Relief Logistics Practices in Indonesia: A Survey

The Fifth International Conference on Business and Management Research (ICBMR), University of Indonesia, August 4th, 2010

18 Pages Posted: 23 Sep 2010

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Ratih Dyah Kusumastuti

Universitas Indonesia, Graduate School of Management

Rizqiah Insanita

Universitas Indonesia, Graduate School of Management

Sigit S. Wibowo

Universitas Indonesia, Graduate School of Management

Date Written: September 23, 2010

Abstract

Indonesia is considered as a disaster-prone country. Many disasters, natural or man-made disasters, have occurred in Indonesia in the recent years, such as the earthquakes in West Java and West Sumatra provinces in 2009. Besides earthquake, many areas in Indonesia also hit by Tsunami, landslide, flood, forest fire and drought.

Disaster management involves plans, structures, and arrangements established to engage the normal endeavors of governments, voluntary and private agencies in a comprehensive and coordinated way to respond to the whole spectrum of emergency needs. The disaster management cycle consists of four stages, namely mitigation, preparedness, response and rehabilitation. Effective logistics management is one of the critical success factors in disaster management.

Relief (humanitarian) logistics aims at rapidly providing the appropriate emergency supplies to disaster survivors and at minimizing human suffering and death. Logistics plays an important role in disaster management because it accounts for eighty percent of the relief operations.

This research is concerned with a survey to understand the disaster survivors' perspectives on relief logistics activities and to study the relief logistics networks of parties involved in disaster relief operations in Indonesia, such as The National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB), Ministry of Health, Ministry of Social, the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI), and Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs). Based on the result of the survey, we determine the critical success factors of relief logistics activities in Indonesia.

Keywords: humanitarian logistics, relief logistics, disaster management

Suggested Citation

Kusumastuti, Ratih Dyah and Insanita, Rizqiah and Wibowo, Sigit Sulistiyo, Relief Logistics Practices in Indonesia: A Survey (September 23, 2010). The Fifth International Conference on Business and Management Research (ICBMR), University of Indonesia, August 4th, 2010, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1681217

Ratih Dyah Kusumastuti (Contact Author)

Universitas Indonesia, Graduate School of Management ( email )

Depok, West Java 16424
Indonesia

Rizqiah Insanita

Universitas Indonesia, Graduate School of Management ( email )

Depok, West Java 16424
Indonesia

Sigit Sulistiyo Wibowo

Universitas Indonesia, Graduate School of Management ( email )

Depok, West Java 16424
Indonesia

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