Image courtesy of: ACF, 2011

The Supply Chain for Cash and Voucher Programming

15th May 2014, Paris

Setting the Scene

Case Studies: Changing the Business ProcessCoffee Break

Jargon Busting

Case Studies: Insecure Environments

Counting the CostLunch Break

Donors and the Compliance Agenda

Revisiting our Role – Logistics and AccountabilityCoffee Break

Skills Gap: A Practical Discussion

Setting our Agenda

WFP; image courtesy of http://blogs.ec.europa.eu/

Why are we here?

Supply Chain for In Kind

Supply Chain for Cash & Vouchers

Cash / Voucher Processes, Technology

Image Courtesy of Oxfam, Ethiopia, 2013; Water Voucher Programme

Why should Logistics be bothered?

Why should Logistics be bothered?

• Cash is here to stay• There is a Supply Chain to manage• Risks are different, and complex• Logistics can now contribute directly to

programme outcomes

Cost-Centric Sourcing Strategy

Transactional cost-efficiency, Consolidated procurement, Large suppliers, Internal KPIs,Outside markets

Outcome-Centric Sourcing Strategy

2km 5km 10km 20km 50km

Beneficiary-centric,Starts at geographically closest market,Capacity driven sourcing,Market Strengthening simultaneous to SourcingProcurement linked to Programme outcomes

CTP15%

c. 2019?c. 2014c. 2009

In Kind CTP

What does Market Strengthening and Supply Chain Assurance look like?

Fuel support to transporters

Large scale infrastructure rehab.

/ construction

Road rehabilitation

Vendor scale up support – transport, storage,

cashflow

Vendor training

Why wait?

What could we do before an emergency to

help markets recover even faster...?

Our Survey Says…Cash and Markets in Logistics Survey April 2014

What are Logisticians already doing in support of CTP?What do they feel most / least confident in doing?What are the challenges and gaps?What do they need to better support CTP?

87 Responses

Experiences

from 54Countries

24Organisations

Where in the world…

Logistics support to C&V for which commodities?

Shelter

Fuel

Water

Household

Hygiene

Food

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35

Which Cash and Markets activities did Logisticians have experience of?

….all 22 of them!

Which Cash and Markets activities did the most respondents have experience of?

• Market/Supply Baseline

Preparedness

• Market Monitoring

• Project Design Input

• Proposal Development

• Local capacity partner

assessments

• Budget preparation

• Record Keeping and

compliance

• Market/Supply Support

Activities

• Assessing suppliers for CTP

• Framework Contracts

• Assessing (market) infrastructure

• Coordination with other actor

• Managing Supplier

performance

• Security Risk Assessment

• Selecting suppliers

• Assessing markets after

emergency

• Cost Analysis

• Security Management

• Ready for payment stage• Complaints handlings• ConOps being revised

• Distribution of cash/vouchers

Which Cash and Markets activities did fewest respondents have experience of?

• Market/Supply Baseline Preparedness

• Market Monitoring• Project Design Input• Proposal Development• Local capacity partner

assessments• Record Keeping and

compliance

• CTP Complaints handling

• ConOps being revised

• Market/Supply Support Activities

• Assessing suppliers before

project

• Selecting suppliers

• Framework Contracts

• Assessing infrastructure

• Coordination with other actor

• CTP Security Risk Assessment

• Assessing markets after

emergency

• Cost Ben Analysis

• Security Management

• Managing Supplier

performance

• Ready for payment stage• Distribution of cash/vouchers• Budget preparation

Key Challenges What are the main challenges you are facing in supporting markets and cash based programmes?

Skills / Capacity / Experience

‘Whole SC’ for C&V

Small Vendor

Challenges

Lack of Clarity – Roles & Resp.

Insecurity, Remote Mgt,

Access

C&V Coordination

Concept / Change

Resistance

Rapid Setup

Process

Fraud

v

• Technology Management

• Resource Allocation

Market Assessments

• Beneficiary Preferences,

Practices

• Preparedness Market Data

• Value Proposition, VfM

• Donor Relations

• IK CTP IK

• Do no harm

• CTP commodity types

• Vendor proximity to

beneficiaries

• Market / Commodity

Monitoring

Other Challenges

What tools / guidelines are

Logisticians already using?

Global Logistics Community What are the gaps? What ideas do you have for what the Global Logistics Community could do?

Coordination (int and ext), Knowledge

Sharing

Service Providers (financial, telecoms)

Market Baselines,

Assessments

‘Joined up’ Design and Response Analysis

Harmonise Procedures

Training

Donor Relations

Risk, Security Advice

Comms, Influencing