FourKites, American Logistics Aid Network partner to connect supply chain leaders with disaster relief organizations
Pandemic and hurricane-related supply chain disruptions call for unprecedented collaboration to ensure the timely delivery of critical goods
FourKites and the American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN), are collaborating to accelerate the transport and delivery of essential goods as the world continues to cope with pandemic-related supply chain disruptions and braces for the potential effects of the 2020 hurricane season.
Founded in 2005 in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, ALAN provides supply chain assistance to disaster relief organizations and other non-profits to help solve their most pressing supply chain challenges immediately after disasters strike. According to recent studies, disaster relief organizations can spend up to 80 percent of their crisis budget on logistics, with as much as 40 percent of that being wasted, simply because they don’t have the right supply chain equipment, knowledge or connections at their disposal. By teaming up with FourKites, ALAN is now in close communication with the world’s largest network of global shippers, carriers, brokers and 3PLs, which will enable it to better share and fulfill humanitarian organizations’ urgent requests for logistics assistance.