Browsing Humanitarian Supply Chain Lab by Title

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    • Optimization-based Evaluation of Global Logistics Capacity 

      Rothkopf, Alexander; Graham, Chelsey Diane; Goentzel, Jarrod (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 ...

    • Preparing PPE stockpiles for the next pandemic 

      Finegan, Lauren; McGuigan, Molly (2022-01-05)
      From June 2020 - June 2021, members of Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Disaster Medicine and the MIT Humanitarian Supply Chain Lab conducted a year-long research project to support public health planners in ...

    • Scaling Post-Disaster Housing Capacity: Roundtable Report 

      Finegan, Lauren; Goentzel, Jarrod; Reisman, Erin; Russell, Timothy Edward; Story, Drew (2024-07-25)
      In January 2024, the MIT Humanitarian Supply Chain Lab held a roundtable on the theme of scaling construction capacity after disasters. The roundtable convened participants from academia, non-profit organizations, and both ...

    • Stochastic Analysis of Logistics Capacity in Disaster Response Networks 

      Goentzel, Jarrod; Rothkopf, Alexander (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 ...