Chapter 4 presents en emblematic example of a strategic integrative partnership between humanitarian organizations and logistics companies in disaster relief. Sect. 4.1 describes the Logistics Emergency Teams (LETs) initiative; Sect. 4.2 describes the logistics business partners—Agility, TNT, UPS, and Maersk, all of them leading logistics and transportation companies; Sect. 4.3 describes the logistics humanitarian partner—the United Nations Logistics Cluster (LC), led by the World Food Programme (WFP); and Sect. 4.4 describes a set of relationship guidelines for ruling the LET/LC partnership. The chapter provides the reader with a short case study description of an emblematic partnership between humanitarian organizations and logistics companies in disaster relief, and shows how the cooperation could leverage and match the capacity and resources of the logistics industry with the expertise and the experience of the humanitarian community.
Emblematic Example of Strategic Cross-Sector Partnership: Logistics Emergency Teams
SpringerBriefs in Business
2012-07-27
10 pages
Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Strategic relationships , Private-humanitarian cooperation , Multi-company integrative partnership , Emblematic example , Disaster reliefs support , Logistics emergency teams (LETs) initiative , Logistics and transportation companies (Agility TNT, UPS, and Maersk) , Logistics cluster , World Food Programme , Parameters of engagement Business and Management , Operations Management , Business Ethics , Development Economics
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