The 2008 edition of Supply Chain World Europe opened this morning with the key note presentation “Disaster Response Logistics – Last Mile Delivery”. Ian Heigh gave the gathered supply chain managers insights in the practices used in the humanitarian response supply chains. He discussed the value of preparedness. ”A dollar spend before the disaster will save times the number of families than a dollar spend after the disaster”. Ian described the 3 phases in Humanitarian Response Logistics:
- Prepare; Develop the permanent supply chains, this includes transport infrastructure, position initial response inventory in strategic locations;
- Response; Replace the damaged (or non-existent) supply chain in the disaster area (”the last mile”);
- Recover; The projects for rebuilding the supply chains
The key lesson from his industry: The better prepared you are the faster you can respond and help in the Response phase AND the faster you can move on to Recovery.
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