O relacionamento entre a logística humanitária e a logística reversa: características, ações e singularidades entre ambas.

Published in: Global Partnerships for Development and Engineering Education: Proceedings of the 15th LACCEI International Multi-Conference for Engineering, Education and Technology
Date of Conference: July 19-21, 2017
Location of Conference: Boca Raton, FL, United States
Authors: Moacir Pereira, PhD. (Centro Universitário Salesiano de São Paulo - UNISAL, BR)
Zaida Jova Aguila, PhD. (Centro Universitário Salesiano de São Paulo - UNISAL, BR)
Wanessa Carla Gazzoni, PhD. (Centro Universitário Salesiano de São Paulo - UNISAL, BR)
Full Paper: #8

Abstract:

Situations that demand emergency actions, such as natural disasters (hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, floods), require special logistics posture, which is being called humanitarian logistics. This is still a new concept in Brazil, but it has been studied more and more in European countries and in the United States. Humanitarian logistics is the branch of logistics responsible for processes which involves the mobilization of resources, knowledge and people to support communities affected by emergency situations, such as natural disasters, wars or terrorist attacks. Reverse logistics is another branch of logistics that is concerned with the return of the goods and products flowing from the primary client and which may be sent to dumpsites, recycling or reuse. However, when these materials are managed in a different way, they may reach people who were affected by natural disasters or not, characterizing the humanitarian logistics. This article seeks to define, compare and relate the single elements of the traditional logistics (direct flow), humanitarian and reverse logistics. It also seeks to show the way to an effective integration between these three logistics branches in order to take advantage of the best to help victims of any disaster.