Utilizing IoT to design a relief supply chain network for the SARS-COV-2 pandemic

A Zahedi, A Salehi-Amiri, NR Smith… - Applied Soft …, 2021 - Elsevier
The current universally challenging SARS-COV-2 pandemic has transcended all the social,
logical, economic, and mortal boundaries regarding global operations. Although myriad …

Disaster relief supply chain design for personal protection equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic

B Mosallanezhad, VK Chouhan, MM Paydar… - Applied Soft …, 2021 - Elsevier
The global epidemic caused by novel coronavirus continues to be a crisis in the world and a
matter of concern. The way the epidemic has wreaked havoc on the international level has …

Designing an efficient humanitarian supply chain network during an emergency: A scenario-based multi-objective model

S Jafarzadeh-Ghoushchi, M Asghari, A Mardani… - Socio-Economic …, 2023 - Elsevier
Efficient humanitarian supply chain (HSC) management plays an underlying role in saving
lives, reducing human torment, and contributing to sustainable development during a …

A hybrid relief procurement contract for humanitarian logistics

A Ghavamifar, SA Torabi, M Moshtari - Transportation Research Part E …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a novel hybrid relief procurement contract in which the specific features
of option contract and quantity flexible contract are used to coordinate the supply of a relief …

An evaluation of factors influencing the vulnerability of emergency logistics supply chains

W Xu, Y Lu, D Proverbs - International Journal of Logistics …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Emergency logistics supply chains (ELSC) can help to restore normal activities in disaster-
affected areas, thus helping to increase the resilience of communities. In order to develop …

Model and solution of sustainable bi-level emergency commodity allocation based on type-2 fuzzy theory

S Liang, X Bai, Y Li, H Xin - Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
The allocation of emergency commodities is very important for efficient emergency response
after a disaster. In this study, a sustainable multi-objective bi-level emergency commodity …

Metaheuristics in the humanitarian supply chain

F Santana Robles, ES Hernández-Gress… - Algorithms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Everyday there are more disasters that require Humanitarian Supply Chain (HSC) attention;
generally these problems are difficult to solve in reasonable computational time and …

[HTML][HTML] Integrated operations for natural disaster management: A systematic Review

YP Asl, M Dowlati, J Babaie… - Health promotion …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: This study aimed to conduct a systematic review of models describing the
integrated logistics operations performed as a response to natural disasters, with the hope to …

Developing resilience in disaster relief operations management through lean transformation

A Hussain, T Masood, H Munir, MS Habib… - … Planning & Control, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The impact of disasters in terms of the loss of human lives, infrastructure, and economy has
been increasing over time. Planning and management strategies for disaster relief …

Designing a bi-level emergency medical centers' chain to increase the resilience of EMS's supply-chain using ACO-QAP: A case study of Tabriz

H Ahmadi, NN Samany, A Ghanbari… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Natural hazards mainly occur unexpectedly and disrupt or completely stop the normal
function of society [[1],[2],[3],[4]]. About 11,500 natural hazards occurred in the 1980–2015 …