Emergency inventory management for disasters—A review

Eren Erman Ozguven, PhD; Kaan Ozbay, PhD

doi:10.5055/jem.2014.0179

Authors

Eren Erman Ozguven, PhD
Kaan Ozbay, PhD

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5055/jem.2014.0179

Keywords:

disasters, humanitarian logistics, emergency operations, inventory control

Abstract

There has been a recent surge in the publication of academic literature examining various aspects of emergency inventory management for disasters. This article contains a timely literature review of these studies, beginning with an exposition of the characteristics of storage and delivery options for emergency supplies, with a particular emphasis on the differences between emergency inventories and conventional inventory management. Using a novel classification scheme and a comprehensive search of the inventory-related literature, an overview of the emergency inventory management studies is also presented. Finally, based on this extensive review, a discussion is presented

based on the critical issues and key findings related to the emergency inventory management field, and include suggestions for future research directions.

Author Biographies

Eren Erman Ozguven, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Florida A&M University – Florida State University College of Engineering, Tallahassee, Florida

Kaan Ozbay, PhD

Professor, Department of Civil and Urban Engineering and Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP), New York University, Brooklyn, New York.

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