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INDUSTRY REPORT

Humanitarian operations

“BETTER, FASTER

AND SUSTAINABLE”

We have witnessed the importance of humanitarian logistics in recent disasters ranging
from pandemics to wars. The logistics in this industry have improved, making the supply
chain smooth and efficient. However, with all of these developments, there is one
development that this industry must address: sustainability, reports Zinal Dedhia

ne of the fundamental missions of While logistics in the humanitarian logistics is handled differently today than it
Non-Governmental Organisations sector has advanced dramatically, the was ten years ago.
(NGOs), airports, airlines, the world has also changed radically in terms “There is no doubt that the
Ologistics and aviation sector and of technology, money, long-term disasters, humanitarian supply chain and logistics
humanitarian relief organisations is to pandemics, war, and climate change. So can have evolved a lot in the last decade, just
deliver the appropriate goods at the right humanitarian logistics that serve such an like any other industry. However, lessons
time to the right locations, in a bid to save essential need be made sustainable? learned from the Covid-19 pandemic
lives and assist people in need. are imposing new changes from which
Natural disasters are becoming THE INDUSTRY IS we can’t escape. The entire supply
more prevalent, placing pressure on WELL-PREPARED chain needs to be revisited;
governments and humanitarian relief Many changes have occurred in the the production of
groups to develop adequate tools to ensure handling of humanitarian logistics, the
effective disaster response. supply chain process, and how to respond
to a humanitarian crisis with immediate
impact. Industry leaders also concur that

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