Assessing humanitarian supply chain operations in the aftermath of the Kermanshah earthquake

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• dc.contributor.author Hosseini, S.M. Amin
• dc.contributor.author Mohammadi, Leila
• dc.contributor.author Amirbagheri, Keivan
• dc.contributor.author Fuente, Albert de la
• dc.date.accessioned 2023-04-20T06:20:00Z
• dc.date.available 2023-04-20T06:20:00Z
• dc.date.issued 2023
• dc.description.abstract Purpose – The main objective of this study is to consider how to benefit efficiently from the significant potential of humanitarian operations by individuals. For this purpose, this study aims to assess failure factors in humanitarian supply chain operations after the Kermanshah earthquake considering the role of all parties, focusing on individuals who did not wish to work with formal organisations on the whole. In the aftermath of the Kermanshah earthquake, which occurred on 12 November 2017, improvised groups of Iranian civilians from all over the country played an important role in humanitarian supply chain operations as individuals. Although most of these groups sincerely intended to help the affected society, victims could not benefit properly from these significant potential humanitarian actions. On the contrary, these potential actions caused some issues during humanitarian operations, such as blocking roads, inappropriate last-mile distribution, wasting resources and so on. Design/methodology/approach – This research study considers mixed methods, including an on-site survey, semi-structured interviewing and a questionnaire designed for statistical analyses. The analysis included 140 responses to the questionnaire, semi-structured interviews with 32 affected families, interviews with 5 emergency managers from the Housing Foundation of the Islamic Republic of Iran and on-site survey reports. Findings – This study presents a framework for humanitarian supply chain management to deal with future disasters in the same area or areas with similar characteristics to the case study. In general, the results of this study demonstrate that the nature of humanitarian supply chain operations makes it impossible to consider that these operations are free of challenges. However, several influential factors, such as training humanitarian actors and integrated management, might considerably increase the efficiency of humanitarian operations by individuals. Originality/value – This study highlights the influential factors of inappropriate humanitarian operations by individuals, derived from an analysis of the Kermanshah case and literature review. The authors suggest a framework to benefit from the significant potential of individuals with wideranging experiences and proficiency, for future cases similar to the case study.
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• dc.identifier.citation Hosseini SMA, Mohammadi L, Amirbagheri K, de la Fuente A. Assessing humanitarian supply chain operations in the aftermath of the Kermanshah earthquake. J Humanit Logist Supply Chain Manag. 2023;13(4):378-98. DOI: 10.1108/jhlscm-01-2022-0001
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jhlscm-01-2022-0001
• dc.identifier.issn 2042-6747
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/56523
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Emerald
• dc.relation.ispartof Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management. 2023;13(4):378-98.
• dc.rights © S.M. Amin Hosseini, Leila Mohammadi, Keivan Amirbagheri and Albert de la Fuente. Published by Emerald Publishing Limited. This article is published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) licence. Anyone may reproduce, distribute, translate and create derivative works of this article (for both commercial & non-commercial purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this licence may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode
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• dc.subject.keyword Humanitarian supply chain management
• dc.subject.keyword Humanitarian logistics
• dc.subject.keyword Humanitarian operations by individuals
• dc.subject.keyword Kermanshah earthquake
• dc.title Assessing humanitarian supply chain operations in the aftermath of the Kermanshah earthquake
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