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Stuck on the wrong side of the world but still needing to deliver food to people in Ethiopia 5,000…

World Food Programme Logistics

My job entails the day-to-day running of the office, coordinating with UNHCR, nutrition partners, government counterparts, and overseeing a variety of operations like food distributions for refugees and livelihood assistance like crop production, livestock, fisheries, backyard gardening, bee keeping and banana cultivation. Final thoughts?

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Supply Chain & Logistics Education: Ask the Professors

The Logistics Academy

Peter Lukszys, University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison): In terms of different logistics applications, we see a lot of interest in humanitarian aid logistics and the impact of logistics strategies on climate change. In one logistics class, we turn the classroom into a distribution center for a period, and play a simulation game.