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Logistics Management Units : Sustainable Support for the Supply Chain Workforce

Logistics Management Units : Sustainable Support for the Supply Chain Workforce . Naomi Printz , Senior Technical Advisor, USAID | DELIVER PROJECT Erin Hasselberg, Principal Advisor, Supply Chain Management System Project. 26 July 2012. In-country s upply chain questions:.

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Logistics Management Units : Sustainable Support for the Supply Chain Workforce

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  1. Logistics Management Units:Sustainable Support for the Supply Chain Workforce Naomi Printz, Senior Technical Advisor, USAID | DELIVER PROJECT Erin Hasselberg, Principal Advisor, Supply Chain Management System Project 26 July 2012

  2. In-country supply chain questions: • How much stock is in-country? How long will it last? • What are the reporting rates for logistics data? • What is the national consumption for each product? • How much product is needed to meet program requirements? • What quantity of product is procured by different funding sources? At what time? Are there gaps? • Who is doing logistics trainings, when, and covering what material? Who has the answers?...

  3. …An LMU! • Logistics Management Unit • Management structure responsible for organizing, monitoring, and supporting all supply chain activities within logistics systems • Both strategic & operational LMU

  4. Illustrative list of LMU functions • Logistics Data Management • Monitoring & Evaluation • Supply Chain Intervention Planning • Training & Capacity Building • Coordination & Collaboration • Quantification • Supervision • Communication

  5. LMU function in action: Logistics Data Management in Zambia ZAMBIA’S LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT UNIT • Receives, reviews, and processes reports and orders from facilities for antiretroviral drugs, HIV tests, PMTCT commodities, laboratory commodities, and essential medicines • Generates feedback reports for each facility that highlight reporting errors and stock levels • Tracks non-reporting facilities and follow-up immediately to obtain reports • Shares reporting data with MOH and key partners

  6. LMU function in action: Quantification in Zimbabwe ZIMBABWE’S LOGISTICS UNIT • Manages central level automated information system used for aggregating and analyzing reported logistics data  used as primary source of data for quantification • Leads the annual quantification exercise and is responsible for updating the quantification and procurement plan quarterly • Manages supply plans and coordinates arrivals for all sources of commodities, identifies gaps and mobilizes resources to ensure continuous supply

  7. LMU function in action: Training & Capacity Building in Zimbabwe ZIMBABWE’S LOGISTICS UNIT • Ensures facility staff have supply chain skills, knowledge, and tools necessary for logistics system functioning • Pre-service training • In-service training • On the job training • Trains supervisors in supporting facility staff, and provides direct routine supportive supervision • Coordinates all supply chain training activities across partners

  8. LMU function in action: Coordination & Collaboration in Tanzania • National AIDS Control Program • National Malaria Control Program • Reproductive and Child Health Program • National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Program • Expanded Program on Immunization • Food and Nutrition Center • Preventive Services • Curative Services (and diagnostic and health care technical services section • Global Fund • UNICEF • Global Drug Facility • USAID • DfID • JICA • DANIDA • WHO • Tanzania Food and Drugs Authority • JSI • USG Implementing partners • UNICEF • PSI • CHAI • BMAF • Procurement • Information, Technology, and Communication

  9. Starting up an LMU • Critical components: • Identify an LMU “champion” • Define LMU functions • Identify supply chain systems to be managed • Outline the relationship between central medical store, MOH, and LMU • Determine LMU structure, staffing, & location • Estimate fixed & recurring operating costs • Countries in LMU start-up process: Tanzania, Botswana & Ghana

  10. LMUs strengthen & support the supply chain workforce by…. Monitoring proper use and application of SCM procedures and tools Providing timely, accurate data for decision-making Serving as the structure through which quality SCM practices are institution-alized Elevating SCM as a critical component of a successful health system

  11. Thank You For more information, please contact us at: John Snow, Inc. 1616 Fort Myer Drive, 16th Floor Arlington, VA 22209 USA Tel: +1-703-528-7474 Web: www.jsi.com

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