Essays about: "humanitär logistik"
Found 5 essays containing the words humanitär logistik.
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1. Adoption of a Trackability Tool among Humanitarian Practitioners in Local Units : A Field Study on a Food Assistance Program in Colombia
University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)Abstract : Worldwide, the need for effective humanitarian aid is growing, and continuous aid such as commodity distribution plays a major role in ensuring sustained wellbeing. In literature, information and communication technology (ICT) has been recognized and suggested to enhance the performance and achieve higher social impact of humanitarian supply chains. READ MORE
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2. Exploring Collaborative Mobile Storage Units in the Humanitarian Supply Chain
University essay from Lunds universitet/Teknisk logistikAbstract : This thesis is an explorative single case study on the United Nations Logistics Cluster with the purpose to explore the usage of collaborative Mobile Storage Unit (MSU) warehouses in terms of determining their activities’ and decisions’ connection to the disaster management cycle, as well as their challenges’ connection to the contextual factors of the humanitarian supply chain (HSC). It attempts to answer questions (1) What are the collaborative MSU activities and decisions throughout the phases of the disaster management cycle? and (2) How do humanitarian contextual factors influence challenges to collaborative MSU activities and decisions in humanitarian logistics?. READ MORE
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3. How to provide a humanitarian warehouse location model with data - An assessment of scenario creation and data availability at the United Nations High-Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
University essay from Lunds universitet/Teknisk logistikAbstract : At the end of 2014, 38 million people around the world had fled their homes due to man-made disasters such as war, armed conflict and violence. To save the lives and alleviate the suffering of these refugees and displaced is the purpose of Humanitarian Logistics. READ MORE
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4. An investigation of how the Emergency Team within UNFPA could achieve a more effective balancing of supply and demand
University essay from Lunds universitet/Teknisk logistikAbstract : Bakgrund: Emergency Teamet skickar ut ERH-Kits då en efterfrågan från kunden uppstår, exempelvis efter en katastrofsituation. Emergency Teamet har blivit kritiserade för att inte ha svarat tillräckligt snabbt på efterfrågan och därför har Executive Director för UNFPA gett nya direktiv för att UNFPA ska svara snabbare och skapa bättre förutsättningar för att leverera snabbt i katastrofsituationer. READ MORE
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5. Quality Function Deployment of Firepipe - The foldable cooking stove
University essay from KTH/EnergiteknikAbstract : Each year, millions of people flee their homes due to political conflicts, fearing the risk of being persecuted. As well, mounting environmental issues engenders an increasing stream of people-displacement. Humanitarian organisations have for decades acted in order to help people of concern in refugee situations. READ MORE