Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Dublin Institute of Technology ARROW@DIT Articles School of Management 1-1-2010 (Le)agility in Humanitarian Aid Supply Chains Kirstin Scholten Dublin Institute of Technology, kirstinusa@yahoo.com Pamela Sharkey Scott Dublin Institute of Technology Brian Fynes Smurfit School of Business, University College Dublin Recommended Citation Scholten, K., Sharkey Scott, P., Fynes, B. Le)agility in humanitarian aid (NGO) supply International Journal of Physical Distribution Logistics Management Volume: 40 Issue: 8/9 2010 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the School of Management at ARROW@DIT. It has been accepted for inclusion in Articles by an authorized administrator of ARROW@DIT. For more†¦show more content†¦10000 8000 6000 4000 2000 0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Figure 1 Humanitarian Aid funding to the developing world from 2000-2008 in million US$ (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2010) In contrast, commercial organisations actively adopt emerging SCM techniques and have responded to volatile and dynamic markets by developing agile supply chains. These agile supply chains build flexible and responsive capabilities in terms of their processes, networks and how they are integrated across other organisations (Van Hoek et al., 2001). We investigate the applicability of the agility concept to the HA supply chain, specifically NGOs, and present the results of our exploratory investigation. This provides an exciting opportunity to develop and extend the potential originally suggested by Oloruntoba and Gray (2006), and contribute to the theoretical underpinning of this under-researched area (Pettit and Beresford, 2009). By demonstrating how agility practices are translated from commercial to HA organisations, we gain insights into how NGOs specifically, and HA agenciesShow MoreRelatedIntroduction A few decades ago, the true understanding of the impact of supply chain management1400 Words   |  6 PagesIntroduction A few decades ago, the true understanding of the impact of supply chain management was alien to many companies (Moore, Baldwin, Camm, Cook, 2002). As Moore et al (2002) continue to state, few companies within different industries understood the important link between strategic goals and supply management principles. This, in effect, meant that purchasing departments were undervalued, seen more or less as order takers and placers, while enjoying little or no respect from other organizationalRead MoreExtended Supply Chain1474 Words   |  6 Pages1. The extended supply chain is a way where everyone contributes to a product. 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