Logistics Information and Knowledge Management Issues in Humanitarian Aid Organizations

Erwin van der Laan, Marisa de Brito () and S.C. Vermaesen

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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.

Keywords: Humanitarian aid organizations; Knowledge management; Logistics information (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M R4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007-04-20
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