The American Logistics Aid Network is an organization serving as an aggregator of logistics-related charitable need. The organization was founded, in part, by the reaction to the challenging response to Hurricane Katrina, a catastrophe that prompted an outpouring of logistics donations that were not used as efficiently as possible due to a lack of centralized organization.
ALAN engages the supply chain community to support humanitarian relief efforts by serving as a primary point of contact for the U.S. logistics industry's donation activity. The organization also makes supply chain-related donation needs visible to the logistics industry and establishes an efficient process for providing the necessary goods and services through its web portal.
