Humanitarian logistics and its challenges: the literature review

This study demonstrates the importance of humanitarian logistics as a field that need an attention by everyone. With the unstable of climate condition, it can be seen that many disasters has happened around the world. The 2011 incidents that strike the develop nation, Japan, has shocked the world an...

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Main Authors: Daud, M. S. M., Hussein, M. Z. S. M., Nasir, M. E., Abdullah, R., Kassim, R., Suliman, M. S., Saludin, M. R.
Format: Article
Published: ExcelingTech Publishers 2016
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Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/74333/
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Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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Summary:This study demonstrates the importance of humanitarian logistics as a field that need an attention by everyone. With the unstable of climate condition, it can be seen that many disasters has happened around the world. The 2011 incidents that strike the develop nation, Japan, has shocked the world and teach every country to be better prepared of any unexpected event. The objective of this study is to highlight the challenges in humanitarian logistics process in meeting the objective relief. From the analysis of secondary data, it was found that the humanitarian logistics study still remains an area that need to be improved from time to time. It also a very important research field that requires attention and support from people, organization and government.