You’ve built up your last mile distribution operations to provide critical products and services for those who need them most. However, working in the last mile means field teams are often faced with challenges getting reliable and up-to-date information on products and suppliers, maintaining efficient stock levels, and coordinating while offline in rural areas. Additionally, Covid-19 has put a financial strain on last-mile distributors and highlighted weaknesses in existing supply chains, making a difficult job even harder.

TaroWorks is an offline mobile field service app with a mission to improve product and service delivery to the poor by bringing real-time data to any organization, anywhere. In partnership with Qualcomm through its Qualcomm® Wireless Reach™ initiative, we will award a last mile technology grant of $20,000 to a social enterprise to help cover the cost of implementing the TaroWorks Suite*, a mobile field service app on Salesforce.com, designed to help distribution companies working in offline areas manage their distribution operations.

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Benefits

Up to $20,000 USD toward a last mile service and delivery system

Project implementation support from TaroWorks Consultants

Co-promotion opportunities

TaroWorks, whose mobile app helps last mile distributors manage and gain greater visibility into sales, inventory and product maintenance offline, will award the $20,000 last mile technology grant to a qualified social enterprise to contribute to the cost of configuring and deploying TaroWorks Enterprise.

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Eligibility Criteria

TaroWorks will evaluate applications based on business needs, the potential for long-term success with the system, estimated long-term impact, and financial need. To determine if your business can benefit from TaroWorks Enterprise, please review the links in the resources section below. To be eligible for the award, applicants should meet the following eligibility criteria:

Organizations must be a for-profit social enterprise (i.e a B Corp). Non-profit organizations are not eligible for this round.
Funds must be used toward a TaroWorks Enterprise Suite implementation.
Organizations at a growth stage with plans to digitize existing processes. Organizations should demonstrate a clear strategy and process requirements for last mile distribution operations.
Organizations must have a technical resource that will own the system.
Currently, our support is only available in English, so we can only consider working with English-speaking system administrators.
TaroWorks is integrated with Salesforce.com, so grant applicants must be current or planned Salesforce users in order to be eligible for consideration.
Able to pay for relevant annual TaroWorks and Salesforce licenses. The grant recipient will be responsible for the cost of Salesforce and TaroWorks user licenses.

Process and Timeline

Information Sessions

TaroWorks will hold a product showcase webinar, and individual office hours for questions. Make sure to register below to receive invitations.

Application Deadline

The deadline to apply is October 14, 2022.

Selection Process

Our panel will score and choose a short list. Round 2 will consist of interviews and scoping calls.

Implementation

The organization will finalize implementation plans and timelines, and then kick-off before the end of the year.

TaroWorks Enterprise Overview

Product Overview: Mobile Inventory Management. Fact Sheet (Download)
Webinar: Offline Inventory Management with Solar Sister (View Video) (Read Summary)
Demo: Key features and functionality (View Video)
Case Study: Supply Chain Management – Mobile App Navigates Long-Distance Logistics in India
Testimonial: How Fonkoze uses TaroWorks’ logistics tools to “gauge product demand (and) smooth out kinks in the supply chain” of its Community Health Entrepreneurs program. (Learn More)

TaroWorks Enterprise Grant for Social Enterprises