What is it about?
The paper is about recent developments in the field of humanitarianism that could impact theoretical understanding of agility in humanitarian aid supply chains over the past decade.
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Why is it important?
Much of academic thinking on agility in humanitarian aid supply chains stems from the 90s. However, approaches and perspectives within humanitarianism and humanitarian organizations are changing rapidly as a result of learning giving rise to approaches such as community participation, stakeholder care, use of cash vouchers, incorporating longer term development strategies together with relief (integrated programmes/programme planning), focus on sourcing within local or regional economies and many more. We identify and discuss some of these developments because they have the potential to influence if not change current logistics and supply chain thinking and understanding of agility in humanitarian aid supply chains. Both authors were invited by the Editors to comment on agility in humanitarian aid supply chains to commemorate the 20th anniversary of SCM:IJ and to update the original 2006 award winning article on agility in humanitarian aid supply chains (Oloruntoba and Gray 2006).
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This article was an invited commentary to both authors to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Supply Chain Management: An International Journal and to update the original 2006 article on agility in humanitarian aid supply chains, Oloruntoba and Gray (2006)
Dr Richard Oloruntoba
University of Newcastle
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This page is a summary of: A commentary on agility in humanitarian aid supply chains, Supply Chain Management An International Journal, September 2015, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/scm-06-2015-0244.
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