Course description
Logistics Management for Health Commodities
This course is valuable for anyone who manages health commodities The technical topics apply to managing a variety of health commodities, including essential drugs, antiretroviral medicines, vaccines, contraceptives, antimalarial medicines, HIV and malaria rapid diagnostic tests, tuberculosis (TB) medicines, essential medicines, and others.
Many of the concepts described in this training will help anyone who is responsible for improving, revising, designing, and operating all or part of a logistics system including the design of data collection forms and inventory control systems. It offers guidance on how to assess the functioning of an entire logistics system and how to continually monitor and improve a system. This training is the starting point for anyone interested in learning about and understanding the key principles and concepts of supply chain management for health commodities
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Suitability - Who should attend?
Who Should Attend
From policymakers and program managers to service providers, storekeepers, technical assistance providers and public and private-sector partners.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
- Learn about a wide range of logistics principles and practices
- Understand Logistics Management Information Systems
- Learn how to assess the stock status
- Manage Inventory Control Systems
- Apply the principles of product selection
- Quantify Health Commodities
- Understand properly the Health Commodity Procurement
- Ensure proper Storage and Distribution
- Monitoring and Evaluation of Supply Chains
- Design Logistics System
Training Course Content
Introduction to Logistics
- Definition of logistics
- Why logistics is important for all health programs
- Purpose of a logistics system
- Different components of a logistics system and how they fit together
- Definitions of key logistics terms The work order system
Logistics Management Information Systems
- Purpose of a logistics management information system
- Essential data needed for logistics management
- Purpose of the three types of logistics records and the data they must contain
- Purpose of reporting
- Types of logistics reports and the data they must contain
- Purpose of logistics feedback reports.
Assessing Stock Status
- Purpose for assessing stock status
- Data needed to assess stock status
- General formula for assessing stock status
- Instructions for analyzing consumption data for trends
- Process for determining the months of stock available at any level
Maximum-Minimum Inventory Control Systems
- Purpose of an inventory control system
- Key terms in inventory control
- Details of max-min inventory control systems and the rules for storekeepers
- How to determine order/issue quantities
- How to set max and min stock levels
- The advantages of using a max-min inventory control system
- How to select the type of max-min inventory control system to implement
Product Selection
- Definitions of key terms in product selection
- Overview of the product selection process
- Supply chain considerations and other criteria for product selection
- How product selection impacts the rest of the supply chain
- Importance of standardization of laboratory equipment and supplies
Quantification of Health Commodities
- Definitions of quantification
- Importance of quantification in supply chain management of health commodities
- Key steps in quantification preparation, forecasting, and supply planning
- How the results of a quantification can be used
- Process for reviewing and updating quantifications.
Health Commodity Procurement
- The procurement process for public health sector systems
- Stakeholder involvement in national health product procurement
- Common procurement challenges
- Procurement manager's role in supporting effective and efficient health commodity procurement
Storage and Distribution
- Guidelines for proper storage of medicines and other health commodities
- Definition for visual inspection and instructions on how and when to conduct a visual inspection
- How to identify and resolve common product quality problems found during a visual inspection
- How to calculate warehouse space requirements
- Purpose of a physical inventory count and how and when to conduct a physical inventory count
- Main logistics activities involved in health care waste management
- What to consider when designing a transportation network
- Main activities involved in a transportation management system
Monitoring and Evaluation of Supply Chains
- Definitions of basic monitoring and evaluation (M&E) terms and concepts
- Program cycle for supply chain systems improvement
- Role of M&E in strengthening supply chains and the overall goal of product availability
- Steps in developing an M&E work plan
- Key components of an M&E work plan
- How to write recommendations for system improvement
- Connection between objectives, interventions, and indicators
- How to select and use indicators to measure system performance
- Data collection methodologies, including routine monitoring and periodic evaluation
- Steps in planning and conducting a supply chain assessment
- Various tools that can be used for M&E for supply chain management
- Importance of providing feedback and reporting results to stakeholders
Logistics System Design
- Overall context and process for designing a logistics system for managing health products
- Basic considerations and guidelines for designing a logistics system
- Technical aspects related to system design and implications of design choices
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CONVERTAS offers a series of specialized training services across all areas of business, helping employees develop and increase their skills. Our highly qualified trainers through our specifically designed courses and workshops, as well as our innovative training methodology, will provide...