Humanitarian supply chain information systems: insights for successful implementation

In September 2014, the Médecins Sans Frontières’ Operational Centre in Amsterdam (OCA) commissioned PSA Consulting Ltd to carry out a benchmarking survey of similar international humanitarian organisations who had implemented, or were planning to implement, a supply chain mangement system in the field. This took the form of structured interviews during October 2014, with staff from four international aid organisations that are in the process, or have already implemented, similar supply chain management systems for their field operations. In this white paper we aim to show our findings and give new insights into organisations which are successfully implementing new business practices in the funding, selection and implementation phases in the humanitarian sector.

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