Blockchain application to improve Vendor management replenishment in Humanitarian supply chain
Mohamed Reda Lahjouji, Jamila El Alami, Mustapha Hlyal · 2021
In some African vulnerable countries, the local service provider warehouses and government health facilities contain significant stocks of pharma products with low shelf life and not compliance with quality & regulatory standards. The stockpile is the consequence of donations from the global health institutions and pharma companies. If it's not properly managed and regulated, the expired pharma products may be reworked and sold as counterfeited drug to other neighboring countries or destructed with potential environmental pollution impact. To get rid of this problematic, the pharma companies, global health partners & local authorities should lead a deep digital transformation of the humanitarian supply chain. This paper investigates the VMR-based blockchain solution applied to the donation supply chain which leading to a transparent, reliable and authentic ecosystem. To reach this objective, we suggest a novel framework model based on blockchain and smart contract for managing the connections between the supplier, the global alliance and the local humanitarian service provider. We propose the new VMR architecture adapted to humanitarian supply chain. A use-case VMR application is presented along with a functional smart contract.