About the lecturer Dr. Qing Lu (Henry) – Grew up in Shanghai, China – Lived in Singapore from 1994 to 2014 – Came to IEU last September Contact information o Office: C-808, Tel: o o Course materials will be posted online every week Warning ahead No plagiarism (from other students or Internet) Keep classroom order Two-way communication vital, let me know whether you understand or not anything concerned

LOG 472: Humanitarian Logistics and Suppy Chain Management Lecture 1: Introduction

What Is Humanitarian Logistics? A simple answer: – Logistics activity for disaster relief operations So we need to understand the cause first – What is disaster?

What is a “disaster”? Centre for Research into the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) ( defines a disaster as: “A situation or event which overwhelms local capacity, necessitating a request to a national or international level for external assistance; an unforeseen and often sudden event that causes great damage, destruction and human suffering”. For a disaster to be entered into the database, at least one of the following criteria must be fulfilled: – 10 or more people reported killed – 100 or more people reported affected – declaration of a state of emergency – call for international assistance

(Source: EM-DAT Database –

Van Wassenhove (2006) NaturalMan-made Sudden OnsetEarthquake Hurricane Tornado Terrorist Attack Coup d’Etat Chemical Leak Slow OnsetFamine Drought Poverty Political Crisis Refugee Crisis Classification of Disasters

Some Recent Major Natural Disasters Event Date Dead/missingDisplaced Bam Earthquake (Iran)200326,200600,000 SE Asia Tsunami ,000N/A Hurricane Katrina (USA)20051,833N/A Pakistan Earthquake200580,3613,300,000 Yogyakarta Earthquake (Indonesia)20065,749600,000 Cyclone Sidr (Bangladesh)20074,4062,300,000 Cyclone Nargis (Burma) ,3661,500,000 Sichuan Earthquake (China)200887,47615,000,000 Haiti Earthquake ,0003,000,000 Pakistan Flooding20102,00021,000,000 Japanese Earthquake/Tsunami201118,000N/A Typhoon Haiyan (Philippines)20136,30011,000,000

Reasons for Continuing High Levels of Disasters More thorough and detailed reporting of the disaster wherever it occurs. Growth in population and vulnerability in zones of high hazard. Increasing technological vulnerability.

Reported Deaths by Disaster Type Drought Earthquake Storm Flood

Average Numbers affected by Disasters (EM-DAT, 2004) Disaster TypeNumber of Recorded Events Total AffectedAverage Number Affected/Disaster Volcanoes1233,000,00024,390 Earthquakes66082,000,000125,000 Wind Storms1,864557,000,000300,000 Floods2,1562,600,000,0001,205,000 Total Affected = Number Injured + Number Homeless + Number requiring immediate Assistance including displaced or evacuated people (EM-DAT, 2004) Floods and Windstorms are showing the greatest Year on Year Increase in numbers and effect (EM-DAT 2006)

“The process of planning, implementing and controlling the efficient, cost-effective flow and storage of goods and materials as well as related information, from the point of origin to the point of consumption for the purpose of meeting the end beneficiary’s requirements.” (Thomas & Mizushima, 2005) Definition of Humanitarian Logistics

 It is estimated that 60-80% of the expenditure of an aid agency is on “logistics”.  The annual expenditure of all aid agencies is estimated to be about $20Bn.  This means that the expenditure on logistics is around $10-15Bn.  In fact, aid agencies are logistics organisations - even if they don’t realise this!!  So the question is how can this big amount of money be spent more effectively and efficiently? Why Does It Matter?

Textbook & Reading List 2 Humanitarian Logistics / Rolando Tomasini and Luk Van Wassenhove. Hampshire, Palgrave Macmillan, Some additional readings from journal papers for more insights

Course Objectives and Overview Equip the students on  humanitarian logistics operations  humanitarian logistics strategies Two sections in this course  Overview of humanitarian logistics (disaster management cycles, humanitarian players, etc. Ch.1 to 2)  Some key issues in humanitarian logistics, preparedness, coordination, information & knowledge management, etc. Ch.3 to 6)

Course Evaluation 10% attendance – Attend lectures as many as you can 20% in-class case presentation – Arrange grouping and assignment as early as possible 30% mid exam at the middle of the course – Get familiar with the context during the lesson. Ask questions if you don’t understand. – It is too late for a student to contact lecturer after the exam! 40% final exam at the end of the course – The last chance for you to catch up