I am pleased to welcome all of you to the training on the Quantification Analytics Tool for managing supply plans. Thank you to our CNM colleagues, implementing partners, and representatives from GHSC-PSM 4 offices in Myanmar, Thailand, Pakistan, and Cambodia for attending this training.
The U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative works alongside the CNM and our implementing partners to make sure that lifesaving malaria commodities are available and accessible to the people who need them, including those in the hard-to-reach areas. PMI achieves this through the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program – Procurement and Supply Management project or “GHSC-PSM”. One of GHSC-PSM’s key roles is to procure and support the management of supply chains for some of the most important malaria commodities. PSM strengthens malaria commodity supply chain management by closely monitoring the stock status of malaria commodities, procurement and supply plans, and shipment schedules, using a tool called “PipeLine.”
PipeLine is a monitoring and procurement planning system that was designed to enable program managers to plan optimal procurement and shipment schedules for health commodities and to monitor the stock status of health commodities. It’s an offline tool used in more than 40 countries. In Cambodia, PipeLine was introduced in early 2020 and continues to be operated by GHSC-PSM.
Given some of PipeLine’s limitations, the tool has been upgraded to the new web-based Quantification Analytics Tool - also known as “QAT”. QAT is a modern solution for country-led supply planning. Funded by USAID, QAT uses new technologies and adds new functions to PipeLine. Easier to use with greater analytical capabilities, this new tool enables program managers to improve commodity procurement and delivery schedules, monitor product stock and share data with external platforms and key stakeholders. To date, 27 countries use QAT.
I’m happy to see people from different countries in the region participating in this event. After the training, I believe that you will see the value of this new tool and some of you may want to start using it in your respective countries to manage supply plans for health commodities. I wish you a successful training program over the next five days and I strongly encourage you all to actively participate in the discussions and exercises.
Thank you all and I wish you a very successful training course.
Thank you!
Issuing Country
Cambodia
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