Supply Chain View

It has been a long time since I updated the site, almost a year in fact. Although my last employer didn’t explicitly forbid my sharing my professional thoughts on line, they did make it clear they were uncomfortable with it and I decided to respect their wishes. But now that I have moved on, I [...]

Paul Currion from humanitarian.info has written recently about Fritz Institute’s Helios Humanitarian Logistics software. This is a fascinating project: Fritz describes Helios as “a comprehensive supply chain technology solution that brings order to disaster relief, helping humanitarian organizations provide aid to people quickly and more efficiently” Paul notes that the first implementation of the system, [...]

I’ve mentioned before (here and here) the Certificate in Humanitarian Logistics – a qualification for field logisticians designed by CILT for the Fritz Institute. At a meeting of the steering group of CILT’s Humanitarian & Emergencies Logistics Professionals (HELP) Forum, Bernard Auton mentioned in passing that there are now over 200 candidates taking the course. [...]

In my report of the CILT HELP Forum I mentioned in passing the Certificate in Humanitarian Logistics. Yesterday the latest edition of CILTWorld dropped through my letterbox and I was delighted to see a 2-page spread on the qualification. Charles Muchiri – Head of Warehousing for the ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross and [...]

CILT(UK) launched the Humanitarian and Emergencies Logistics Professionals (HELP) Forum early last year with the aim of sharing best practice and developing the skills of those working in the humanitarian logistics field. (For more background see the HELP Forum page on the CILT’s website.) My own involvement in this – motivated by a longstanding interest [...]

Perhaps you’ve arrived here looking for the Humanitarian Emergencies Logistics Professionals forum (HELP). If so, you may be confused. The forum can be found at help.supplychainview.com The Supply Chain View blog was launched Nov 2006. Please check back for comment and views on supply chain issues, or subscribe to the RSS feeds.