Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: van der Laan, E.A.
Author-Name-Last: van der Laan
Author-Name-First: Erwin
Author-Person: pva64
Author-Name: de Brito, M.P.
Author-Name-Last: de Brito
Author-Name-First: Marisa
Author-Person: pde45
Author-Name: Vermaesen, S.C.
Author-Name-Last: Vermaesen
Title: Logistics Information and Knowledge Management Issues in Humanitarian Aid Organizations
Abstract: In this paper, we assess the need for logistics information and knowledge management in humanitarian aid organizations. To do so, we combine literature sources with an extensive case study that we conducted at Médecins sans Frontières–Holland, which is following a trajectory to improve logistics information management within the organization. We observed that logistics information and logistics knowledge management has not yet matured. We indicate how, by making use of knowledge management strategies such as ‘personalization’ and ‘codification’, this can be improved.
Creation-Date: 2007-04-20
File-URL: https://repub.eur.nl/pub/10071/ERS-2007-026-LIS.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
Series: RePEc:ems:eureri
Number: ERS-2007-026-LIS
Classification-JEL: M, R4
Keywords: Humanitarian aid organizations, Knowledge management, Logistics information
Handle: RePEc:ems:eureri:10071