In many developing countries, health delivery to the “last mile” is often crippled by major logistical challenges and a lack of real-time, easily accessible data. In Mozambique, OpenLMIS has helped with sustained reductions in vaccine stockout levels in Mozambique from an average of 35% to under 5% for health facilities serving a population of more than […]
Read moreOne of the greatest challenges facing the health systems in emerging countries is the lack of regular, reliable data on products and services. In my first post as the new OpenLMIS Community Manager, I am truly happy to announce the release of version 2.0 of the open source electronic logistics management information system (eLMIS) software, […]
Read moreOpenLMIS 2.0 is now available! The OpenLMIS Community is pleased to announce the release of the 2.0 version of OpenLMIS! Many thanks to the individuals and organizations that contributed their time and effort to help make this happen! Proposed and planned at the September 2015 community meeting, OpenLMIS 2.0 is a consolidation and stabilization of […]
Read moreThe OpenLMIS community is pleased to announce the release of the final Introduction to OpenLMIS overview document. The document is available for download on the HingX OpenLMIS Resources site in both English and French, and also via the OpenLMIS Wiki page, under the Links page on the website, and also under the Overview page. Please feel […]
Read moreThank you to all of the OpenLMIS stakeholders representing implementers, donors and other partners who participated in the OpenLMIS Community Meeting hosted by JSI in Washington DC September 27-29th. We made huge progress defining, documenting and prioritizing the governing issues of the community moving forward. Many topics were discussed across the plenary, governance and technical […]
Read moreSeptember 5, 2015 – The OpenLMIS community received a big vote of confidence with a new, $2.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to enhance and support the OpenLMIS community infrastructure and to further develop OpenLMIS as a recognized and accessible tool for management of in-country health supply chains, contributing to better […]
Read moreA variety of new resources are available for organizations, institutions, government entities, and individuals interested learning more about OpenLMIS v1.0 configurability. These include a series of videos on OpenLMIS v1.0 capabilities, an in-depth configuration guide, and data model documentation that includes a comprehensive data dictionary. You can find all these resources and more in […]
Read moreVillageReach, a founding member of OpenLMIS, and partners have just released v1.0 of OpenLMIS, an innovative logistics management information system that fulfills the needs of multiple countries, particularly those in low- and middle-income contexts. This latest release of OpenLMIS includes features originally planned for our v1.0 release, plus additional improvements based on lessons learned from […]
Read moreA driving force behind the creation of OpenLMIS was the need for an electronic logistics management information system (LMIS) that would not be encumbered by the same limitations found in systems historically available to the global health community. Central to this goal was the necessity for OpenLMIS to be a web-based system with additional offline […]
Read more(Image courtesy of FreeDigitalPhotos.net) “When you have common interfaces, common protocols, then everyone can innovate and everyone can interoperate. Companies can build their businesses, consumers can expand their choices, the technology moves forward faster, and users get more benefit..” —Craig Barrett (1) Logistics management information systems are often made up of multiple software applications that […]
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