"DELIVER" is our codename for a project consisting on the design of a global WFP logistics system, support WFP's logistics operations, one of the core services we provide in support of our humanitarian mission.
DELIVER is not one programme, or one system, it is a set of projects ensuring the WFP logistics officers can store, track, and retrieve the data related to the procurement, storage and transport of both food and non-food items all the way to the end delivery point in the "deep field".
Many of these systems existed, but were not connected to each other.
Others were non-existent, so we need to develop them.
Yet others existed, but were not sufficient.
These are, what we call, the "back end systems": systems which all perform one, or a set of, isolated tasks.
The DELIVER project will provide a common platform where any WFP logistics officer can access the data he/she needs to perform his/her job.
We achieve this, by connecting all these "back end systems" to a common "Data Interchange Bus", enabling data to be exchanged between the different systems.
The way the data is delivered to the users, is through a "the Portal", a large website, where data can be retrieved from or entered into the different backend systems.
Similarly, a customer service system will have an overview of the workflow of the different logistics operations.
That is what the DELIVER project is all about.
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