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Corrigendum To "Improving Bid Efficiency For Humanitarian Food Aid Procurement": [Int. J. Production Economics 134 (2011) 238–245], Aniruddha Bagchi, Jomon Aliyas Paul, Michael Maloni
Corrigendum To "Improving Bid Efficiency For Humanitarian Food Aid Procurement": [Int. J. Production Economics 134 (2011) 238–245], Aniruddha Bagchi, Jomon Aliyas Paul, Michael Maloni
Jomon Aliyas Paul
Correction: Few of the equations and formulas in the above mentioned article has been produced incorrectly. The correct equations as per the original source are provided.
Improving Bid Pricing For Humanitarian Logistics, John Trestrail, Jomon Paul, Michael Maloni
Improving Bid Pricing For Humanitarian Logistics, John Trestrail, Jomon Paul, Michael Maloni
Jomon Aliyas Paul
Purpose - Humanitarian logistics plays a critical role in the aid response to hunger and disasters worldwide. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) uses a competitive bidding process to procure P.L. 480 Title II food aid, a $2 billion business annually. This paper describes a mixed-integer program (MIP) decision tool that mimics the USDA bid approach in order to improve ocean carrier and food supplier bid pricing strategy. Design/methodology/approach - First, the USDA bid process is detailed and the MIP decision tool is described. Then how the tool is run against historical data to approximate future USDA bid awards is …
Location-Allocation Planning Of Stockpiles For Effective Disaster Mitigation, Jomon Aliyas Paul, Govind Hariharan
Location-Allocation Planning Of Stockpiles For Effective Disaster Mitigation, Jomon Aliyas Paul, Govind Hariharan
Jomon Aliyas Paul
In the existing framework for receiving and allocating Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) assistance, there are three noticeable delays: the delay by the state in requesting federal assets, the delay in the federal process which releases assets only upon the declaration of a disaster and lastly the time it takes to reach supplies rapidly from the SNS stockpile to where it is needed. The most efficient disaster preparedness plan is one that addresses all three delays taking into account the unique nature of each disaster. In this paper, we propose appropriate changes to the existing framework to address the first two …