Delivering critical cold-chain equipment across Uganda

A customer needed essential laboratory and cold-chain equipment delivered to health facilities nationwide – from refrigerators, freezers, centrifuges, biosafety cabinets, microscopes, incubators, and autoclaves.

Every piece of equipment is critical to diagnostics, biosafety, and patient care.

The challenge wasn’t just moving cargo.
It was building one supply chain to hold the line – end to end.

This meant aligning multiple stakeholders and origin countries, air and ocean freight, regional port entry, in-country trucking, warehousing, and nationwide distribution – without creating bottlenecks.

In total, the successful and timely delivery involved:

• 1,251 units

• 7 suppliers

• 553 health facilities

Over six months, we worked closely with The Partnership for Supply Chain Management and national partners. By consolidating cargo centrally and planning distribution carefully, the equipment reached more than 550 health facilities across Uganda on time and ready for use.

The solution met the requirements

Installations and training could begin without delay, and health facilities could focus on what matters most – serving people.

This is what happens when procurement, logistics, warehousing, and last-mile delivery move as one.