Tool

Total Cost of Ownership Tool for Cold Chain Equipment

The total cost of ownership (TCO) tool for cold chain equipment (CCE) is designed to help users understand the costs of purchasing and maintaining CCE over time. The tool allows country-specific customization for modeling capital and operating expenses of World Health Organization Performance, Quality and Safety prequalified equipment via interactive worksheets. Please note: the TCO tool is not Mac compatible. When using the tool, please be sure to enable macros; help on this topic can be found on the instructions tab.

Authors

Languages

  • English

Publication year

2016

Type

Tool

Categories

  • Supply chain & logistics

Organisations

  • PATH

Tags

  • EQUIP
  • Planning, budgeting and financing

Fundamental infrastructure and Management

The resource is included in the following table:

TitleAuthorYearTypeLanguage
How to temperature map cold chain equipment and storage areas, 2nd edWorld Health Organization (WHO)2022ToolEnglish
Cold chain equipment and dry store temperature mapping toolWorld Health Organization (WHO)2021ToolEnglish
Guidance on selecting, commissioning and using freeze-preventative vaccine carriersWorld Health Organization (WHO)2021GuidanceArabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
Cold chain equipment inventory guidelines: Improving the quality and accuracy of national cold chain equipment inventory dataVillageReach, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, PATH2020GuidanceEnglish, French
Temperature monitoring study: a fully documented process to detect weaknesses in the supply chainWorld Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF2018GuidanceEnglish
Decommissioning and safe disposal of cold chain equipmentUNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO)2018GuidanceEnglish
Total Cost of Ownership Tool for Cold Chain EquipmentPATH2016ToolEnglish
Cold Chain Temperature Data Job AidJSI, PATH, VillageReach, New Horizons2025GuidanceEnglish
Using freeze-preventive cold boxes in rural Nepal: A study of equipment performance, acceptability, system fit, and costSandeep Kumar, Pat Lennon, Surendra Uranw2024Journal articleEnglish
NATIONAL HEALTH CARE WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGYRanjit Dhiman, Ute Pieper, Michelle Seidel2025GuidanceEnglish
Guidance on the selection of green and safe healthcare waste treatment technologyRidwan Gustiana, Isabelle Cantin, Ranjit Dhiman, Sophie De Fries, Martin Bjerregaard, Lindsay Marie Denny2025GuidanceEnglish
Guidance on sustainable health-care waste management Michelle Seidel, Ranjit Dhiman, Terry Hart2023GuidanceEnglish
Health-Care facility Solar Electrification for Climate-Resilient and Environmentally Sustainable Health-Care FacilitiesTerry Hart, Ranjit Dhiman, Michelle Seidel2023GuidanceEnglish
Evaluating potential program cost savings with a single-dose HPV vaccination schedule: a modeling study.Rose Slavkosky, Mercy Mvundura, Frédéric Debellut, Teddy Naddumba2024Journal articleEnglish

Gavi-iSC-planning

The resource is included in the following table:

TitleAuthorYearTypeLanguage
How to Develop a Continuous Improvement Plan (cIP)UNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO)2018GuidanceArabic, English, French
Total Cost of Ownership Tool for Cold Chain EquipmentPATH2016ToolEnglish
Diagnosing supply chain maturity: Supply chain compass tool helps three countriesJSI2015ReportEnglish
Strengthening National Logistics Working Group: Guidance document for strengthening immunization supply chain governance and leadershipUNICEF2025GuidanceEnglish, Arabic, French, Russian, Spanish
Generic TORs & Templates- Immunization Programme's National Logistics Working Groups (NLWGs)UNICEF2025GuidanceEnglish, French, Russian, Spanish
Vaccine wastage in Ghana, Mozambique, and Pakistan: An assessment of wastage rates for four vaccines and the context, causes, drivers, and knowledge, attitudes and practices for vaccine wastageMercy Mvundura, Junice Ng, Katie Reynolds, Yee Theng Ng, John Bawa, Miguel Bambo, George Bonsu, Jenny Payne, Jonathan Chua, Julia Guerette, Kwadwo Odei Antwi-Agyei, Sousa Ribe, Delma Chinavane, Kingsley Arhin-Wiredu, Akram Shah, Jesuina Sitoe, Soofia Yunus, Jocelyn Powelson, Kwame Amponsa-Achiano, Kelobo Eshioramhe Kojak, Joanie Robertson2023Case studyEnglish
Useful resources on EVMWorld Health Organization (WHO)2025GuidanceEnglish
Managing change: Integrating vaccine and medicine supply chainsVillageReach2020Case studyEnglish

Added by: Dan Brigden

Added on: 2016-02-22 09:34:54

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