A TECHNOLOGY-BASED supply chain and logistics monitoring system has been launched to help address issues in the movement of goods experienced in this coronavirus-induced economic crisis.
Called the Supply Chain Analytics (Scan) Dashboard and Scan Reporter, these digital tools will be useful in troubleshooting problems in the supply chain for goods and production inputs and in planning supply chain-related interventions during the Covdid-19 pandemic and potentially post-pandemic.
The Scan Dashboard has five key components—incident reports, trip videos for major selected routes, survey of supply chain issues coming from supply chain players, links to other government dashboards and summary information on the domestic and Asia-Pacific supply chain environment.
The Scan Reporter, on the other hand, is an app that is downloadable to smartphones and can help “reporters” of supply chain problems submit information to the Scan Dashboard so that such problems can be addressed by concerned authorities. Information that can be submitted through the app include type of reporter (e.g., public servant, transport service, concerned citizen, worker, company and industry association) and incident type (e.g., real-time quarantine control point problem, permit-related problem, regulations, goods overpricing, and real-time road closures, traffic and accidents).
Photos and videos can also be uploaded in the incident report before submission. If the incident reporter is an industry association member, he or she will be directed to the survey of supply chain issues.
“We encourage everybody, not only supply chain players but concerned citizens as well, to participate in this initiative by downloading and using the Scan Reporter app to report incidents that hamper the flow of goods and production inputs in your respective areas,” said Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases co-chairman and Cabinet Secretary Karlo Alexei Nograles.
He also urged regional inter-agency bodies to take an active role in utilizing the Scan Dashboard, monitoring incidents in various parts of the regions and immediately solving problems at their level, or if the problems cannot be solved at their level, reporting to the national-level agencies or task groups the major issues needing action from the national government.
The mobile app complies with the National Privacy Commission and Department of Information and Communications Technology rules and regulations on data privacy and vulnerability assessment to ensure its integrity and reliability. (PR)