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Karen Spens.
Budhiraj, Karn
De la Torre Castro, Gabriel
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division
2011-01-26T14:31:47Z
2011-01-26T14:31:47Z
2010
2010
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/60832
697302067
Thesis (M. Eng. in Logistics)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, 2010.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 85-89).
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 population's relief efforts. Why are some companies more effective within disaster relief supply chains than others? How can a company approach this area of opportunity? This thesis explores what a disaster is and how disaster management works; recognizing what stakeholders participate during disaster recovery efforts; and extrapolating best practices applied during past disasters by companies that have been deemed successful. Based on the strategies identified during our research, we came up with a framework of nine best practices and suggest how to apply it across a range of ten industries.
by Karn Budhiraj and Gabriel de la Torre Castro.
M.Eng. in Logistics
89 p.
eng
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