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

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 their field investigation and literature review, the authors 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 they can build a framework for the corresponding nine kinds of contracts and propose their models. Through a common numerical experiment, they 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.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2023.103395
• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1366554523003836
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• Authors:
  • Fan, Yu
  • Shao, Jianfang
  • 0000-0002-2484-2670
  • Wang, Xihui
  • Liang, Liang
• Publication Date: 2024-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: 103395
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review
  • Volume: 182
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 1366-5545
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13665545

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Contracts; Disaster relief; Private enterprise; Supply chain management; Third party logistics providers
• Geographic Terms: China
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Freight Transportation; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01904269
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 8 2024 12:20PM