mHealth Alliance Publication. Two recent trends provide new ways to improve supply chain capabilities: 1) the variety of information and communication technologies (ICT) now available to support commodity management and 2) increasing access to mobile and wireless connectivity. Supply chain managers are shifting away from paper-based supply chain management systems and exploring appropriate-technology solutions to meet supply chain data management needs. The details included in this report serve to complement the inventory spreadsheet, which contains a catalog of ICT solutions for supply chains. The objective of the inventory is to assist countries in selecting a supply chain tool by reviewing the ways in which existing ICT solutions have been already implemented in different countries. April 2014.
