Last mile logistics applied to the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines: A prospection of good practices

Badr Bentalha (), A Hmioui () and L Alla
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Badr Bentalha: ENCGF - Ecole Nationale de Commerce et de Gestion De Fès - USMBA - Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah
A Hmioui: ENCGF - Ecole Nationale de Commerce et de Gestion De Fès - USMBA - Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah
L Alla: ENSAF - École nationale des sciences appliquées de Fès = National School of Applied Sciences of Fez

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Abstract: "Defining a public policy for vaccination against Covid-19 is one thing, ensuring its proper execution is another. Faced with the complexity of delivering millions of doses, only national and transversal coordination will ensure a smooth vaccination campaign. [The risk of queues, shortages of doses, unused stocks ordered, trafficking in vaccines by ill-intentioned individuals... Never has the proper execution of a public policy been so crucial" (GSS, 2020). Hence the great attention given by practitioners and researchers to the question of the efficiency of logistics related to the distribution of Covid-19 vaccines and the logistics of the last mile. What are the prospective applications of the delivery of anti-Covid-19 vaccines as a public health issue with strong constraints for logisticians and transporters? This is the issue to which this article attempts to provide an answer. Based on a prospective approach to national and international best practices, the research highlights the unavoidable antecedents and irreducible best practices to be adopted by the players in the logistics of the last mile of vaccine distribution in Morocco. These include the development of micro-consolidation platforms, innovative vehicles, collaboration and cooperation in urban logistics, the adoption of innovative distribution modes (UAV, underground driving) and the application of digital technology.

Keywords: Logistics; Last mile logistics; Prospective approach; Distribution logistics; Vaccine distribution; Pandemic logistics; COVID-19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-07-01
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Published in Alternatives Managériales et Economiques, 2021, 3 (3), pp.41-61

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