Transforming Humanitarian Logistics¶
Tatham, P. H., & Pettit, S. J. (2010). Transforming Humanitarian Logistics: The Journey to Supply Network Management. International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, 40(8), 609-622.
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Primes¶
- Last Mile Delivery
- Education and healthcare delivery. Curriculum and clinical knowledge produce and distribute at scale; the final adapted, paced teaching interaction or patient-specific clinical encounter is the cost-and-complexity sink that resists consolidation. Customer onboarding and humanitarian aid. Per-customer configuration, training, and integration often cost more than the product; supplies reach the regional hub but the last segment to displaced populations through damaged infrastructure consumes most operational cost.
This sourceDiscusses the 'last hundred metres' / final-reach problem in humanitarian aid distribution to displaced populations through damaged infrastructure.
- Education and healthcare delivery. Curriculum and clinical knowledge produce and distribute at scale; the final adapted, paced teaching interaction or patient-specific clinical encounter is the cost-and-complexity sink that resists consolidation. Customer onboarding and humanitarian aid. Per-customer configuration, training, and integration often cost more than the product; supplies reach the regional hub but the last segment to displaced populations through damaged infrastructure consumes most operational cost.
- Last-Mile Failure
- In humanitarian aid, pallets reach the airport while reaching the displaced household two valleys over is the failure point — the "last hundred metres" problem.
This sourceDocuments the humanitarian 'last hundred metres' problem — supplies reach the airport while reaching the displaced household is the failure point.
- In humanitarian aid, pallets reach the airport while reaching the displaced household two valleys over is the failure point — the "last hundred metres" problem.
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