Business Intelligence application in COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution

Abstract

COVID-19 vaccination manufacturing and distribution plays an important role in the efforts needed to fight the spread of the Corona virus. The pharmaceutical industry expedited its processes to produce reliable vaccines.There are six major manufacturers of COVID-19 vaccinations to date are Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, Astrazeneca, Sputnik and Sinopharm. The administration of the vaccination to the global community started in December of 2020. Although more than 905 million vaccine administered worldwide, there is still a need to vaccinate the remaining six billion people around the world. The distribution of vaccines globally need a reliable and efficient supply chain model. There is an imbalance in the distribution of vaccines among countries. This paper investigates the use of business intelligence applications to help solve this problem.The implementation of an advances knowledge based supply chain system shall produce an efficient and effective COVID-10 vaccine distribution model. This globally monitored supply chain system shall provide authentic data about the number of does shipped and the routes it took to reach its final destination. As an intelligentknowledge sharing system, it shall provide accurate data about how many doses are shipped, and the exact date and time of each shipment. It shall also help countries learn, and make decisions on how to plan and manage the vaccination delivery process.