Module 3: Inventory Management

This module is specifically tailored to assist health workers in developing proficient inventory management skills essential for ensuring adequate and appropriate stock levels. It focuses on elucidating the fundamental principles and strategies vital for effective inventory control within health settings.

Purpose

This module is designed to equip health workers with comprehensive skills and knowledge essential for proficient inventory management practices including ordering and receiving commodities within health settings building their competencies in: 

1. Ordering essential health commodities.

2. Receiving  Health Commodities.

3. Storing Health Commodities.

4. Issuing Health Commodities.

5. Dispensing Health Commodities.

6. Conducting routine physical stock counts of inventory on hand, emphasizing documentation to maintain accurate inventory records.

7.  Assessing and monitoring stock levels effectively, ensuring the maintenance of adequate inventory at all times to meet health demands.

8. Effective redistribution of overstocked or near-expiry health commodities to other health facilities, optimizing resource utilization.

9. Implementing inventory management rules and protocols, ensuring adherence to established guidelines for efficient inventory control.

Expected Learning Outcomes

By the end of this module, the health worker will be able to: 

1. Apply/implement the principles of max-min inventory management specifically tailored to ordering health commodities, ensuring efficient stock replenishment.

2. Quantify the commodity needs of a Health facility using the consumption method.

3. Describe the appropriate procedures and records used in receiving Health Commodities.

4. Describe the appropriate procedures and records to store Health commodities.

5. Describe the appropriate procedures,forms and records to issue Health commodities.

6. Describe the appropriate procedures and records to dispense Health Commodities.

7. Explain the fundamental concept of max-min inventory management, outlining its principles and significance in maintaining optimal stock levels.

8. Perform comprehensive stock status assessments, proficiently analyzing inventory levels and identifying appropriate actions to rectify shortages or surpluses.

9. Describe the step-by-step process involved in conducting physical inventory counts, including cycle counting methodologies to maintain accurate inventory records.

Congratulations! You have now come to the end of Module 3: Inventory Management. In this module, you looked at the comprehensive skills and knowledge essential for proficient inventory management practices including ordering and receiving commodities within health settings building your competencies in: 

1. Ordering essential health commodities.

2. Receiving  Health Commodities.

3. Storing Health Commodities.

4. Issuing Health Commodities.

5. Dispensing Health Commodities.

6. Conducting routine physical stock counts of inventory on hand, emphasizing documentation to maintain accurate inventory records.

7.  Assessing and monitoring stock levels effectively, ensuring the maintenance of adequate inventory at all times to meet health demands.

8. Effective redistribution of overstocked or near-expiry health commodities to other health facilities, optimizing resource utilization.

9. Implementing inventory management rules and protocols, ensuring adherence to established guidelines for efficient inventory control.

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