Contract design between relief organisations and private-sector vendors: A humanitarian logistics framework

Yu Fan, Jianfang Shao, Xihui Wang and Liang Liang

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 2024, vol. 182, issue C

Abstract: Amid increasing threats from natural disasters, the demand for relief supplies is growing quickly. As such, private-sector collaborations have been an efficient way for relief organisations to mitigate the burden of supply procurement and inventory. However, due to the complexity of disasters, such collaboration contracts are not one-size-fits-all. Based on our field investigation and literature review, we summarize two important factors, the relief organisation’s objective and inventory management, which should determine the design of the contract. Each factor has three important elements, so we can build a framework for the corresponding nine kinds of contracts and propose their models. Through a common numerical experiment, we make comparisons and further clarify their characteristics. The results of this analysis may be helpful in determining which kind of contract is most suitable to promote collaboration between relief organisations and private-sector entities in different humanitarian situations.

Keywords: Humanitarian logistics; Contract design; Framework; Deprivation cost; Procurement and inventory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2023.103395

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