the coded 19 pandemic is having a large impact on global supply chain medical organizations are trying to come to grips with shortages in key medical supplies including personal protective equipment such as masks gloves and medical gowns manufacturers are now looking to regional markets for solutions to address the current shortage of supplies NHS procurement and government schemes are very much focused on handing large volumes and are less focused on providing for smaller healthcare providers such as care homes and mental health institutions struggling to obtain the equipment local businesses and volunteers are putting into continuous efforts to support key workers I can show you I don't know if this is any good I can show you this if you can see this if I turn my camera around this is my way of what's that Excel that's yeah yeah okay just log who's who's looking for advisors and I just do loaner tech things then when people request them I log at all when I've got visors to give them I locate it to them and I send an email to let him know so I took time notified then when they required I'll make a note of that because some people have not applied ever and then it's responding to them and they to be honest with you in the amount of time it takes to keep all that up-to-date and taking over is more than actually making them with kik new users can register on the kik portal and they are presented with user validations registration codes can be tied to a user location this will also matter key be routed through to the current location and stopped rooms they could also register as a key worker or volunteer which can drive specific workflows and validation there is a privacy policy built-in which must be reviewed and then accepted as well as terms and conditions there is also a Google reCAPTCHA as a mandatory selection before submitting the user will automatically be assigned to the correct roles once user logs in the kick portal presents a home page where they can easily access quick actions for any open access the catalog and also the knowledge base once accessing the catalog the user can make requests including delivery information this uses after the box catalog workflows to keep track of requests through the portal the kik portal also provides a virtual agent the user can type in keywords and this gives them the ability to view an order PPE equipment can you use a friendly way taking a look at the workspace there are lists of all of the relevant activities showing transfer order lines the user can view what has been delivered and what has been received all stock allocation can be handled and coordinated from within the platform using the latest agent workspace features in the flow designer for the kik application there is a range of flows one of these flows is activation of a user using out of box components behind this also sits a range of customized bundled reusable actions we also provide the ability for automated printing of barcodes that can be scanned using the now mobile app which also provides access to the system from remote locations kik when the supply meets the emergency demand