Supply Chain and Logistics

WFP is on the frontlines in the fight against hunger. Thousands of dedicated staff channel their expertise and use all means at their disposal – trucks, planes, ships, helicopters and even amphibious vehicles – to ensure that vast quantities of food and other essential items reach those who need them most.

By prioritizing local companies and national first responders as much as possible, for both our emergency assistance and our resilience-building projects, we contribute to more sustainable agricultural systems, more dynamic retail sectors, and more robust transport networks. Through our supply chain, we spend more than US$2 billion in the countries where we operate, filling gaps in local supply chains wherever needed.

Innovations

LogIe

LogIe is an internally developed data platform that aggregates, checks and displays internal and external data sources including inputs from IM officers on the ground. The result is a user-friendly, highly integrated data and information gateway displayed in a layered map of valuable supply chain information and up-to-date insights on bottlenecks and constraints in the supply chain from source to destination. It is an open-source tool that aims to provide the community of humanitarian logistics responders promptly with accessible, fast and effective logistics information to help improve humanitarian response.

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Optimus

Optimus is a web application that looks at WFP operations from an end-to-end perspective to support better planning, helping users identify the most cost-effective solutions with advanced mathematics. It pulls together a wide variety of data—from beneficiary numbers to sourcing options and from transport routes to nutritional values. Users can create their own scenarios or ask Optimus to find optimal plans, taking into account operational restrictions (such as lead times and funding) and preferences (such as nutritional value targets and local procurement targets). A user-friendly interface allows users from any functional area to quickly explore the different scenarios and compare them against each other.

Annapurti (GrainATM)

To ensure efficient and effective distribution of food grains at the last mile, WFP India has developed Annapurti GrainATM. Annapurti (Hindi for “fulfiller of food”) is an automated multi-commodity dispensing machine, which will provide people with access to their full entitlement with speed and accuracy.

Last Mile Ecosystem

Last Mile Ecosystem (LME) is a digital community ecosystem connecting central kitchens, drivers and small holder farmers to improve diets of school children in Tunisia. The vision is to make fresh and local food travel fast for every child WFP serves. LME service connects school kitchens to transporters delivering fresh produce from smallholder farmers.

Network Fresh

Network Fresh redistributes food to fight hunger and food waste in Turkey. WFP Turkey country office developed Network Fresh to ensure vulnerable populations have access to affordable and varied food while stimulating the local economy. The team built a digital solution to connect foodservice businesses that have surplus food with households to increase food security and reduce food waste.

Retail in a Box

Roambee

Roambee provides an on-demand, real-time shipment monitoring service which provides insights, predictability and efficiency in logistics, which is achieved by using sophisticated sensors (called Bees) stored in each shipment that capture live location and condition information that can be acted upon, independent of the mode of transport.

Learn more about Roambee’s work in 2021