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In 2017, the World Food Programme decided to procure six amphibious all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) as a way to achieve ‘last-mile’ delivery to the most remote or disaster-hit areas on the planet. After two successful pilots, it is looking to incorporate ATVs into its disaster response operations as well as its ongoing development operations.
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Reference 6581
Published 20 May 2021
Topic Operations
Region Global
Industry Logistics and Supply Chain
In 2017, the World Food Programme decided to procure six amphibious all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) as a way to achieve ‘last-mile’ delivery to the most remote or disaster-hit areas on the planet. After two successful pilots, it is looking to incorporate ATVs into its disaster response operations as well as its ongoing development operations.
Decentralized supply chains - with a greater number of hubs and depot locations – are designed to be more responsive to disasters around the globe by getting primary relief items such as food, water and medicines to beneficiaries quickly. This case explores the centralized vs. decentralized tradeoff for the secondary support supply chain of an international humanitarian organization (IHO).
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Reference 6266
Published 30 Jan 2017
Topic Operations
Region Global
Industry Logistics and Supply Chain
Decentralized supply chains - with a greater number of hubs and depot locations – are designed to be more responsive to disasters around the globe by getting primary relief items such as food, water and medicines to beneficiaries quickly. This case explores the centralized vs. decentralized tradeoff for the secondary support supply chain of an international humanitarian organization (IHO).
The case illustrates the challenging but successful journey of a cross-sector partnership that deploys pro bono resources from Agility, A.P. Moller Maersk, TNT Express and UPS to support the disaster response operations of the UN Logistics Cluster.
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Reference 5895
Published 29 Oct 2012
Topic Responsibility
Region Global
Industry Logistics and Supply Chain
The case illustrates the challenging but successful journey of a cross-sector partnership that deploys pro bono resources from Agility, A.P. Moller Maersk, TNT Express and UPS to support the disaster response operations of the UN Logistics Cluster.
Five years after the inception of the ‘Moving the World’ partnership between logistics provider TNT and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), its management team
launches an evaluation and renewal process to guide the partnership as it enters a new phase.
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Reference 5596
Published 27 Mar 2009
Topic Responsibility
Region Global
Industry Logistics and Supply Chain
Five years after the inception of the ‘Moving the World’ partnership between logistics provider TNT and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), its management team
launches an evaluation and renewal process to guide the partnership as it enters a new phase.
This case study serves to discuss a class of risk management strategies in supply chains.
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Reference 5563
Published 31 Jan 2009
Topic Operations
Region Global
Industry Logistics and Supply Chain
This case study serves to discuss a class of risk management strategies in supply chains.
Fleet Management is the second largest spending in the humanitarian sector, preceded by staffing. Aware of the fact and concerned for the increased need for efficiency, a group of humanitarian professionals manage to raise awareness in their community and bring to the discussion table the members of the different organizations concerned.
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Reference 5361
Published 09 Jan 2006
Topic Operations
Region Global
Industry Logistics and Supply Chain, Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
Fleet Management is the second largest spending in the humanitarian sector, preceded by staffing. Aware of the fact and concerned for the increased need for efficiency, a group of humanitarian professionals manage to raise awareness in their community and bring to the discussion table the members of the different organizations concerned.
The case narrates the internal processes of choosing and implementing a corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative. It illustrates the process of choosing a cause, selecting partners, creating a working plan, and finally getting the company's executive board's commitment.
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Reference 5187
Published 06 Jan 2004
Topic Responsibility
Region Global
Industry Logistics and Supply Chain, Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
The case narrates the internal processes of choosing and implementing a corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative. It illustrates the process of choosing a cause, selecting partners, creating a working plan, and finally getting the company's executive board's commitment.
Set during the 2002 Southern Africa food crisis the case describes the design and implementation of a humanitarian logistics operation for the distribution of food donations in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC).
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Reference 5169
Published 03 Jan 2004
Topic Operations
Region Global
Industry Logistics and Supply Chain
Set during the 2002 Southern Africa food crisis the case describes the design and implementation of a humanitarian logistics operation for the distribution of food donations in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC).
The case illustrates the efforts of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) in the area of emergency response preparedness. It provides an anecdotal description of IFRC’s failure in promptly responding to the 1998 Hurricane Mitch disaster that swept through Central America.
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Reference 5039
Published 06 Dec 2002
Topic Operations
Region Global
Industry Logistics and Supply Chain, Non-Profit Organization Management
The case illustrates the efforts of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) in the area of emergency response preparedness. It provides an anecdotal description of IFRC’s failure in promptly responding to the 1998 Hurricane Mitch disaster that swept through Central America.
The case by utilizing the example of the Gujarat earthquake, illustrates the role of The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) as a choreographer of disaster management and the nature of the supply chain - multiple, global, dynamic, and temporary - it coordinates.
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Reference 5032
Published 12 Jun 2002
Topic Operations
Region Global
Industry Logistics and Supply Chain, Non-Profit Organization Management
The case by utilizing the example of the Gujarat earthquake, illustrates the role of The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) as a choreographer of disaster management and the nature of the supply chain - multiple, global, dynamic, and temporary - it coordinates.