Supply Chain Costing Tool

This guide can inform any partner that manages or supports public health supply chains. Ministries of health, technical assistance partners, or nongovernmental organization (NGO) operating distribution systems can all benefit from conducting a costing exercise and can use the material presented in this guide to support their efforts.

This guide serves as a companion to the project’s manual for the Supply Chain Costing Tool (SCCT), an Excel-based software application that supports supply chain costing analysis efforts. However, this guide presents a methodology that does not assume use of any particular costing software.

Capacity building, Distribution, Management, Monitoring & Evaluation, Planning & Budgeting, Policy, Storage

  • Sub-categories Assessments and Research, HIV/AIDS, Human Resource, Immunization, Malaria, Noncommunicable diseases (NCD), Reproductive health, TB
  • Commodities Diagnostics, Indoor Residual Spraying, Medicines, Mosquito nets, Reproductive health products, Vaccines
  • Latest update 2013-09-23 00:00:00
  • Version PDF Manual and EXCEL Based Software Application
  • Developed by USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
  • When to use This guide can inform any partner that manages or supports public health supply chains. Ministries of health, technical assistance partners, or nongovernmental organization (NGO) operating distribution systems can all benefit from conducting a costing exercise and can use the material presented in this guide to support their efforts. This guide serves as a companion to the project’s manual for the Supply Chain Costing Tool (SCCT), an Excel-based software application that supports supply chain costing analysis efforts. However, this guide presents a methodology that does not assume use of any particular costing software.
  • Languages English
  • Level of use Central, District, Facility, Regional
  • Form Guide to Public Health Supply Chain Costing: A Basic Methodology; (PDF) Costing Survey Job Aid; (EXCEL) Supply Chain Costing Tool User's Manual (PDF)
  • Amount of training / TA required None
  • Inputs & outputs None
  • Cost Free
  • Advantages This guide lays out a general methodology for supply chain costing irrespective of software tools chosen to support the analysis.
  • Limitations None
  • Availability Downloadable PDF Only http://deliver.jsi.com/dlvr_content/resources/allpubs/guidelines/SuppChaiCostManu.pdf
  • Remarks
  • Downloadable files CostSurvJob.xlsx
  • Contact jsinfo@jsi.com
  • Submission date 2016-07-24 02:00:00