By Iana Shaheen and Arash Azadegan ·
August 28, 2023
When it comes to disaster relief, supply chains are critical. Here’s what to know about working with relief organizations.
By Patrick Burnson ·
December 24, 2020
As global logistics managers know, the world is seeing the greatest displacement of peoples for over half a century. Indeed, millions are fleeing from war, persecution and poverty, while the proliferation of crises and needs is becoming extraordinary as are the dramatic humanitarian consequences.
By Patrick Burnson ·
June 26, 2020
Triton International Ltd. has launched special edition refrigerated containers as intermodal billboards to support the work of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).
By Patrick Burnson ·
June 3, 2020
Humanitarian logiistics is getting a big boost from FedEx Logistics, Inc. these days as the subsidiary of FedEx Corp., provides essential support for the fight against COVID-19.
By Patrick Burnson ·
April 15, 2020
As COVID-19 continues to challenge freight flows, a longtime logistics relief group is fighting back with an advanced visibility dashboard that it’s releasing free of charge to all U.S. businesses and non-profit organizations.
By Patrick Burnson ·
December 23, 2019
As global logistics managers know, the world is seeing the greatest displacement of peoples for over half a century. Indeed, millions are fleeing from war, persecution and poverty, while the proliferation of crises and needs is becoming extraordinary as are the dramatic humanitarian consequences.
By Patrick Burnson ·
September 18, 2019
As this year’s CSCMP EDGE conference came to close, The American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN) announced the 2019 winners Humanitarian Logistics Awards.
By Patrick Burnson ·
September 3, 2019
USC’s 7th Annual Global Supply Chain Excellence Summit in August featured a panel discussion on the ever-changing nature of worldwide relief efforts in an age of increasing complexity.
By Patrick Burnson ·
July 15, 2019
The better our combination of technology, physical infrastructure and human expertise gets, the better we’ll be able to handle unexpected situations, maintains Flexport
By Patrick Burnson ·
June 14, 2019
When USC’s 7th Annual Global Supply Chain Excellence Summit commences in August, the agenda will include the growing field of humanitarian logistics
By Patrick Burnson ·
June 6, 2019
Logistics Management readers are asked to help recognize and honor businesses and individuals whose contributions improve humanitarian outcomes through unique or creative supply chain solutions.
By Lauren McKown ·
October 14, 2016
The World Health Organization estimates that nearly half of the world’s population is at risk for malaria, a life-threatening, but ultimately curable and preventable disease spread by mosquitos.
By SCMR Staff ·
January 12, 2015
A shipment of medical equipment that arrived today in Monrovia, Liberia, from Miami, US, will enable 25 government hospitals to receive infection control training, helping the facilities which were partially or fully closed owing to the Ebola crisis to recommence regular operations.
By SCMR Staff ·
October 23, 2014
Fear of an Ebola outbreak in the United States has spurred two key proposals for preventing the spread of this deadly disease, writes MIT’s Jarrod Goentzel. In his recent blog, he notes that these include travel bans from West Africa and stockpiling Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
By Patrick Burnson ·
December 23, 2013
Dr. Jarrod Goentzel, Director of the MIT Humanitarian Response Lab, has written a compelling account of the response to Typhoon Haiyan