Professor - Department of Accounting and Operations Management
Biography
Marianne Jahre is Professor of Logistics at Lund University and BI Norwegian Business School. She received her PhD in logistics in 1995 at Chalmers University of Technology and is now docent there. She has been visiting professor at at Université de la Méditerranée in France for a number of years.
Marianne has co-edited and co-authored several books and published articles in International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, International Journal of Logistics: Research and Applications and International Journal of Logistics Management. She won the Outstanding Paper Award at the Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2009 from Emerald. She is an international delegate to the Norwegian Red Cross and was during the fall of 2009 undertaking a project on health supply chains in Uganda for Unicef. At present she is heading the research project Contribute in disaster relief logistics cooperating with Everywhere Humanitarian Response and Logistics Services, Wilh.Wilhelmsen and International Federation Red Cross Red Crescent.
At BI Marianne is now responsible for the major in logistics, operations and supply chain management. She was part of the group who in 1989 established NOFOMA, the Nordic network for logistics researchers and has since been heading the organising and scientific commitee for the conference when it has been hosted by BI in 1995 and in 2006. Being member of the 'latino' version of NOFOMA, RIRL established in France in 1998, she functions as a liason between the Nordic countries and Southern European Countries and Brazil.
Marianne is a board member of SMARTRANS, the research programme on transport and logistics in the Norwegian Research Council.
Research areas
Disaster relief logistics.
Project-based logistics.
Design and development of logistics networks.
Supply chain integration and the role of service providers.
Sustainable and reverse logistics.
Teaching areas
Strategic issues in logistics.
Design and development of logistics systems with particular focus on conceptual frameworks.
Development of logistics and supply chain management as a research area in its own right.
Research methodology.
Supply chain management.
Disaster relief logistics.
Frennesson, Lina; Kembro, Joakim, de Vries, Harwin, Van Wassenhove, Luk N. & Jahre, Marianne (2020)
Localisation of Logistics Preparedness in International Humanitarian Organisations
Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management, 11(1), s. 81- 106. Doi: 10.1108/JHLSCM-06-2020-0048
Purpose – To meet the rising global needs, the humanitarian community has signed off on making a strategic change toward more localisation, which commonly refers to the empowerment of national and local actors in humanitarian assistance. However, to this date, actual initiatives for localisation are rare. To enhance understanding of the phenomenon, the authors explore localisation of logistics preparedness capacities and obstacles to its implementation. The authors particularly take the perspective of the international humanitarian organisation (IHO) community as they are expected to implement the localisation strategy. Design/methodology/approach – A phenomenon-driven, exploratory and qualitative study was conducted. Data collection included in-depth interviews with 28 experienced humanitarian professionals. Findings – The findings showed the ambiguity inherent in the localisation strategy with largely different views on four important dimensions. Particularly, the interviewees differ about strengthening external actors or internal national/local offices. The resulting framework visualises the gap between strategy formulation and implementation, which forms major obstacles to the localisation aims. Research limitations/implications – Further research is required to support the advancement of localisation of logistics preparedness capacities. Important aspects for future research include triangulation of results, other stakeholder perspectives and the influence of context. Practical implications – The authors add to the important debate surrounding localisation by offering remedies to overcoming obstacles to strategy implementation. Further, the authors’ proposed framework offers a language to precisely describe the ways in which IHOs (should) view localisation of logistics preparedness capacities and its operationalisation. Originality/value – To the best of authors’ knowledge, this paper is the first academic article on localisation within the humanitarian logistics context.
Ahlqvist, Victoria; Norrman, Andreas & Jahre, Marianne (2020)
Supply Chain Risk Governance: Towards a Conceptual Multi-Level Framework
Operations and Supply Chain Management, 13(4), s. 382- 395. Doi: 10.31387/oscm0430278
The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) is currently putting high pressure on most countries’ critical infrastructures (not only health care), creating huge uncertainties in supply and demand, and disrupting global supply chains. The global crisis will demonstrate the extent to which different parties (countries, public authorities, private companies etc.) can work together and take holistic decisions in such situations. A core question in supply chain management asks how independent decision-makers at many levels can work together and how this joint work can be governed. Supply chain risk management (SCRM), however, has focused mostly on how focal private companies apply SCRM processes to identify, analyse and mitigate risk related to upstream and downstream flows in their supply networks. At the same time, interorganisational collaboration to handle diverse risks is always needed. A risk that hits one organisation often affects other, interconnected organisations. This study aims to develop the term supply chain risk governance with an associated conceptual framework that embraces various types of supply chains and actors. In a cross-disciplinary literature study, we dissect, compare and combine risk governance with interorganisational aspects of SCRM and find that the mechanisms suggested in the risk governance literature coincide with many of those in SCRM. We suggest a combination of these to govern risk processes at an inter-organisational level, regardless of the type of organisation included in the supply chain. This would be suitable for critical infrastructures that often contain a mixture of private and public actors. The scope of the literature employed is limited, and some articles have played a larger role in the framework development. The paper explores new territory through this cross-disciplinary study, extends existing multi-level frameworks with inter-organisational governance mechanisms and proposes new governance mechanisms to the field. This study could support the understanding of how critical infrastructures in our society are governed so as to increase their resilience to both smaller and larger disruptions.
Jahre, Marianne & Jahre, Martine (2018)
Logistics Preparedness and Response: A Case of Strategic Change
Villa, Sebastien; Urrea, Gloria, Castaneda, Jaime Andres & Larsen, Erik R. (red.). Decision-making in Humanitarian Operations: Strategy, Behavior and System Dynamics
Purpose – An unprecedented scale of human migration has lead humanitarians to view camps as long-term settlements rather than temporary holding facilities. The purpose of this paper is to increase the understanding of and identify challenges with this proposed new approach to camp design. Design/methodology/approach – Based on the camp design literature, the authors developed an interview guide and checklist for data collection. A multi-site case study and within- and cross-case analysis was then conducted. Findings – The findings suggest that the proposed new approach is implemented only to a limited extent, and mostly in a stepwise manner. As camps mature, there is a shift toward the new approach, but most camps are established using the traditional top-down, temporary, and isolated approach. Research limitations/implications – The findings are based on four camps in four different countries and do not provide an exhaustive global coverage. Practical implications – The insights the authors derived and the challenges identified from the empirical evidence can be used to better plan future camps. Social implications – The results can support improvements in camp design, thus alleviating suffering for both refugees and host communities, particularly in developing countries. In particular, the trade-off between a permanent solution and the temporary must be accounted for. Originality/value – The study contributes to the literature by developing and proposing a conceptual framework to camp design. The cross-case analysis provides an initial understanding and categorization of challenges with implementing the new approach. It also suggests an evolutionary perspective of camp design
Traditionally, international humanitarian organisations have used on-demand dispatch of disaster relief goods from regional logistics units (RLUs) for sudden onset disaster response. This paper investigates the improvements in efficiency and resilience of disaster relief operations by combining the existing method of onshore prepositioning of relief items in RLUs with offshore prepositioning of relief items on-board vessels and at seaport terminals. The problem is formulated as a linear programming model that incorporates different logistical costs, including inventory cost, replenishment cost, and transportation cost, to find the best combination of disaster relief methods. At the tactical level, the model determines how much and where disaster relief items need to be prepositioned. At the operational level, the model addresses how much and by which mode of transport the disaster relief items need to be transported to disaster points. The model is tested on 16 major disasters in Southeast Asia. The main finding is that offshore prepositioning can contribute to cost reduction and resilience without compromising on the speed or the scale of the response. The results also suggest that the benefits depend on the duration of the disaster emergency period and the ratio of offshore storage cost to onshore storage cost.
Vega, Diego & Jahre, Marianne (2017)
Case studies in Humanitarian Logistics Research
Hellström, Daniel; Kembro, Joakim & Bodnar, Hajnalka (red.). NOFOMA 2017 The 29th NOFOMA Conference: "Taking on Grand Challenges"
Jahre, Marianne (2017)
Den viktigste logistikken - beredskap og respons i humanitære kriser
Hafting, Tore (red.). Krisehåndtering, planlegging og handling
Jahre, Marianne (2017)
Humanitarian supply chain strategies – a review of how actors mitigate supply chain risks
Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management, 7(2), s. 82- 101. Doi: 10.1108/JHLSCM-12-2016-0043
Jahre, Marianne (2016)
On a logistical mission
Taylor, Linnea; Zalis, Marina Castro & Crespo, Patricia Veiga (red.). The XX factor
Jahre, Marianne; Pazirandeh, Ala & Van Wassenhove, Luk N. (2016)
Defining logistics preparedness: a framework and research agenda
Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management, 6(3), s. 372- 398. Doi: 10.1108/JHLSCM-04-2016-0012
Sohrabpour, V.; Hellström, D. & Jahre, Marianne (2012)
Packaging in developing countries: identifying supply chain needs
Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management, 2(2), s. 183- 205. Doi: 10.1108/20426741211260750
Jahre, Marianne; Dumoulin, Luc, Greenhalgh, Langdon, Hudspeth, Claudia, Limlim, Philip & Spindler, Anna (2012)
Improving health in developing countries - reducing complexity of drug supply chains
Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management, 2(1), s. 54- 84. Doi: 10.1108/20426741211226000
Uganda is one of many African countries struggling to develop adequate healthcare, particularly at the last mile of local treatment and regards access to drugs. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to understanding of how reduced supply chain complexity can improve health in developing countries.Based on a study and evaluation that included 50 interviews and 27 site visits of the public healthcare system in Karamoja, north-east Uganda, a mapping of drug supply chains was undertaken to identify causes of stocks-outs and possible solutions. A model for logistics process redesign is used for the analysis and results quantified. The main conclusion is that less supply chain complexity leads to lower costs while also reducing stock-outs because better integration between information and goods flows shortens lead-times and improves efficiency. While the empirical study is extensive, there are uncertainties in the data that must be taken into account. The effects of the suggested solutions remain to be analysed and documented upon implementation.The study was rooted in a practical problem and provides practical solutions in terms of quick wins and more long-term changes to solve problems with stock-outs of life-saving drugs. The paper provides an understanding as to the applicability of traditional logistics principles in a context characterized by lack of health system infrastructure, financial resources, capacity and competence and contributes with much needed in-depth understanding of humanitarian logistics reality to the academic community
Jahre, Marianne & Persson, Kurt Gøran (2011)
Logistikk og Ledelse av forsyningskjeder (ch.3), in Persson, G. and Virum, H. (eds.) Logistikk og ledelse av forsyningskjeder, Gyldendal Akademisk
Persson, Kurt Gøran (red.). Logistikk og ledelse av forsyningskjeder
Jahre, Marianne; Bygballe, Lena Elisabeth & Grønland, Stein Erik (2011)
Logistikk i Praksis (ch.4), in Persson, G. and Virum, H. (eds.) Logistikk og ledelse av forsyningskjeder, Gyldendal Akademisk
Persson, Kurt Gøran (red.). Logistikk og ledelse av forsyningskjeder
Jahre, Marianne & Flygansvær, Bente M. (2011)
Logistikk og Miljø (ch.17), in Persson, G. and Virum, H. (eds.) Logistikk og ledelse av forsyningskjeder, Gyldendal Akademisk
Persson, Kurt Gøran (red.). Logistikk og ledelse av forsyningskjeder
Jahre, Marianne & Jensen, Leif-Magnus (2010)
Coordination in humanitarian logistics through clusters
International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, 40(8-9), s. 657- 674. Doi: 10.1108/09600031011079319
Jahre, Marianne (2010)
Field Logistics and Logistics in the Field - Undertaking a mission or performing research in humanitarian logistics
Supply Chain Forum: an International Journal, 11(3)
Bankvall, Lars; Bygballe, Lena, Dubois, Anna & Jahre, Marianne (2010)
Interdependence in supply chains and projects in construction
Dynamics in TPL- relationships: A Norwegian case study
[Mangler etternavn], [Mangler fornavn] (red.). Andersson et. al (eds): Third Party Logistics � A Nordic Research Approach
Jahre, Marianne (2001)
Miljølogistikk (revidert kapitel)
Logistikk - et lederansvar/Deg,Bjørnland, Helge, Virum, Göran Persson (red.)
Van Wassenhove, Luk N. & Jahre, Marianne (2020)
An interview with INSEAD’s Luk Van Wassenhove on “non-Black Swans” and the Next Wave of Crisis Sweeping Over the Developing World
Ecovadis [Internett]
Jahre, Marianne & Van Wassenhove, Luk N. (1)
Beredskap handler om logistikk
Dagens næringsliv [Kronikk]
Jahre, Marianne & Bruvoll, Annegrete (1)
Gjenvinning - hva er problemet?
Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.) [Kronikk]
de Vries, Harwin; Jahre, Marianne, Selviaridis, Kostas, Van Wassenhove, Luk N. & Van Oorschot, Kim (2021)
Short of Drugs? Call Upon Operations and Supply Chain Management
[Report]. BI Norwegian Business School.
High-income countries are facing a significant and worsening drug shortage problem. This position paper argues that operations and supply chain management (OSCM) could (and perhaps should) be used more widely to help address this issue: 1) the problem has significant societal impacts, 2) it poses complex questions for stakeholders and finding answers is challenging due to the complex and dynamic nature of drug supply chains, 3) OSCM scholars are well positioned to provide answers, and 4) the problem introduces fundamentally new research directions for OSCM. To substantiate this, we carried out a review of key stakeholder reports from six European countries and a systematic review of academic literature. These show that there is no real agreement among stakeholders about what causes the shortages and that there are few academic studies that examine this. We also show that stakeholders have suggested many different government measures – ranging from ‘reshoring production’ to revising procurement policies and increasing stock levels – but that there is little research that provides evidence on their comparative cost-effectiveness. Based on our findings, we discuss three promising research directions to which our discipline could contribute.
Jahre, Marianne (2020)
Pushing the Boundaries of Agility (Workshop)
[Academic lecture]. Health and Humanitarian Logistics Conference.
Jahre, Marianne (2020)
Hvordan sikre forsyningskjeder mot neste krise?
[Popular scientific article]. BI Business Review
Jahre, Marianne (2020)
Hvordan lykkes med kriselogistikk
[Popular scientific article]. Logistikk & Ledelse
Jahre, Marianne (2020)
Hvordan sikre forsyningskjeder mot neste krise?
[Popular scientific article]. BI Business Review
Jahre, Marianne (2020)
Logistikk kan redde liv
[Popular scientific article]. BI Business Review
Jahre, Marianne; Nord, Lina, Kembro, Joakim, de Vries, Harwin & Van Wassenhove, Luk N. (2019)
Understanding Localization of Logistics Preparedness