Asset Management in The Humanitarian Aid Supply Chain
Extensive Studies of the 2004 Asian Tsunami
relief effort clearly revealed a lack, and subsequent need,
of asset management systems to track and manage Humanitarian Aid
resources throughout the disaster supply chain.
An excerpt from the Fritz Institute survey and report titled - “Logistics and the Effective
Delivery of Humanitarian Relief” – revealed the following:
“Supply Chain Processes were Largely Manual
Most respondents to the survey felt that the
initial relief effort was effective. However, only 26% of the respondents
had access to software that provided track and trace capabilities
to anticipate the receipt of procured goods in the field. The majority
of organizations relied on home-grown technologies, solutions using
Excel spreadsheets or manual processes for tracking goods in the
field. Without adequate supply chain systems in place, required
donor reports were onerous and time-consuming and produced very
few metrics beyond the speed of delivery.”
Gideon Hillman Consulting in conjunction with TRAXPAK Ltd have developed a simple,
low investment Internet based system for tracking and managing relief aid and assets through the disaster
supply chain, which can be easily accessed by first response & front line relief workers at the point
of use, as well as at the back end of the supply chain.
The system was launched and presented at the International
Aid & Trade Event in Geneva in January 2006.
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