concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: logistics

distribution chain
type: Concept
narrower: logistics

issues in crisis management
type: Concept
narrower: logistics

logistics
type: Concept
broader: issues in crisis management
broader: distribution chain
definition: Logistics in humanitarian operations is described as a set of actions necessary to deliver aid to designated beneficiaries and/or to provide support to relief operations. The logistics process is therefore aimed at transfering goods from a point of origin to one of destination. [Source: Encyclopedia of Crisis Management; Logistics]