Author: Supply Chain Management System (SCMS)

Six Years of Saving Lives through Stronger Public Health Supply Chains

In 2005, PEPFAR—through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in partnership with JSI—established the Supply Chain Management System (SCMS) to provide a reliable, cost-effective and secure supply of products for HIV/AIDS programs in 16 countries. Six years after their creation, SCMS now provides over 71 percent of all anti-retroviral medicines... Read more

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Self-instructional Training for New Medicine Dispensers in Vietnam

The purpose of this report is to serve as the basis for publishable articles which will provide the international public health community with a description of how SCMS Vietnam planned, implemented, and evaluated an underutilized, cost-effective, and successful training methodology (self-instructional training manual) for dispensing antiretroviral medicines.... Read more

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Regional Distribution Centers and Inventory Management: Leveraging regional distribution centers (RDCs) to manage inventories of essential items for HIV/AIDS programs and to provide frequent, regular resupply

Learn how SCMS ensures rapid response to program needs and protects local supply chain infrastructure from overload, thus enabling scale-up.... Read more

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Procurement: Pooling procurement to reduce costs and ensure quality, Technical Brief

This technical brief discusses that without a well-planned procurement process, HIV/AIDS programs in developing countries risk stockouts, costly emergency purchases and overpurchasing. To leverage economies of scale in procurement, SCMS provides a consolidated procurement mechanism that results in lower prices, increased coordination between suppliers and recipients, and improved product quality.... Read more

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Options Guide: Performance-Based Incentives to Strengthen Public Health Supply Chains – Version 1

This guide on performance-based incentives (PBIs) is intended to facilitate the task of developing successful PBI initiatives to strengthen supply system performance so that such systems can contribute to improved health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries.... Read more

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Taking it to the Road and Sea: New Freight Options Can Help Move Money to HIV/AIDS Treatment

This January 2010 technical brief explains how SCMS has worked with clients to develop forecasts and demand plans for commodities for switching appropriate shipments from air freight to sea and/or road and avoid periods of peak shipping prices, reducing costs by as much as 90 percent.... Read more

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Freight Forwarding: Leveraging industry best practices for supply chain efficiencies

This March 2010 technical brief discusses how managing a supply chain that serves multiple developing countries with commodities from worldwide sources presents considerable challenges, from operating in a resource-limited infrastructure to overcoming high-risk conditions—particularly when the products being moved are high-value pharmaceuticals or require temperature control.... Read more

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