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CommCare Supply: Part of CommCare Suite
CommTrack CommCare Supply 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 CommCare Supply 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 CommCare.
What are the benefits of
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CommCare Supply?
- 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
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CommCare Supply: SMS vs. Mobile App
- CommTrack CommCare Supply began with providing SMS solutions, enabling any functional mobile phone to submit stock report and receive corresponding alerts and reports in structured SMS format. Learn more about our case studies.
- CommTrack CommCare Supply can also be used on a mobile application (as opposed to a structured SMS workflow). For an overview and features of the CommTrack CommCare Supply mobile app, check out our video demos. If using mobile app to collect data, a good starting point is our demo app published on CommCare Exchange.
- Copy the CommTrack CommCare Supply demo app, follow the instructions on application setup, edit it to match the needs of your project, and install it on the phone.
- Instructions on deploying CommTrackCommCare Supply. To successfully log into CommTrack CommCare Supply 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!
- Documention on CommTrack CommCare Supply SMS solutions is COMING SOON.
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CommCare Supply On the Web
CommTrack CommCare Supply on the web is designed for web users who supervise agents collecting and submitting stock data in the field.
- Sign up an account on CommTrackCommCare Supply, set up your projects step by step, create and manage facilities and products he/she to track, and agents who are to track all different products.
- Sign in on CommTrack CommCare Supply to see multiple reports of data submission, as well as the activity and performance of data collectors that you have created. Control the view from the left navigation under Reports tab once you login to CommTrackCommCare Supply.
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CommCare Supply On Mobile App
- CommTrack CommCare Supply on a 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 CommCare Supply web.
- Once they log into the CommTrack CommCare Supply mobile app with the credentials provided 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. The phone syncs with the server automatically when there is internet connectivity.
System Requirements
CommTrack CommCare Supply web: Google Chrome, Firefox, Opera (IE = BAD Experience)
CommTrack CommCare Supply mobile: Android 2.1+