Practice And Theory – Warehouse Network Optimisation for UNHCR

Marianne Jahre; Joakim Kembro; Peter Berling

Practice And Theory – Warehouse Network Optimisation for UNHCR

Marianne Jahre, Joakim Kembro, Peter Berling

BI Norwegian Business School

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Abstract

Traditionally humanitarian organisations have based warehouse locations on individuals’ experience and knowledge, rather than decision support tools such as network optimisation models. This paper presents a study undertaken for UNHCR aiming to develop an applicable warehouse location support tool by considering the most relevant contextual factors.

Original language	English
Number of pages	30
Publication status	Unpublished - 2014
Event	POMS - Atlanta Duration: 2014 May 9 → 2014 May 12

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Conference	POMS
Period	2014/05/09 → 2014/05/12

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Transport Systems and Logistics

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Network optimisation
Application
Facility location
UNHCR

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