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OpenLMIS
OpenLMIS is a leading Open Source electronic logistics management information system purpose-built to manage health supply chains in low- and middle-income countries.
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Global ImpactSolution
eLMIS / OpenLMISTopic
Health care informationStatus
In TransitionUPDATE: OpenLMIS is an open source tool supported by an international community of partners, implementers, and developers. LEARN MORE
Background
OpenLMIS is a software platform specifically designed to manage health commodity supply chains in low-resource environments. VillageReach pioneered the concept of an open source electronic logistics management information system (LMIS) for vaccine supply chains.
How it
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Program Impact
Globally, OpenLMIS manages data for over 11,000 health facilities across 8 deployments: Mozambique (2012), Tanzania (2013), Zanzibar (2014) Zambia (2014), Benin (2015), Cote d’Ivoire (2015) and Malawi (2017) and Angola (2019).
Initial implementations of OpenLMIS have reported significant efficiencies and improvements in health supply chain performance including:
- Improving data availability from 1 month to 1 day
- Reduction in stockout frequency from 19% to 5%
The OpenLMIS Community continues to track results as more systems are deployed in more countries and use case data is reported back to the Community.
Partners

Government
- UN Commission on Life-Saving Commodities for Women and Children

Technical Partners
- Vitalliance Corp
- ThoughtWorks
- John Snow, Inc.
- CHAI
- Chemonics
- SolDevelo
- PATH
- PEPFAR

Donors
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Rockefeller Foundation
- USAID|DELIVER PROJECT