A Rapid Cost Modeling Tool for Evaluating and Improving Public Health Supply Chain Designs

All facilities at a given tier have the same demand quantity per order period

Demand is the same for every order period and does not vary over time

Facilities within a tier are evenly distributed throughout a given region and, thus, are the same average distance to their nearest re-supply point

Storage: At which levels do you hold and manage inventory? How much safety stock does each level hold, and how frequently is it replenished?

Transportation: What types of vehicles are used to transport replenishment shipments? What type of distribution model is followed at each level (e.g., hub and spoke or multi-stop distribution loops), and are there any travel constraints (e.g., administrative boundaries)?

Management: Who is responsible for performing key ordering, transport, and storage functions? What types of technology supports people at each level?

A model for estimating immunization and/or reproductive health demand volumes and product value, by combining available demand planning methodologies with publicly available demographic and product data

A general model for converting the number of units of a health product into a cubic-meter volume using historical product unit volume data

Common commercial heuristics for estimating storage capacity of a warehouse based on its overall dimensions

A database of typical costs for assets like vehicles, warehousing space, and cold chain equipment