Gyöngyi Kovács – författare

Supply Chain Management for Humanitarians provides an in-depth insight into the management of supply chains in the context of humanitarian logistics. This accessible and practical book considers humanitarian logistics from a strategic and operational perspective.The overarching theme is collaboration and coordination, one of the biggest challenges in the humanitarian community. Supply Chain Management for Humanitarians takes a problem-based learning approach, featuring real cases and examples from leading organizations including Oxfam, Unicef, and The Red Cross. Each chapter is self-standing, relating the content in each chapter to the supply chain as a whole. This enables the reader to easily dip into different sections. At the end of each chapter, there is a case study written by a leading practitioner currently working in the humanitarian field.Supply Chain Management for Humanitarians fills a much needed gap in the market and is essential reading for humanitarians worldwide.

Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.This timely Research Agenda explores humanitarian logistics as an academic discipline in the wake of major disasters and conflicts worldwide. It establishes new methods of approach and extends the discussion to include recent developments since the COVID-19 pandemic.Focusing on previously underexplored areas, this Research Agenda presents a provocative exploration of supply chains for humanitarian aid, disaster relief, and complex emergencies, as well as necessary structural changes. Expert academics and practitioners in the field provide an overview of trends and developments and grant a comprehensive coverage of humanitarian operations. They evaluate the importance of NGOs and nonprofit international actors, while assessing the connection to commercial logistics in practical management. Chapters look ahead to important avenues of study, particularly the need for robustness of humanitarian aid infrastructures in the face of increased impacts from conflict and unpredictable weather events.Academics and students in humanitarian operations, logistics, supply chain management as well as political science, international relations, and business studies will greatly benefit from this Research Agenda’s invaluable insights. It is also a crucial resource for humanitarian professionals and policymakers.

Focusing on the specific challenges of research design and exploring the opportunities of conducting research in humanitarian logistics and supply chain management, this handbook is a significant contribution to future research. Chapters include extensive descriptions of methods used, highlighting their advantages and disadvantages, and the challenges in scoping, sampling, collecting and analysing data, as well as ensuring the quality of studies. Covering a wide variety of topics including risk and resilience and the impact of humanitarian logistics on capacity building, sustainability and the local economy, it also explores the need for scalability and co-ordination in the humanitarian network. Contributors provide important insight on future directions and offer crucial guidance for researchers conducting projects within the field.

Lead effective, equitable and resilient humanitarian supply chains in the world's most complex emergencies. Humanitarian Logistics is a strategic and evidence-led guide for senior humanitarian logistics practitioners, policy leaders and decision-makers responsible for delivering aid at speed, scale and under extreme uncertainty.Written by experts Graham Heaslip, Peter Tatham and Gyöngyi Kovács, this updated fifth edition brings together a collection of cutting-edge academic research and practitioner insight to provide rigorous analysis of how logistics systems can be designed, governed and measured to perform effectively in rapidly evolving disaster and conflict settings.Drawing on real-world examples from organizations including hulo and UNHCR, the book bridges theory and practice to support informed decision-making at both strategic and operational levels. This new edition expands coverage of critical shifts in the sector, including localization, prioritization, equity and sustainability.This book enables you to: - Design agile supply chains for disaster and complex emergency response - Measure and improve humanitarian logistics performance - Apply localization, prioritization and equity in operational decision-making - Integrate sustainability into humanitarian supply chain strategies - Learn from real-world examples across UN agencies and NGOsEssential reading for senior practitioners and a core resource for undergraduate and postgraduate study, Humanitarian Logistics equips leaders with the insight and frameworks needed to improve response effectiveness, accountability and long-term impact.Online resources accompany this new edition. Themes include: humanitarian logistics, disaster response, humanitarian supply chains, localization, equity in aid delivery, sustainability, performance measurement