The digitalization of humanitarian supply chains allows overcoming one of the greatest difficulties faced by NGOs and governments in managing health equipment in crisis situations: the visibility of stocks and consumption at the end of the chain. This paper presents the design process of the health equipment inventory management system developed to support the humanitarian crisis related to the Syrian refugees in Lebanon. The prototype was tested at the pharmacy of the ICRC Weapon-wounded Trauma and Training Centre in Tripoli, Lebanon, where it was demonstrated to be easy to use and able to facilitate the work related to the management of medicament stocks and orders.
Titre
Digitalization of the last mile of a humanitarian supply chain
Date
2020-04
Publié dans
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies: Future Applications (IHIET – AI 2020)
Volume
2020, vol. 1152, pp. 596–602
Editeur
Lausanne, Switzerland, 23-25 April 2020
Pagination
Pp. 596–602
Présenté à
2nd International Conference on Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies: Future Applications (IHIET – AI 2020),, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2020-04-23, 2020-04-25
ISBN
978-3-030-44266-8
ISSN
2194-5357
Type de papier
published full paper
Domaine
Economie et Services
Santé
Ecole
HEdS-FR
HEG-FR
Institut
Aucun institut
Recherche appliquée et développement Santé HEDS-FR
Note
Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the International Conference on Human Interaction and Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies venue in Strasbourg was cancelled. The proceedings of the online conference are however published according to the original schedule.