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Advanced CommTrack Terms

Stock Levels: You do NOT need to worry about this if you are using a push system. You would only worry about this section if:

  1. You are using CommTrack mobile app
  2. You want to make better decisions when approving requisition from mobile agents instead of approving whatever they request.
  3. You want to have real-time data on stock status in each of the facilities, whether they are over-stocked, under-stocked, or adequate.

Emergency Level (months): This is the level of stock that triggers an emergency order; it can be reached at any point during the review period. It must be lower than the Low Stock Level.

This is the level of stock at which actions to replenish inventory should occur under normal conditions. The min stock level should be expressed in months of stock (for example, the min level is 1 month of stock); it can then be converted to a quantity (for example, the min quantity is 30,000 units). The min stock level is fixed, whereas the quantity varies as consumption changes. Depending on the design of the max-min system, reaching the min may be the trigger for placing an order.

This is the level of stock above which inventory levels should not rise, under normal conditions. As with the min, the max stock level should also be set as a number of months of stock (for example, the max level may be set at 4 months of stock). It indicates how long supplies will last.

Scenario: So you set Emergency Level to 0.5 month, Low Stock Level to 1.5, Overstock Level to 3.0 months. You are delivering coartem to each facility on a monthly basis. Half a month ago you delivered coartem to all 8 facilities using CommTrack mobile app. Now you go to CommTrack web and visit the Inventory Report for each facility. If the column 'Remaining MOS' for coartem has a value lower than 0.5, that's an EMERGENCY and it means the facility would have a stock out before the next delivery is scheduled.

Consumption Settings: This returns history data for CommTrack to conduct automatic consumption calculation,

Mobile workers need to submit no less than the amount of forms before CommTrack can conduct automatic consumption calculation or forecast future consumption rate. It must be bigger than 1.

This means mobile workers need to submit data for at least 3 days before CommTrack can calculate consumption automatically

Optimal Window for Calculation (Days) (i.e. 14) This means ideally mobile workers should submit form data for at least 14 daysn to serve as the historic data for CommTrack automatic calculation

 

Reference:

 http://www.freightquote.com/howtoship/freight-dictionary.aspx

USAID | DELIVER PROJECT,Task Order 1. 2011. The Logistics Handbook: A Practical Guide for the Supply Chain Management of Health Commodities. Arlington, Va.: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT, Task Order 1.
Second edition (First edition 1998)

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