Browsing MIT Humanitarian Supply Chain Lab by Issue Date
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Supply Chain Resilience: Restoring Business Operations After a Hurricane
(2017-12-08)MIT’s Humanitarian Response Lab at the Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL) held a roundtable on supply chain resilience in the face of large-scale disasters. To gather a cross-sectional understanding of the issue, ... -
Stochastic Analysis of Logistics Capacity in Disaster Response Networks
(2018-11)Quickly deploying relief items is key to reducing a population’s burden in case of sudden onset disasters. Emergency response organizations, such as FEMA or local and state agencies hold a strategic stockpile of critical ... -
Disaster Supply Chains: From Situational Awareness to Actionable Analysis
(2019-05-31)Achieving situational awareness is insufficient when it comes to restoring private sector supply chains. More important than being aware of the current situation is correctly understanding interdependent supply chains, ... -
Data-driven optimization of OFDA's disaster response capacity: Phase I Report
(2019-09-30)The United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID’s) Office of Foreign Disasters Assistance (OFDA) collaborates with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Humanitarian Supply Chain Lab (HUSCL) at the ... -
COVID-19 Update Report No. 1
(2020-06-01)The preventative measures imposed by the Government of Uganda to curb the spread of COVID-19 are likely to have an impact on various components of the agricultural market system, which could aggregate into broader systemic ... -
COVID-19 Update Report No. 2
(2020-06-25)This report captures key impacts of COVID-19, and the corresponding government response, on the agriculture market system in Uganda. This update report discusses the impact on the agricultural inputs supply chain, based ... -
Actionable Analysis: Simulating and Visualizing Fuel Distribution During Disasters
(2020-07-15)The aim of this project is to develop analytical concepts and tools that can be employed by FEMA to improve supply chain resiliency and adaptability during crises. Proposed frameworks and models are designed for use by ... -
COVID-19 Update Report No. 3
(2020-07-20)This report captures key impacts of COVID-19, and the corresponding government response, on the agriculture market system in Uganda. This update report focuses on agricultural commodity distribution, particularly wholesaling, ... -
Guide to Shock Maps in Kumu
(2020-09-15)To demonstrate how to conduct a Rapid System Assessment, we have created an example based on a notional representation of how COVID-19 could impact income generation in Karamoja, a relatively isolated region of Uganda where ... -
COVID-19 Update Report No. 4 (Executive Summary)
(2020-09-17)This report captures key impacts of COVID-19, and the corresponding government response, on the agriculture market system in Uganda. It is based on our analysis of more than 250 sources, including open-source data, articles, ... -
Conducting a Rapid System Assessment
(2020-09-21)Nearly all development practitioners work in complex systems, and when a major shock occurs, it is important to understand the impact on the system as quickly as possible. In these situations, system maps serve as vital ... -
COVID-19 Update Report No. 4
(2020-09-21)This report captures key impacts of COVID-19, and the corresponding government response, on the agriculture market system in Uganda. It is based on our analysis of more than 250 sources, including open-source data, articles, ... -
Data-drivien optimization of OFDA's disaster response capacity: Concept Note Sales & Operations Plan
(2020-09-26)This document first reviews the general S&OP process that was originally developed for for-profit sector companies. The team then maps the for-profit S&OP application to a planning process that accommodates BHA’s organizational ... -
Data-driven optimization of OFDA's disaster response capacity: Final Report
(2020-09-30)This final report summarizes the research methods and results in the project “Optimization-based Evaluation of USAID/OFDA Global Logistics Capacity”. This research was a part of the MIT Comprehensive Initiative on Technology ... -
Optimization-based Evaluation of Global Logistics Capacity
(2020-09-30)Humanitarian organizations, donor countries, and governments pre-position emergency supplies worldwide to facilitate rapid response to crisis needs. These organizations often pre-position stock at various warehouses around ...
