Big Data in Humanitarian Supply Chain Management: A Review and Further Research Directions

Humanitarian organizations work diligently to save lives using scarce resources,competing for donor money, and operating in complex environments. It is no surprise thatthey need information to effectively execute their task. As there have been tremendous developmentsin data analytics it is imperative that the domain of humanitarian supply chainmanagement leverage the benefits offered by the advancement of big data. In this study, wehave conducted a systematic literature review in the field of big data and humanitarian supplychain. The data was collected using Scopus which is the largest digital database. After carefulscreening, only 28 journal papers were selected for literature review. These papers have beenclassified and grouped into various categorizations. Future research directions in this fieldhave been suggested that are based on various organizational theories