Supply Chain
Resources
A curated repository of supply chain resources for emerging and experienced professionals.
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• Humanitarian
Sector Specific:
Humanitarian
Supply chains face no greater pressure than humanitarian crises. There is tremendous to learn from past humanitarian aid efforts.
USAID Global Supply Chain Program
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is the best source for humanitarian aid supply chain, in my opinion. This agency provides published papers on their efforts, best practices, and cases studies around the world. Their work is remarkable and deserves serious recognition.
Specific publication I recommend: Risk Management for Public Health Supply Chains
WFP Supply Chain Annual Report
The World Food Programme (WFP) is the food-assistance branch of the United Nations and the world's largest humanitarian organization addressing hunger and promoting food security.
There are immense complexities behind delivering life-saving food to the victims of armed conflict, natural disasters, and pandemics. Their annual supply chain report gives a detailed look into their efforts for the year, and provides specific emergencies as case studies.
WHO Project Optimize
Project Optimize was a five-year collaboration between the World Health Organization (WHO) and Seattle-based nonprofit PATH to identify ways in which immunization supply chains can be optimized to meet the demands of a complex vaccines fulfillment. This website contains an extensive repository of case studies and reports of this effort.
DHL and OCHA Private-Public Partnerships
As demonstrated during the 2015 Nepal earthquake and Western African Ebola epidemic, private-public partnerships during humanitarian aid crises have saved thousands of lives. The United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and Deutsche Post DHL Group outline their collaborative efforts and successes in this fantastic report.