Technical area: Private sector

The 6th Global Health Supply Chain Summit Keynote Presentation

This document contains notes from the keynote presentation “Designing and Operating Better Supply Chains for Global Health” given by Dr. Prashant Yadav, Director-Healthcare Research, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (USA). It includes information on the drivers of poor availability in the public sector supply chain for... Read more

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The State of Logistics Outsourcing: 2009 Third-party Logistics

This report presents findings from the 2009 Fourteenth Annual Third-Party Logistics Study, conducted in mid-2009. This study examines the state of the global market for 3PL services and explores key issues affecting the industry: economic volatility, the IT capability gap and the challenges of supply chain orchestration.... Read more

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Reducing healthcare costs with supply chain best practices: How standardized data capture saves time and improves care

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

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EVIDENCE BRIEF: Outsourcing vaccine supply chain and logistics to the private sector

This project Optimize document provides supply chain managers in low- and middle-income countries with an overview of the potential benefits of outsourcing components of their vaccine logistics systems to the private sector. It also provides practical advice on determining whether outsourcing is a viable option.... Read more

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Prepare to Bounce Back: The Importance of Incorporating Resilience into the Supply Chain

This report describes how supply chains have become fragmented and brittle due to outsourcing to partners and suppliers that are geographically distant, and in part to an increased focus on sole sourcing, whether to capitalize on price advantages or to cultivate relationships in the extended enterprise.... Read more

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