DESIGN OF LOGISTICS INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR DISASTER RELIEF OPERATIONS
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2013-02-14
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Suan Dusit Rajabhat University (Thailand), Kellogg College, University of Oxford (United Kingdom), Lincoln University (Ner Zealand), Le Havre University (France)
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Management of logistics system in disaster relief is an integrated approach in managing the disaster relief items, and certainly involves many different actors but the disaster relief activities must be well-coordinate. Thus, the information system is very important think for the activity of emergency response and disaster relief. With good information systems, the disaster relief can be done as quickly and as precisely as possible. This research focused on the design of logistics information system that can support disaster relief emergency response activities which is included the activities of delivery the medicines and medical personnel, equipment and special rescue teams, as well as food and drink into the distribution center of areas that affected by the disaster. The final results obtained from this research are the information systems can be used to planning the logistics of disaster relief as well as to support the distribution of disaster relief goods. The information systems that built on this research can provide information about: (1) description of the population consisted of the total population, the number of inhabitants, adult population, and the number of residents with disabilities; (2) description of resources that contains information about the transportation that can be used to distribute the disaster relief goods; (3) information about the inventory status of tents, food, medical equipment, and sanitary items; (4) A map of the region which contains information about ground transportation routes (main road can be used), the route a railway track, the location of facilities such as hospitals, as well as information about the location of the provincial unit for disaster response coordination ( BPBD - regional disaster management agency ).
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Information Systems, Logistic Information System, Disaster Relief, GIS