This research contribution delivers an approach for the materials management in humanitarian logistics with the help of ABC- and XYZ-analysis which is widespread in the industrial praxis. Based on the increase of the number of disasters caused by humans and nature and on the high volume of...

The purpose of this research is to provide the humanitarian logistics community with an overall picture about competencies and skills in humanitarian logistics and if there is a lack of professionalization of the logistics function in the humanitarian context from an international perspective....

This research paper observes the sector of humanitarian logistics as this field becomes very important in business science and business practice in the future. For decades poverty, war and natural disasters have increased. The deteriorating humanitarian situation leads to a growth of annual...