Purpose Unforeseen events can disrupt the operational process and negatively impact
emergency resources optimization and its supply chain. A limited number of studies have …

Selecting trustworthy suppliers is one of the most critical issues in disaster operations
management (DOM), ensuring efficient procurement of relief supplies and preventing or …

Global warming, climate change, and social problems are the worst human-induced
sustainability issues that economies across the globe have witnessed. Water pollution …

Supplier default in emergency supply chains (ESCs) is a counterintuitive idea that previous
studies have ignored. Designing supply scheduling plans to standardize the emergency …

Amid increasing threats from natural disasters, the demand for relief supplies is growing
quickly. As such, private-sector collaborations have been an efficient way for relief …

This paper proposes a novel hybrid relief procurement contract in which the specific features
of option contract and quantity flexible contract are used to coordinate the supply of a relief …

The occurrence of a disaster and its location, type, intensity, scope and duration are highly
uncertain, making it hard to accurately estimate the emergency demand. As the main …

The demand for relief supplies after a sudden disaster is uncertain and sometimes grows
rapidly. Because of the uncertainty surrounding the demand, organisations dealing in relief …

Humanitarian operations are increasingly receiving attention due to the numerous recent
disasters and crises caused by both natural and man-made events, from mass human …

Given the considerable number of actors in the humanitarian space, coordination is
essential for successful disaster response. Furthermore, the sheer size of challenges and …