This is the companion guide to Quantification of Health Commodities: A Guide to Forecasting and Supply Planning for Procurement to be used by program managers, service providers, and technical experts when conducting a quantification of commodity needs and costs for short-acting, long-acting, and permanent methods of contraception.... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area:
Document type: Tools and guides
Language: English
These WHO guidelines set out the principal requirements for the safe storage and distribution of time and temperature-sensative pharmaceutical products (TTSPPs). The target audience includes regulators, logisticians, and pharmaceutical professionals in industry, government, and international agencies. WHO Technical Report Series, No.961, 2011, Annex 9... Read more
Author: World Health Organization (WHO)
Technical area: cold chain, Storage and distribution
Document type:
Language: English
This document outlines how geographic information systems (GIS) as part of a facility-based supply chain assessment can help identify logistics issues that may be specific to certain areas of a country. GIS adds value to information that is obtained with the Logistics Indicator Assessment Tool (LIAT) by increasing ways data... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area: M&E
Document type:
Language: English
In this chapter from X-SCM: The New Science of X-treme Supply Chain Management, Taylor Wilkerson examines how a structured approach is needed to identify and manage potential risks throughout today’s extended global supply chains. Managing supply chain risk demands a tool that focuses resources where they are most effective.... Read more
Author: Taylor Wilkerson, LMI
Technical area:
Document type: Technical briefs
Language: English
This manual, designed as a practical 12-step checklist, provides guidance on the selection and procurement of quality rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for malaria. By covering all aspects of the procurement cycle, this manual aims to strengthen the capacity of national and international procurement officers.... Read more
Author: WHO Global Malaria Programme
Technical area: Procurement
Document type:
Language: English
This dashboard presents a quick overview of contraceptive security (CS) indicators data for the 42 countries surveyed in 2012. Countries can track a comprehensive set of indicators that reflect key aspects of contraceptive security allowing in-country and global stakeholders to monitor country-level CS status and trends for programmatic and advocacy... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area: M&E
Document type:
Language: English
The purpose of this guide is to inform those carrying out a program that is financed through a Global Fund grant of the policies and principles that govern the procurement and supply management of health products financed by the Global Fund.... Read more
Author:
Technical area: Procurement
Document type:
Language: English
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
Author: Supply Chain Management System (SCMS)
Technical area: Storage and distribution
Document type: Technical briefs
Language: English
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
Author: Supply Chain Management System (SCMS)
Technical area: Storage and distribution
Document type: Technical briefs
Language: English
This May 2007 technical brief addresses how accurate quantification for HIV/AIDS care and treatment programs—forecasting the quantities needed and planning procurement for appropriate pharmaceuticals and supplies—is essential to ensuring that patients receive a continuous supply of medicines.... Read more
Author: Supply Chain Management System (SCMS)
Technical area: Forecasting and supply planning
Document type: Technical briefs
Language: English
