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,...
Christine Heberley and MaPartner: Partners in Health (PIH) Partners in Health’s (PIH) supply chain in Haiti has become strained over the past five years due to the organization’s rapid growth. Under the current system, the majority of PIH’s products are...
Student volunteers from MIT, Harvard, and TuftsPartners: US Government, MIT Lincoln Laboratory and members of the humanitarian community The Humanitarian Response Lab worked with the US Government and members of the humanitarian community to develop a...
