We are constantly seeking ways to improve the effectiveness of our scale-up work and a key aspect of this is the effectiveness of the support we provide to Kit Yamoyo retailers. This support is centred on monthly visits to retailers to check on how the are doing. Do they have stock? What is demand like? […]
Top 10 achievements in 2016
2009’s top 10 | 2010’s top 10 | 2011’s top 10 | 2012’s top 10 | 2013’s top 10 | 2014’s top 10 | 2015’s top 10 Kit Yamoyo wall painting in Chawama Compound, Lusaka. Image credit: Simon Berry We loved this image of a Kit Yamoyo sign next to Coca-Cola: it’s a reminder of where we started, mimicking Coca-Cola’s techniques to […]
Dashboards as a motivational tool
We started using Android tablets during support visits to Kit Yamoyo retailers in mid-2014 (see Take a Tablet). This did two things. Firstly, it helped standardise these visits; to make sure that key things were checked and asked: Was the product displayed well? Did the retailer have a poster displayed? Secondly, it collected key information […]
The KYTS Dashboard explained (Release 4)
This slide deck explains the latest release of the dashboard that calculates and displays the key performance indicators for the scale-up of Kit Yamoyo in Zambia. It has been under development and continual improvement since Jul-15 and this development can be seen here: colalife.org/dashboards. We thank Abbott Katz and DataKind for getting us started and […]
KYTS Dashboard finally released (Release 1.0)
Those reading this in their email can view the slide full size on Flickr here. At last we have a dashboard of key performance indicators to bring to life all the frontline work going on to support retailers and provide invaluable management information. I wish to thank Abbott Katz, the man behind spreadsheetjournalism.com for his significant voluntary […]