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Emergency preparedness planning in developed countries: the Swedish case

Emergency preparedness planning in developed countries: the Swedish case PurposeTo understand the needs of the supply-chain network when coping with permanent and temporary demands, this paper analyzes the Swedish emergency preparedness supply-chain network. This network comprises planning procedures and resources, as well as numerous organizations and other participants in civil society that take part in the system to cope with threats and ongoing crises. Planning constitutes a critical infrastructure because the system must develop the ability to shift supply chain functions from permanent to temporary networks in ongoing crises and war.Design/methodology/approachA research study is performed based on data gathered by three qualitative methods concerning the supply-chain network of emergency preparedness planning. FindingsThis study demonstrates the relevance of a wide empirical field challenging several theoretical perspectives of the supply-chain network in preparedness planning and the shift to ongoing crises. Further research targeting key capabilities is needed to further improve understanding of the challenges for developed countries in managing potential threats and crises.Originality/valueActors taking part in the preparedness system have found it challenging to coordinate. Due, in part, to the lack of a common threat profile, key capabilities remain outside preparedness planning, e.g., military, commercial and voluntary actors as well as unclear and inconsistent regulations. Thus, building the supply-chain network demonstrates the need to target the military, the voluntary and commercial sectors and their ability to develop the networks in preparedness planning. In a reformed system, all actors must strengthen civil defense in an all-hazard approach, which in planning encompasses the entire threat scale, demonstrating key functions and the ability to shift to temporary networks responding to ongoing crises, including war. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management Emerald Publishing

Emergency preparedness planning in developed countries: the Swedish case

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Emerald Publishing
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2042-6747
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10.1108/JHLSCM-10-2015-0039
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PurposeTo understand the needs of the supply-chain network when coping with permanent and temporary demands, this paper analyzes the Swedish emergency preparedness supply-chain network. This network comprises planning procedures and resources, as well as numerous organizations and other participants in civil society that take part in the system to cope with threats and ongoing crises. Planning constitutes a critical infrastructure because the system must develop the ability to shift supply chain functions from permanent to temporary networks in ongoing crises and war.Design/methodology/approachA research study is performed based on data gathered by three qualitative methods concerning the supply-chain network of emergency preparedness planning. FindingsThis study demonstrates the relevance of a wide empirical field challenging several theoretical perspectives of the supply-chain network in preparedness planning and the shift to ongoing crises. Further research targeting key capabilities is needed to further improve understanding of the challenges for developed countries in managing potential threats and crises.Originality/valueActors taking part in the preparedness system have found it challenging to coordinate. Due, in part, to the lack of a common threat profile, key capabilities remain outside preparedness planning, e.g., military, commercial and voluntary actors as well as unclear and inconsistent regulations. Thus, building the supply-chain network demonstrates the need to target the military, the voluntary and commercial sectors and their ability to develop the networks in preparedness planning. In a reformed system, all actors must strengthen civil defense in an all-hazard approach, which in planning encompasses the entire threat scale, demonstrating key functions and the ability to shift to temporary networks responding to ongoing crises, including war.

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Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management – Emerald Publishing

Published: Aug 1, 2016

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