Track: Sustainable Operations and Supply Chain Management

Abstract

With the increasing frequency of disaster and their impact, the global humanitarian agencies are facing challenges in responding to urgent requirements on timely basis. Therefore the aim of humanitarian organizations should be to increase the resiliency towards disaster among the societies. This would not only help to increase their effectiveness and efficiency but will also help in decreasing the impact of future disasters. Hence, this paper aims to identify and analyse the major driving factors for resilient humanitarian supply chain. Based on the literature review and experts opinion, eight factors were identified, which were then ranked using the TOPSIS methodology. Government support and policy formulation, strategy and capacity planning; and progress assessment of project was identified as the major driver factors. By managing these factors, humanitarian organizations can increase the resiliency and agility in the supply chain.