Logistics Christine CHOMILIER, Christophe GUITTON, Technical Officers Logistics Unit - EHP/HAC Geneva, November 2003 1
PRESENTATION! What is Logistics! Scope of Logistics! Logistics preparedness! Logistics Response! Supply Management Systems 2
What is Logistics Logistics should provide the means required to get goods, people and manufacturing capacity:! To the RIGHT place! At the RIGHT time! In the RIGHT quantity! At the RIGHT quality! At the RIGHT price! With the RIGHT language 3
Scope of Logistics ( saving lives)! Planning/ Assessment! Procurement/ Donation! Transportation/ Fleet management! Warehousing/ Stock Control! Tracking! Reporting 4
Scope of Logistics.. If the scope is properly defined.. It will strengthen trustfulness, credibility and respectability. And will attract money 5
LOGISTICS PREPAREDNESS Logistics Preparedness Global Network Human Resources Standards & Systems Stocks 6
Logistics Preparedness Global Network Professional Hum.Resources Standards Systems Stocks WHO HQ RO CO UN agencies warehousing Other Organization Private Sector Academics Roster list Emergency Assessment Team Emergency Response Unit Training for National & International staff Co-ordination Guidelines Nation. Drugs List Procedures - Procurement - Transport - Warehousing - Tracking Reporting Computer systems (Automation) Catalogues (with indicative Price List) 2004 Frame Agreement (MoU) Supplier stocks MOH stock periphery pre-positioning UN Agencies stock (UNHRD Brindisi)) Other Organizations stock Private sector availability 7
LOGISTICS RESPONSE Logistics response Field Set up Plan of Action Mobilisation Prosess 8
Logistics Response Field set up Logistics bases Human resources Systems Plan of action Needs assessment Feasibility Logistics planning & Time Frame Mobilisation Process Co-ordination of Supply (within health co-ordination) Procurement Mobilisation Table 9
SUMA Is a relief supply management system for disasters, enabling the country to :! Sort and classify supplies at the port of entry! Take inventory! Manage warehouses! Monitor distribution! Follow up of donors pledges (reporting) Objective: to build and strengthen the capacity to deal with information on relief supplies. Training has to be done during the preparedness phase When the crisis occurs it s too late. 10
Logistics Chain Supplier / Manufacturer Transport Central warehouse Transport Local warehouse Transport MOH/ Health Structures / Beneficiaries 11
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UNJLC MISSION To complement and co-ordinate the logistics capabilities of co-operating humanitarian agencies during large-scale emergencies. The Concept has been endorsed by IASC in February 2001, institutionalised by IASC on 14 March 2002 13
MAIN FUNCTIONS Logistics Coordination: Civil and Military Supply/Warehousing Coordination: stock availability and position Logistics Movement Control: Planning, bottlenecks, transport mode (air operation with UNHAS), monitoring Information Management: pipe line/commodity tracking and logistics planning support information ( sitrep/bulletins, GIS/mapping, movement control, technical assessment, fuel, UNJLC web) Infrastructure: corridors, borders, road sector 14
ACTIVATION PROCESS DISASTER ONSET SCALE OF RESPONSE INTER-AGENCY CONSULTATION EXISTING AGENCY CAPACITIES MAJOR BOTTLENECKS MCDA INVOLVEMENT UNJLC INPUT DECISION WITHIN 24 HOURS!!! 15
EXIT STRATEGY The duration of a UNJLC intervention is short term STAFFING/TRAINING Logistics experts provided by: UN Agencies, other humanitarian organisations, and donors. Training sessions on UNJLC concept and procedures. 16
INTERVENTION MODELS 1. COORDINATION ONLY Bhuj Earthquake 2001 Afghanistan emergency (2001-2002) Iraq 2003, Liberia 2003 2. COORDINATION PLUS ASSET MANAGEMENT Eastern Zaire Crisis 1996, Somalia/Kenya flooding 1998, Macedonian Operation in 1999, East Timor in 1999, Mozambique 2000 and 2001 17
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