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Evaluating Humanitarian Flood Relief Supply Chain Efficiency

Table 1: Issues on Disaster Relief Operations in Malaysia (Mohd et al., 2018)

1 Evacuation centres become overloaded and clogged with noncritical items resulting in wastage and duplication.
2 A chaotic process of delivering goods to disaster victims.
3 Delay in the decision-making process for resolving immediate needs during a critical situation.
4 Wastage and duplication of donated goods are caused by improper inventory management.
5 Duplication of supply to the same group of disaster victims while other affected disaster victims are left empty-handed.
6 Disaster victims are scattered with low life support on water, food, energy, and healthcare supplies.
7 The negative impact in terms of monetary and other limited resources.
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