Humanitarian supply chains have unique characteristics that the private sector must understand
After Hurricane Beryl struck the Texas coast and left flooding and millions without power in the state for days, the fears of the forecasting community were heightened. In this article, SCMR Editor In Chief Brian Straight discusses the various aspects of Humanitarian supply chain and logistics, including a section on specialized training" that focuses on the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics' 9-week MOOC on Humanitarian Logistics, taught by MIT Humanitarian Supply Chain Lab Director Jarrod Goentzel.
According to MIT, students learn how to professionally plan emergency operations that deliver essential goods and services to people affected by natural disaster, epidemic, pandemic, famine, armed conflict, complex emergency, and other humanitarian crises.