Assessment of Humanitarian Supply Chain Performance of Selected Humanitarian Organizations in Ethiopia
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2016-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The objective of the study was to assess the HSC performance of selected humanitarian
organizations in Ethiopia based on Triple-A framework proposed by Lee, 2004. Specifically, this
study was also intended to explore and empirically test the possible relationships among
Humanitarian Supply Chain Agility, Adaptability, Alignment and HSC performance of selected
Humanitarian organizations in Ethiopia. The researcher carried out a systematic literature
review (SLR) to identify variables and their items to design a structured questionnaire.
Accordingly the researcher identifies three important variables of humanitarian supply chain
network: agility, adaptability and alignment. The researcher conducted an empirical study on a
sample 58 respondents (experts in the humanitarian supply chain) that were collected by the
researcher from Six humanitarian emergency food aid organizations in Ethiopia, namely CARE
Ethiopia, Save the children international (SCI), Catholic Relief service Ethiopia (CRS), Relief
society of Tigray (REST) World Vision Ethiopia (WVE), Food for the hunger international in
Ethiopia (FHE). The relationships proposed in the framework were tested using Pearson
correlation and the hypotheses proposed in the research were also tested using regression
analysis. From the result of the analysis it is concluded that there is positive and statistically
very strong relationship between humanitarian supply chain agility and humanitarian supply
chain performances. It is also conclude that Humanitarian supply chain adaptability has also
positive and strong relationship with humanitarian supply chain performance. On the other
hand, Humanitarian supply chain alignment has also positive and statistically strong
relationship with HSC performance. Therefore, In order to become competitive and achieve
sustainable performance in disaster relief chain operations, humanitarian organizations should
give due attention to the constructs Humanitarian supply chain agility, adaptability and
alignment. A unique contribution of the present study is an attempt to outline humanitarian
supply chain management from commercial supply chain management and further explore the
possible relationships among supply chain agility, supply chain adaptability, supply chain
alignment and humanitarian supply chain performance in Ethiopian context.
Key Words: Humanitarian supply chain, supply chain agility, supply chain adaptability, supply
chain alignment and humanitarian supply chain Performance.
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Humanitarian supply chain; supply chain agility; supply chain adaptability; supply chain alignment and humanitarian supply chain Performance.