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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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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Forecasting and Supply Planning: Accurately forecasting the need for life-saving medicines and supplies

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

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