International Association of Public Health Logisiticians
Demonstrates to countries how to implement and sustain an integrated supply chain.... Read more
Author: Joseph McCord, Nadia Olson, USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
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Document type: Tools and guides
Language: English
This job aid answers frquently asked questions (FAQs) about the process, benefits, and outcomes of effective supportive supervision techniques to use in supply chain management contexts.... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
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Document type: Tools and guides
Language: English
This document is a Fact Sheet on Supply Chain Manager, a computerized logistics management information system (LMIS), which helps aggregate and analyze logistics data from the facility level. Supply Chain Manager supports integrated supply chains by enabling health organizations to track the products used.... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area: LMIS
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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
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Document type: Technical briefs
Language: English
When it comes to expanding medical supply chains in the developing world, there is much to be learned from Coca-Cola’s global-scale production and distribution model, and there is much to be borrowed. There is also much that is impossible to replicate.... Read more
Author: Stanford Social Innovation Review
Technical area: Private sector
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Language: English
The deployment of mobile automated data capture technologies within the framework of GS1 data standards can enable a mature and universal global healthcare delivery network, substantially reducing one of the largest operational costs in the healthcare industry today — supply chain management.... Read more
Author: Motorola
Technical area: Private sector
Document type: Technical briefs
Language: English
This short success story describes the role of the SCMS project in redesigning Ethiopia’s ART supply chain; moving from a push to a pull system and develoing an integrated approach to distributing HIV/AIDS commodities.... Read more
Author: Supply Chain Management System (SCMS)
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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
The Logistics Handbook, offers practical guidance in managing the supply chain, with an emphasis on health commodities. This chapter of the handbook details the procurement process for the public health sector, stakeholder involvement, common challenges, and the procurement manager’s role in supporting health commodity procurement.... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area: Procurement
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Language: English