Question

Identify and describe practices typical of commercial supply chains that can be utilized to improve the effectiveness of humanitarian supply chains. Likewise, identify and describe practices of humanitarian supply chains that can be utilized to improve commercial supply chains.

Answer 1

Practices of humanitarian supplychain are:

• Lean management: This helps in reducing the overall waste in the process and removing the non value added process from the activities
• Sustainability development : It focus on sustainability of business and for the good will of environment and the society. Reducing carbon emission by optimizing the logistics network ( by using less fossil fuels and other facilities for serving customers).
• Quality deliverables :- The quality aspects start from the right procurement and also in processing of the raw materials packaging, movement of goods, choosing right mode etc. It has been obeserved for storage and transportation of materials quality deterioration is happening all across the industry. it has to be mitigated by quality management practices in supplychain.
• Technology advancement; This helps in enhancing transperancy and also avoids ambiguity by maintaining a proper flow communication and data,
• Ethics in supplychain: Tax and duty evasion practices, illegal transport of goods etc should taken serious actions under the permissible law. Proper compliance system to be in place and contracts should be made to avoid such leakages.