceptual and strategic research articles dealing with the "why" and "to what end" of sustainable operations in humanitarian logistics, as well as operational research contributions regarding the "how" from the United Nations as well as from researchers and organizations from different countries (Germany, Australia, Singapore, Netherlands, Italy, Denmark, Jordan). The target audience primarily comprises research experts, decision makers and practitioners in the field, but the book may also be beneficial for graduate students.

Author : Martin Christopher,Peter Tatham
Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780749462468

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Humanitarian Logistics by Martin Christopher,Peter Tatham Pdf

In 2007, there were 34 armed conflicts worldwide. That same year, a total of 414 natural disasters affected 211 million people. "Humanitarian Logistics" examines the challenges facing those whose role it is to organize and distribute resources in difficult situations.

Author : Luca Gnan,Alessandro Hinna,Fabio Monteduro,Veronica Allegrini
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2023-12-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781837973064

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Reshaping Performance Management for Sustainable Development by Luca Gnan,Alessandro Hinna,Fabio Monteduro,Veronica Allegrini Pdf

Reshaping Performance Management for Sustainable Development explores how performance management plays a central role in improving the policy cycle and contributing to public organizations' management and accountability.

Author : B.S. Sahay,Sumeet Gupta,Vinod Chandra Menon
Publisher : Springer
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9788132224167

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Managing Humanitarian Logistics by B.S. Sahay,Sumeet Gupta,Vinod Chandra Menon Pdf

This book discusses emerging themes in the area of humanitarian logistics. It examines how humanitarian logistics and supply chains play a key role, focusing on rapidly delivering the correct amount of goods, people and monetary resources to the locations needed to achieve the success of relief efforts in response to global emergencies such as flood, earthquakes, wars etc. With an increase in the frequency, magnitude and impact of both natural and manmade disasters, effective delivery of humanitarian aid is an issue that is becoming increasingly important in the context of disaster management. The book focuses on how logistics systems and supply chains responsible for delivering this aid from origin to recipients can be made more effective and efficient. It also discusses how the development of information technology systems that can provide visibility to the disaster relief supply chain marks a huge step forward for the humanitarian sector as a whole. As more organizations begin to adopt and implement these systems and visibility is established, the use of key performance indicators will then become essential to further enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of these supply chains.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789464634457

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Author : Gonzalez-Feliu, Jesus,Chong, Mario,Vargas Florez, Jorge,Padilla Solis, Julio
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781522581611

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Handbook of Research on Urban and Humanitarian Logistics by Gonzalez-Feliu, Jesus,Chong, Mario,Vargas Florez, Jorge,Padilla Solis, Julio Pdf

City logistics is one of the most popular fields of transportation sciences, dealing with sustainably supplying cities and at the same time reducing congestion and pollution related to goods transport in urban areas. Recently, humanitarian, emergency, and crises logistics has been a subject of increasing interest, often seen from an international viewpoint. However, some of the recent natural crises have shown the importance of resilience and reliability of the current urban logistics systems. The Handbook of Research on Urban and Humanitarian Logistics is a critical scholarly publication that addresses urban logistics and resilience, sustainable urban logistics, humanitarian logistics in urban areas both for crisis or long-term, and planning for resilient urban development. Featuring a broad range of topics that discuss the new and future trends in urban logistics and resilient cities, this publication is ideal for public planners; urban planners; company managers in logistics and transport; consulting agencies; regional, national, and international institutions and organizations; researchers; academicians; and students.

Author : Reem Khamis
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031495441

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AI in Business: Opportunities and Limitations by Reem Khamis Pdf

Author : Fethi Calisir,Emre Cevikcan,Hatice Camgoz Akdag
Publisher : Springer
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-23
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030033170

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Industrial Engineering in the Big Data Era by Fethi Calisir,Emre Cevikcan,Hatice Camgoz Akdag Pdf

This book gathers extended versions of the best papers presented at the Global Joint Conference on Industrial Engineering and Its Application Areas (GJCIE), held in Nevsehir, Turkey, on June 21-22, 2018. They reports on industrial engineering methods and applications, with a special focus on the advantages and challenges posed by Big data in this field. The book covers a wide range of topics, including decision making, optimization, supply chain management and quality control.

Author : Christopher W. Zobel,Nezih Altay,Mark P. Haselkorn
Publisher : Springer
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319244181

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Advances in Managing Humanitarian Operations by Christopher W. Zobel,Nezih Altay,Mark P. Haselkorn Pdf

This volume provides a survey of current research problems and results in humanitarian operations research. Additionally, it discusses existing applications of humanitarian operations research, and considers new research efforts that clearly extend existing research and applications. The book is divided into three sections that provide an overview of the subject, a look at the theory, and an examination of applications. The overview section presents chapters on modeling approaches and metrics to evaluate nonprofit operations; chief findings of fieldwork research in disaster response logistics; the use of cash as a form of relief; and measuring markets that supply cash-based humanitarian interventions. The theory section includes chapters that examine the partner proliferation problem in disaster response networks; a case study of humanitarian logistics that examines how humanitarian culture informs change adoption; and a look at the current state of the art for information visibility in humanitarian operations. Finally, the application section focuses on blood products, vaccines, and food assistance, with individual chapters on efficient inventorying and distribution of blood products during disasters; a detailed look at modeling in the context of the vaccine supply chain; a framework for achieving equity, effectiveness, and efficiency in food bank operations; and a spatio-temporal vulnerabili ty assessment of the resilience of a population affected by sudden lack of food.

Author : Gyöngyi Kovács,Karen Spens,Mohammad Moshtari
Publisher : Springer
Page : 747 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781137590992

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The Palgrave Handbook of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management by Gyöngyi Kovács,Karen Spens,Mohammad Moshtari Pdf

Focusing on the specific challenges of research design and exploring the opportunities of conducting research in humanitarian logistics and supply chain management, this handbook is a significant contribution to future research. Chapters include extensive descriptions of methods used, highlighting their advantages and disadvantages, and the challenges in scoping, sampling, collecting and analysing data, as well as ensuring the quality of studies. Covering a wide variety of topics including risk and resilience and the impact of humanitarian logistics on capacity building, sustainability and the local economy, it also explores the need for scalability and co-ordination in the humanitarian network. Contributors provide important insight on future directions and offer crucial guidance for researchers conducting projects within the field.

Author : Zoe J. Radnor,Nicola Bateman,Ann Esain,Maneesh Kumar,Sharon J. Williams,David M. Upton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317602958

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Public Service Operations Management by Zoe J. Radnor,Nicola Bateman,Ann Esain,Maneesh Kumar,Sharon J. Williams,David M. Upton Pdf

How do policy makers and managers square the circle of increasing demand and expectations for the delivery and quality of services against a backdrop of reduced public funding from government and philanthropists? Leaders, executives and managers are increasingly focusing on service operations improvement. In terms of research, public services are immature within the discipline of operations management, and existing knowledge is limited to government departments and large bureaucratic institutions. Drawing on a range of theory and frameworks, this book develops the research agenda, and knowledge and understanding in public service operations management, addressing the most pressing dilemmas faced by leaders, executives and operations managers in the public services environment. It offers a new empirical analysis of the impact of contextual factors, including the migration of planning systems founded on MRP/ERP and the adoption of industrial based improvement practices such as TQM, lean thinking and Six Sigma. This will be of interest to researchers, educators and advanced students in public management, service operations management, health service management and public policy studies.