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CommTrack: Part of
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CommCare Suite
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CommTrack is an open-source product designed to strengthen logistics management through the use of mobile technology. Its purpose is to support health workers and other mobile agents who manage commodities in low-resource settings. It has been proven at scale, through real-world deployments, to provide reliable, real-time, and actionable information to improve the performance of new and existing supply chains. CommTrack is integrated seamlessly with CommCare, Dimagi’s suite of industry-leading tools for empowering the mobile workforce. If your questions are not answered on this page, you may find what you want with with CommCare.
What are the benefits of CommTrack?
- Streamline logistics systems with targeted, actionable information to supervisors and managers
- Improve quality of reliable, real-time stock information to decision-makers at all levels
- Facilitate detection, resolution, and prevention of stockouts
- Reduce lead times through improved supervision of requisition and delivery, and identify bottlenecks
- Assist with stock tracking and analysis to inform forecasting and resource allocation
CommTrack: SMS vs. Mobile App
- CommTrack began with providing SMS solutions, enabling any functional mobile phone to submit stock report and receive corresponding alters and reports in structured SMS format. Learn more about CommTrack SMS capabilities and our case studies. Instructions on using SMS: CommConnect- SMS in CommCare
- For an overview and features of the CommTrack mobile app, check out our video demos. If using mobile app to collect data, a good start point is our demo app published on CommCare Exchange.
- Get the CommTrack app from the exchange, build it, and install it on the phone (Upgraded version coming soon!)
- Instructions on deploying CommTrack. To successfully log into CommTrack mobile app you should have mobile user account created first.
- Android phone setup (if you are using Android smartphone)
- Install CommCare ODK
- Launch the app and start collecting data!
- Not sure which fits your need better? This page explaining differences between SMS & Mobile Application might help you make a decision!
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- CommTrack on mobile app is designed for mobile agents who are assigned to collect and report logistics data of products in facilities. They are created by supervisors on CommTrack web. Once they login CommTrack mobile app with the credentials given by supervisors, their associations with given products and given facilities are synced to their mobile app. Data cannot be edited by the agent once it gets submitted and synced automatically when there is internet connectivity.
- Install CommTrack on mobile phone
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