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The role of humanitarian logistics benchmarking in aiding disaster stricken areas
Aćimović, Slobodan
Mijušković, Veljko M.
Milošević, Nikola
Abstract: Humanitarian logistics needs an adequate strategy to be able to perform effectively and efficiently. In order to facilitate the creation of a suitable disaster response strategy it is of paramount importance to investigate the alternative strategies already in use. The technique required to do so is called benchmarking. Also, for constant improvement some kind of benchmarking should be present. The aim of analysis within this paper is to investigate the role of humanitarian logistics benchmarking as a strategic tool for aiding within disaster stricken areas. Secondary data sources are used for this purpose, as well as for drawing concluding remarks. Not only the strategies from same disaster type but also strategies from different disaster types are taken into consideration. That is a kind of disaster cross-type benchmarking. The reason lies in a few factors. Firstly, the topography and surface structure of the area play the main role. Same types of catastrophes can have different course of events in different regions which are conditioned by the land. Secondly, the urbanism and architecture of the populated areas at the endangered location. Thirdly, the people. This means that people’s age, habits, literacy level, awareness towards disasters, and material status define response behavior when a disaster occurs. Paper analysis findings indicate that humanitarian logistics benchmarking is an important factor of disaster response activities and that consequently the whole value chain of humanitarian assistance can be highly dependent on the adequate humanitarian logistics strategy research.
engleski
2022
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Keywords: humanitarian logistics, disaster response, benchmarking, humanitarian organizations