A standard list is a record of of items needed to operate a project (or a mission as a whole), with no notion of quantity. For MSF Supply's clients the standard list shows items that are available, hence
Technically that is a pre-requirement to prepare the forecasts, since you can forecast only items from the standard list. Both standard lists and forecasts are optional.
The lists can be defined at project level or at mission level. Usually medical standard lists are defined at project level while logistic standard lists are defined at mission level.
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