The Pharmaceuticals Fund and Supply Agency in Ethiopia uses Health Commodity Management Information system (HCMIS), a warehouse and logistics information management system, to inform supply decisions. This project brief highlights the impact the HCMIS has had on the public-sector supply chain in Ethiopia.... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area: Forecasting and supply planning
Document type: Country reports
Language: English
This brief describes, vendor managed inventory (VMI), a method of inventory control in supply chains that may hold promise for use in developing countries. With VMI, the supplier (vendor) monitors and maintains the quantity of commodities at the customers’ location.... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
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Document type: Technical briefs
Language: English
This brief describes the situations where long- and short-term malaria supply chain augmentation measures, that range from enhancing existing systems to implementing entire parallel systems, are required. Augmentation enhances logistics by providing extra resources to meet operational requirements, however, it is often beyond the scope of what the host government... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area:
Document type: Technical briefs
Language: English
Learn how SCMS is helping outfit new warehouses in Ethiopia with racking to greatly increase storage capacity.... Read more
Author: Supply Chain Management System (SCMS)
Technical area: Storage and distribution
Document type: Country reports
Language: English
Logistics brief discussing why supply chain integration is the most effective way to both improve customer service and lower costs.... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
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Document type: Technical briefs
Language: English
This brief describes the evolution of contraceptive procurement in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region, highlighting how LAC countries monitored and evaluated key data when making performance improvements. By introducing and monitoring key indicators, they were able to smooth the procurement process and improve procurement performance.... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area: Procurement
Document type: Country reports
Language: English
This brief explores ways that public health supply chain managers can adapt commercial sector performance incentives to improve supply chain performance.... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area: Private sector
Document type: Technical briefs
Language: English
This short technical brief outlines the opportunities, risks, and recommended best practices associated with ocean shippment of vaccines.... Read more
Author: Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), World Health Organization (WHO)
Technical area: cold chain, Storage and distribution
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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 contraceptive security brief outlines the efforts made to ensure contraceptive security. National governments are recognizing the importance of contraceptive financing; they are taking responsibility for determining financial requirements, mobilizing resources for supplies, and monitoring financial commitments to ensure they translate into contraceptives.... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area:
Document type: Technical briefs
Language: English
