Humanitarian Logistics Management After A Disaster: An Earthquake Case

Post-disaster relief logistics includes logistics activities in the shortest time. Inventory routing problemshave decided routing decisions considering inventory levels during the planning horizon at minimumcost. In this study, an inventory routing problem for the distribution after the disaster has been proposed.The problem aims the distribution of the supplies needed considering available inventory levels atminimum time. Distribution amount and the routes under the constraints of routing and inventoryamounts for affected people have been decided. An integer programming approach to solve the problemhas been proposed and solved. The proposed model is solved for a case of Van earthquake whichoccurred at 2011 in Turkey. The results from the case study show us that determining the inventory androuting decisions simultaneously can provide less logistic activities. In addition to this, holding inventoryin the central depot can ensure to respond the emergency needs safely and quickly.