Assessment Of Humanitarian Logistics Performance Of Non-Governmental Organizations In The Case Of Save The Children International Ethiopia

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2020-07

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Addis Ababa University

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The objective of the study was to assess the humanitarian Logistics performance of Save the Children International Ethiopia this study was also intended to explore and empirically test the possible relationships between factors that can affect the humanitarian logistics performance and the Humanitarian Logistics Performance of the company. The researcher carried out a systematic literature review to identify variables and to design a structured questionnaire. Accordingly the researcher identifies Five Humanitarian Logistics Performance measuring variables of Reliability, Responsiveness, Agility, Cost and Asset management. The researcher conducted an empirical study on a sample of 54 respondents who have experience on humanitarian logistics within the company. 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 was concluded that there is positive and statistically strong relationship between Humanitarian Logistics Performance factors and humanitarian logistics performances. It is also conclude that the humanitarian logistics practices of the company are well practicing and have a positive effect on the performance. Therefore, In order to become competitive and achieve sustainable performance in disaster relief chain operations, Save the Children Ethiopia should give due attention on the strategies to minimize the effect of those factors and to align the practices to the performance.

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Humanitarian Logistics, Humanitarian Logistics factors, Humanitarian Logistics Performance.

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