Journal article

The impact of implementing a demand forecasting system into a low-income country's supply chain

The study concludes that implementing demand forecasting system with increased storage and transport frequency increased the number of successfully administered vaccine doses and lowered the logistics cost per dose up to 34%. Implementing demand forecasting system without storage/transport increases actually decreased vaccine availability in certain circumstances.

Languages

  • English

Publication year

2016

Journal

Vaccine

Volume

In press

Type

Journal article

Categories

  • Supply chain & logistics

Tags

  • Coverage monitoring
  • Distribution system
  • Forecasting
  • LMIS

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