Learn how SCMS ensures rapid response to program needs and protects local supply chain infrastructure from overload, thus enabling scale-up.... Read more
Author: Supply Chain Management System (SCMS)
Technical area: Storage and distribution
Document type: Technical briefs
Language: English
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
Author: Supply Chain Management System (SCMS)
Technical area: Procurement
Document type: Technical briefs
Language: English
This logistics brief reviews how the USAID DELIVER Project carried out a costing study to test 6 hypothetical delivery scenarios of the Delivery Team Topping Up (DTTU) method in Zimbabwe. The cost effectiveness of each scenario is discussed.... Read more
Author: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
Technical area:
Document type: Country reports
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