Anna Nagurney, Ph.D.
Department of Operations and Information Management
Isenberg School of Management -- University of Massachusetts Amherst
SCH-MGMT 597LG -- Humanitarian Logistics and Healthcare
Spring 2015
Lecture Handouts
Syllabus
Lecture 1 - Background and Introduction
Lecture 2 - Commercial vs. Humanitarian Supply Chains
Lecture 3 - Supply Chain Risk Management
Lecture 4 - Fundamental Issues in Humanitarian Logistics
Lecture 5 - Network Performance, Robustness, and Resiliency
Lecture 6 - Learning from Disasters – Business and Humanitarian Ones
Lecture 7 - An Integrated Disaster Relief Model
Lecture 8 - Perishable Product Supply Chains in Healthcare
Lecture 9 - Earmarking and Financial Funds
Lecture 10 - Critical Needs Supply Chains Under Disruptions
Guest Lectures
Debbie Wilson R.N., Doctors Without Borders, February 4, 2015 (pptx)
Jeffrey Hescock, Director of University Emergency Management and Business Continuity, UMass Amherst, February 11, 2015 (pptx)
Presentation by Jeff Meyer, American Red Cross Blood Services, March 25, 2015 (pptx)
SMSgt Thomas Orifice, 104th Fighter Wing of the Air National Guard, April 8, 2015 (ppt)
Professor Ladimer S. Nagurney, University of Hartford, April 22, 2015 (pdf)
Additional material can be found on the Humanitarian Logistics: Networks for Africa site.
Virtual Center for Supernetworks