Logistics' Contributions to Better Health in Developing Countries

Programmes that Deliver
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-1-138-70900-3
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 301 g

Reihe: Routledge Revivals

This title was first published in 2003. Logistics are the set of activities that move products through the supply chain to the ultimate customer, these are of vital importance to the success of health programmes in the developing world. This volume comprises the best practices learned and promoted by the Family Planning Logistics Management (FPLM) project, set up in 1986, run by John Snow, Inc., and funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development. The project covered approximately 40 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and collaborated with national family planning and health programmes and non-governmental organizations that were interested in improving their supply chains. Using a range of international case studies, the book highlights the importance of logistics and transportation in health and family planning programmes, and focuses on the approaches and tools that are most effective for their settings.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hart, Carolyn

Shawkey, Pat

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Verkehrstechnik | Transportgewerbe Verkehrstechnologie: Allgemeines
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Transport- und Verkehrswirtschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: Supply chain improvement: how it benefits family planning programmes;

Policy environment: winning and maintaining policy support for supply chain improvements;

The customer: ultimate beneficiary of supply chain management;

People and organizations: improving performance for a stronger supply chain;

Logistics management information system: tracking the flow of products to customers;

Forecasting and procurement: ensuring timely availability of products;

Distribution: delivering products to customers;

Transforming your supply chain: from as-is to could-be;

Global trends affecting public sector supply chain management;

Bibliography;

Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Carolyn Hart, Pat Shawkey