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Decades of armed conflicts and a global hunger epidemic compounded by global health emergencies have left the world experiencing developments that disrupted supply flow and demand patterns. Humanitarian logistics and supply chains (HLSCM) are responsible for ensuring efficient and effective flow of goods and services to affected populations with the minimum possible latency. HLSCM are complex networks of organisations representing multiple stakeholders which include private businesses, donors, international humanitarian organisations, local and international NGOs, the press, military, and local and national governments. These stakeholders often operate in harsh and uncertain conditions and are intertwined in global networks of financial, information, critical supplies and in-kind donation flows to support affected communities.

This module introduces students to tools that aid the decision-making and management of supply chains. It helps students evaluate supply chain management strategies suited to the humanitarian contexts such as in disaster relief, humanitarian aid and development projects. In doing so, it helps students to reflect on performance standards, integrating the upstream and downstream activities, and linking everyday humanitarian supply chain practices to its strategy.

The module aims at preparing students to manage humanitarian logistics and supply chain activities, orchestrate supply chain plans, and streamline the entire supply chain system to achieve flawless fulfilment. As such, it equips students with the necessary skills needed to analyse the management of demand fulfilment, procurement, logistics, inventory, transport, warehousing, and distribution. This includes explaining topics related to strengthening response capacity through cross-sector collaboration, consolidation, and localisation. Relevant contemporary topics such as cash-based assistance, ethical, social, and environmental considerations, as well as the adoption of digital applications (e.g., drones) will be explored.

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