Humanitarian Logistics Support Challenges During Flood in the Five States in Malaysia

The field of Humanitarian Logistics Support has gained much attention in research today. Humanitarian actorsshould plan their logistics requirement, strategise the supplies they receive and deliver them to the affected areas as quickly aspossible without with a lead time. Furthermore, proper preparation for the transportation of the supplies is essential, and thisnecessitates meticulous planning. In light of the increasing number of disasters that occur each year, humanitarian logisticssupport should be able to deliver aid and supplies with greater efficiency. It was discovered, however, that the same issueswere reported over and over again. This research identifies and analyses the issues and challenges that the HumanitarianLogistics Support faces, in order to determine their cause and consequences. This study examined the flood-related newsreported in Malaysia's leading newspaper and on social media, as well as analysed articles pertaining to HumanitarianLogistics Challenges using Atlas Ti. Several Malaysian states, including Johore, Pahang, Kelantan, Terengganu, and Sabah,were reported to have experienced flooding beginning at the end of December 2020 and continuing until the middle of January2021. The findings revealed that there were numerous logistics shortfalls in humanitarian logistics support that were not causedby inefficiency on the part of humanitarian actors, but rather by uncertainty during the flood. An emergency plan must bedeveloped as a result in order to prevent underlying risk and disruption from occurring. Previous studies had concluded thatinefficiency was the root cause of humanitarian logistics challenges; however, this study found that uncertainty issuesencountered during the disaster response were the main reason of these difficulties.