Zipline: Navigating the Rwanda Skies to Make Medical Supplies Accessible to Millions on Land
| Case Code: OPER162 Case Length: 12 Pages Period: 2016-2022 Pub Date: 2024 Teaching Note: Available |
Price: Rs.500 Organization : Zipline International Inc. (Zipline) Industry :Transport & Logistics Countries : Rwanda Themes: Supply Chain Management, Sustainability Sustainable Innovation |
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Healthcare Infrastructure in Rwanda: Challenges
In Rwanda, there were 1700 health posts , 500 health centers, 42 district hospitals, and 5 national referral hospitals as of the year 2023..
Zipline: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Saving Lives
In February 2016, with a view to strengthening the healthcare infrastructure in the country, the Ministry of Health, GoR, signed a deal with Zipline to use the services of the first-ever unmanned aircraft for the distribution..
Zips: Flying High in the Rwanda Skies
The Zipline fulfilment centers were referred to as “nests.” The nests had a clean stack of drones with battery packs charging and cargo compartments ready to receive the valuable cargo. When an order was received by the Zipline's..
Turbulent skies ahead?
In 2022, with the ambitious goal of completing over 2 million instant deliveries and traveling more than 200 million autonomous km throughout the nation by 2029, the GoR expanded its partnership with Zipline by making it the..
Exhibits
Exhibit I: Zipline Drone
Exhibit II: Rural Population in Rwanda
Exhibit III: Maternal Mortality Rate in Rwanda
Exhibit IV: Zipline Fulfillment Centers
Exhibit V: Delivery Time and Blood Expiry (Roadway Vs Aerial Delivery) in Rwanda
Exhibit VI: Medical Supplies Delivery Process
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