HEALTHCARE SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this unit, learners will be able to:

• Apply cold-chain management principles to pharmaceutical and vaccine logistics.
• Manage pharmaceutical procurement within regulatory requirements.
• Apply healthcare supply chain regulatory and quality standards.
• Manage stock-out risk for essential medicines and supplies.
• Apply traceability principles to pharmaceutical distribution.
• Support emergency health supply chain response.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this unit, learners will be able to:

• Apply specification-development principles to medical equipment and device procurement.
• Evaluate medical equipment suppliers against technical, safety and after-sales-service criteria.
• Apply installation, commissioning and warranty management requirements for medical equipment.
• Plan preventive and corrective maintenance for medical devices.
• Manage the disposal and decommissioning of medical equipment in line with environmental and safety standards.
• Apply total-cost-of-ownership analysis to medical equipment procurement decisions.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this unit, learners will be able to:

• Describe the role of health information systems in supply chain visibility.
• Apply track-and-trace principles to pharmaceutical distribution, including serialisation basics.
• Use logistics management information system (LMIS) data to support supply decisions.
• Identify data-quality and interoperability challenges in health supply chain systems.
• Apply anti-counterfeiting and product-authentication principles.
• Prepare basic traceability and stock-status reports for health-programme managers.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this unit, learners will be able to:

• Apply emergency preparedness principles to public health supply chains.
• Manage vaccine cold-chain and temperature-sensitive logistics during a public health response.
• Coordinate supply chain activities with national and international health agencies during an outbreak or emergency.
• Apply allocation and rationing principles when supply is constrained.
• Manage last-mile distribution of health commodities in hard-to-reach areas.
• Conduct after-action review of a public health supply chain response.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this unit, learners will be able to:

• Apply national and international regulatory frameworks governing pharmaceutical and medical device procurement.
• Apply WHO Good Distribution Practice (GDP) principles to health-product storage and distribution.
• Conduct supplier and product pre-qualification against recognised quality standards.
• Manage quality complaints, recalls and adverse-event reporting processes.
• Prepare documentation for regulatory submission and inspection readiness.
• Apply risk-based quality assurance principles to healthcare procurement decisions.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this unit, learners will be able to:

• Apply Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) analysis to a sourcing decision.
• Prepare basic cost and budget estimates for a procurement requirement.
• Apply should-cost modelling to a supplier quotation.
• Interpret basic financial statements relevant to supplier evaluation.
• Apply cost-benefit analysis techniques to a procurement decision.
• Build a simple business case with cost justification.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this unit, learners will be able to:

• Apply the basic project management lifecycle to a work assignment.
• Develop a simple project schedule and work breakdown structure (WBS).
• Identify and manage basic project risks.
• Track project progress against a plan.
• Identify and communicate with project stakeholders.
• Manage scope and change, and apply lessons learned at project closure.