MANAGERIAL PLANNING IN DISASTER LOGISTICS: MODEL PROPOSAL FOR LOGISTICS ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURING IN PANDEMICS

Abstract

In disaster management too, it is necessary to do strategic, tactical, and operational planning, determine goals and objectives and in order to reach those goals, do the necessary organizing and find resources. Logistics planning is carried out in accordance with the number and the basic needs of the victims. During the COVID-19 Pandemic, which is a type of biological disaster that has started in China and affected the whole world, the problems experienced in local production and international transportation caused disruptions in supply chains. The effectiveness of medical intervention and disaster management in pandemics depends on the efficiency of logistics services. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the importance of logistics planning specific to pandemic response activities in accordance with Turkey's disaster response structure and legislation. In this paper, disaster and emergency legislation in Turkey, disaster management systems in different countries and pandemic response studies have been examined. Based on literature research and face-to-face interviews, suggestions were made regarding the executive structure of the institutions and organizations working at the command, tactical or operational levels of pandemic response. An executive structuring model for logistics activities during pandemics was created by evaluation of the response work in the COVID-19 pandemic.