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| issuing_goods:stock_control_methods [2024/07/30 15:43] – [Entering a requisition] Gary Willetts | issuing_goods:stock_control_methods [2025/01/20 22:50] (current) – [Stock supply philosophy] Mark Glover |
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| mSupply is designed for situations such as a central supply facility within a country or region, or within a hospital where the supply of stock to customers is controlled by the supplying facility. That is, supply of stock to customers is managed by the supplying store. | mSupply is designed for situations such as a central supply facility within a country or region, or within a hospital where the supply of stock to customers is controlled by the supplying facility. That is, supply of stock to customers is managed by the supplying store. |
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| Regardless of who controls the supply of stock, it needs to be made principally on the basis of information about the customer's anticipated usage. mSupply has several ways of arriving at quantities to be supplied to customers: | Regardless of who controls the supply of stock, it needs to be made principally on the basis of information about the customer's anticipated usage. mSupply has several ways of arriving at quantities to be supplied to customers, in rough order of sophistication: |
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| * [[issuing_goods:issuing_goods_customer_invoice|Responding directly to paper-based customer orders/requisitions]] | * If there is **NO** information from the customer about item usage (AMC) or stock levels, then the supplying store can only 'push' stock to the customer by [[issuing_goods:issuing_goods_customer_invoice|Creating a new Customer Invoice]] with quantities derived from some other sources. |
| * [[issuing_goods:stock_control_methods#stock_history_method|The stock history method]] | * If the customer has sent an 'order' or 'requisition' for stock, containing just the quantities of each item required, then the supplying store can at least be informed by these quantities when preparing the Customer Invoice. |
| * [[issuing_goods:stock_control_methods#imprest_method|The imprest method]] | * [[issuing_goods:stock_control_methods#imprest_method|The imprest method]] is common in hospitals where the customer can provide the current Stock on Hand (SoH) and there is a long and relatively stable track record of item consumption, from which 'Imprest values' have been calculated manually, outside of mSupply. |
| * [[issuing_goods:stock_control_methods#response_internal_requisitions|Response requisitions]] | * [[issuing_goods:stock_control_methods#stock_history_method|The stock history method]] is similar to the imprest method, but lets mSupply calculate the 'imprest values' automatically. |
| * [[clients:cotedivoire:requisitions|Full Entry of Request & Requisition Forms by the Supplying Facility]] | * [[issuing_goods:stock_control_methods#response_internal_requisitions|Response requisitions]] is more accurate method for cases where the assumptions required for the imprest and stock history methods are not correct. |
| * (This was developed for Côte d'Ivoire but can be activated for any country on request) | * [[clients:cotedivoire:requisitions|Full Entry of Request & Requisition Forms by the Supplying Facility]] is an enhancement to the standard response requisition method. This feature was developed for Côte d'Ivoire but can be activated for any country on request. |
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| Collectively, these are grouped together as different types of **requisition**. When editing an item, you can view all types of requisition records for that item. More information is available on the [[items:item_basics#requisitions|]] page (if you can think of better names, please tell us!). | With the exception of the 'Push' method, collectively, these are grouped together as different types of **requisition**. When editing an item, you can view all types of requisition records for that item. More information is available on the [[items:item_basics#requisitions|]] page (if you can think of better names, please tell us!). |
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| Please note that it is possible for all of these to be done by programme if required - see the [[items:programs|]] page for details. | Please note that it is possible for all of these to be done by programme if required - see the [[items:programs|]] page for details. |