PipeLine
PipeLine can be used for any type of commodity. Reports are extremely useful for resource mobilization or presentation of information to stakeholders. Databases created are specific to each country. The software also enables preparation of logistics-based forecasts, shipment planning, calculation of procurement quantities, and estimation of the value of shipments.
- Tool Designer Organization:
- JSI
- Visit:
- USAID Deliver Project.
- Download instructions:
- in English, in French
- Contact:
- USAID Deliver Project
Summary of main features
- Purpose
- When monitoring national pipelines, quantifying needs, planning for new procurements, and tracking and processing information needed to make good procurement decisions
- Scope of interventions
- PipeLine, developed first for contraceptives, has been expanded to manage a full range of health commodities: antiretrovirals, malaria and tuberculosis drugs, HIV test kits, and laboratory supplies
- Limitations
- Does not track expiry dates or batch numbers
- Output
- Inputs
- Consumption
- Stock on hand (stock available in storage facilities and health facilities)
- Losses and adjustments
- Shipments, including planned shipments, ordered shipments (what has been ordered but not yet shipped), shipped shipments (shipments in transit), and received shipments
- Lead times for products or suppliers
- Costs
- Shipment plans (when to order new products, how much to order, and what actions are needed to do so)
- Stock status monitoring (identification of shortfalls, surpluses, stock outs, and other pipeline problems)
- Reports and graphs for presenting data to stakeholders
- Time frame
- Potential users
- Program managers, logistics units or logistics coordinating teams, donors, consultants
- Skills required
- Users must obtain a password before downloading the PipeLine software. To obtain a password go to the website mentioned above (in Availability). Minimum system requirements are Windows 95/98/-NT/2000, 10 MB of hard disk space, 32 MB RAM, Super VGA monitor (600 x 800). A copy of the software and user's manual can be ordered from the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT. User’s manuals are available for Version 4 in English and French. As of March 2009, User's manuals in Arabic, Portuguese, and Spanish are only available for PipeLine Version 3.
- Type of software
- Microsoft Access–based software 60 MB
- User manual available
- Yes, online
- Type and length of training required
- Half-day recommended
- Available languages
- Arabic, English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese
- Country applications
- Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jordan, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- Last update and version
- 2007, Version 4