HUMANITARIAN LOGISTICS – MAP OF PROCESSES AND LINKS OF HUMANITARIAN LOGISTICS

1 SOFRANKO Marian
Co-authors:
2 ONDOV Marek 2 ROSOVA Andrea 1 HORIZRALOVA Kristina
Institutions:
1 Technical University of Kosice, Institute of Earth Sources, Kosice, Slovakia, EU, marian.sofranko@tuke.skkristina.horizralova@tuke.sk
2 Technical University of Kosice, Institute of Logistics and Transport, Kosice, Slovakia, EU, marek.ondov@tuke.sk, andrea.rosova@tuke.sk
Conference:
10th Carpathial Logistics Congress, Hotel Pod Zámkom, Bojnice, Slovakia, EU, June 15 - 17, 2022
Proceedings:
Proceedings 10th Carpathial Logistics Congress
Pages:
252-257
ISBN:
978-80-88365-08-2
ISSN:
2694-9318
Published:
31st October 2022
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Abstract

The article deals with a very current topic, which is humanitarian logistics. Although logistics is mostly used in commercial supply chains, it is also an important tool in disaster relief operations. Humanitarian logistics is one of the types of applied logistics. It is gaining great importance in solving the preparation for eliminating possible conditions in a certain area and its subsystems due to unexpected events. It is applied logistics refers to a set of applied principles, knowledge, and logistics methods to solve problems of physical distribution, the flow of goods and services (tangible and intangible) in various areas of the economy and society. Humanitarian logistics includes elements of all circulation processes (procurement logistics, sales logistics, warehousing logistics, sales logistics, supply, distribution, order fulfilment, market) and, for example, own production, reverse logistics, and waste management, recycling.

Keywords: Logistics, Humanitarian logistics, Humanitarian logistics system, Processes, Strategy

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