Frank Brown

(Dean - INSEAD)

“This book is a great example of our commitment at INSEAD to develop responsible leaders. It is very timely given the rapidly increasing acknowledgement of the importance of the social impact of organizations. The cases and recommendations in this book will be very helpful to anyone seeking to maximize their impact on humanitarian disaster relief.”

Josette Sheeran

(Executive Director-World Food Program)

"WFP's strategy on private sector partnerships goes beyond cash or in-kind donations. We recognise that as the UN's lead logistics organisation we have a responsibility to look for benchmark practices both in the traditional humanitarian community but also in the private sector. The partnership with TNT has allowed us to do just that - knowledge sharing is an essential part of the way we work together. Humanitarian logistics are very different from private sector logistics, but we can learn a great deal from each other, as this book amply demonstrates."

Professor Hau Lee

(Stanford University)

“This is a book that I recommend highly to humanitarian logistics professionals as well as business supply chain practitioners. The authors used the frameworks of modern supply chain management to describe how humanitarian disaster relief can avoid pitfalls and be efficient. But the resulting innovations and practices are actually powerful lessons for the business sector as well. This is the first book that has integrated effective approaches in humanitarian logistics and business supply chain management in a most instructive and inspiring manner, and both sectors can learn so much from it."

Peter Bakker
(Chief Executive Officer-TNT)

"In 2002 TNT partnered up with WFP. Our public-private partnership has proven its value to both WFP, their beneficiaries and also to TNT. We support WFP with applying our core competences to model and develop supply chain solutions; moreover we acknowledge the importance of logistics in disaster relief and have taken on the role the private sector can play in this field.
We realise that this is an area to keep investing in. This book gives an insight of the importance of humanitarian logistics and the challenges that lie ahead."