Jallier Vincent, Guyondet Christophe, Provent Adeline, Laillou Arnaud, Moench-Pfanner Regina
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), Geneva, Switzerland.
Food Nutr Bull. 2013 Jun;34(2 Suppl):S43-9. doi: 10.1177/15648265130342S106.
Access to high-grade micronutrients is a recurring challenge that often threatens the long-term sustainability of food fortification programs.
To assess the efficiency of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) Premix Facility in procuring quality, affordable vitamin A for fortification of edible oil in Indonesia.
A global approach to procurement of standard items was used by combining volumes across various demand streams in order to reduce the total cost of acquisition through economies of scale. The GAIN Premix Facility undertook a detailed analysis of vitamin A requirements across its existing customer base, which served as a basis for developing a reliable demand forecast. A consolidated, competitive tender was launched that resulted in the setting up of a long-term commercial agreement with the selected supplier to lock in the most competitive price for a given period of time.
The direct benefit to oil manufacturers of fortifying with vitamin A is that the cost of fortification went down significantly compared with prices they would have been offered had they ordered vitamin A individually. In Indonesia, this consolidated procurement approach has allowed a 14.5% decrease in the unit price of vitamin A.
The GAIN Premix Facility demonstrated its effectiveness in acting as a global procurement platform by aggregating demand across different customers and leveraging improved prices through increased volumes. Building on the success of this effort, the GAIN Premix Facility is replicating this global approach for procurement of other standard items being procured across fortification programs worldwide.
获取优质微量营养素一直是一项挑战，常常威胁到食品强化计划的长期可持续性。
评估全球改善营养联盟（GAIN）预混料设施在为印度尼西亚食用油强化采购优质且价格合理的维生素A方面的效率。
采用全球标准项目采购方法，将来自不同需求渠道的数量合并，以通过规模经济降低总采购成本。GAIN预混料设施对其现有客户群的维生素A需求进行了详细分析，以此作为制定可靠需求预测的基础。发起了一次联合竞争性招标，结果与选定供应商达成了长期商业协议，以便在特定时期锁定最具竞争力的价格。
食用油制造商使用维生素A进行强化的直接好处是，与他们单独订购维生素A时可能获得的价格相比，强化成本大幅下降。在印度尼西亚，这种联合采购方法使维生素A的单价降低了14.5%。
GAIN预混料设施通过汇总不同客户的需求并通过增加采购量来利用更优惠的价格，证明了其作为全球采购平台的有效性。基于这项工作的成功，GAIN预混料设施正在将这种全球采购方法复制到全球强化计划正在采购的其他标准项目上。
