Dynamic Routing Tool for Health Supply Chains

In public health supply chains, distributing essential commodities to the community level — the “last mile” — is crucial to ensuring universal access to lifesaving medicines and health supplies. Countries facing last-mile distribution challenges such as tight deadlines, vehicle and driver availability, road closures, and more have an opportunity to use a type of transportation planning technology — known as a dynamic route optimization tool — that continually adjusts and optimizes transportation routes, thereby helping to ensure that local health facilities receive their commodity orders on time and that limited resources are used efficiently.