Karn Budhiraj, Gabriel de la Torre In times of disaster, demand for goods and services in affected areas spikes. Private companies generally have contingencies in place for business continuity; however, most lack a strategic approach to join the general...
Human and Modeling Approaches to Transportation Planning in Emergency Response Project Reports Research Team Contact Us Project Partners This project focuses on transportation planning for emergency response, from both a behavioral and a modeling perspective. One key...
Ira HaavistoPartner: International Rescue Committee This initiative focuses on how humanitarian organizations can measure and manage the performance of supply chain & logistics processes. With the International Rescue Committee, we developed a resource...
Marie-Eve Rancourt, Jarrod GoentzelPartner: United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) This project modeled transportation pricing for the WFP’s Ethiopian supply chain. Empirical research characterizing transportation markets in developing countries is...
Figure 1 Relief Chain (Thomas, 2004) modified by Mizushima By: Tim Russell By analyzing a survey from the Fritz Institute and KPMG which measured the response to the 2004 SE Asia earthquake and tsunami, this study concludes that while the relief effort was effective,...
