Arogyapath is a CSIR National Healthcare Supply Chain Portal. It aims to provide real-time availability of critical healthcare supplies has been launched recently. The information platform named AarogyaPath with a vision of “providing a path which leads one on a journey towards Aarogya (healthy life)” was developed to address these challenges. AarogyaPath would serve manufacturers, suppliers and customers.
Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020
Key-Points:
During the present national health emergency arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic, where there is severe disruption in supply chain,the ability to produce and deliver the critical items may be compromised due to a variety of reasons.
This integrated public platform provides single-point availability of key healthcare goods can be helpful to customers in tackling a number of routinely experienced issues.
Aspects:
It will help manufacturers and suppliers to reach a wide network of customers efficiently, overcoming gaps in connectivity between them and potential demand centers like nearby pathological laboratories, medical stores, hospitals, etc.
It will also create opportunities for business expansion due to an expanded slate of buyers and visibility of new requirements for products.
Over time, analytics from this platform is expected to generate early signals to manufacturers on over capacity as well as on looming shortages.
This would help to reduce wastage of resources due to inefficient forecasting and excess manufacturing, generate awareness about the demand for new technologies.
