Maramba, GeorgeSmuts, HanlieAdebesin, FunmiHattingh, Maria J. (Marie)Mawela, Tendani2024-01-162024-01-162023-06-06Maramba, G.; Smuts, H.; Adebesin, F.; Hattingh, M.; Mawela, T. KMS as a Sustainability Strategy during a Pandemic. Sustainability 2023, 15, 9158. https://DOI.org/10.3390/su15129158.10.3390/su151291582071-1050 (online)http://hdl.handle.net/2263/93974DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT : The data used to perform supply chain simulation was obtained from the three authenticated websites namely, Statistics South Africa, National Institute for Communicable Diseases and the Department of Health COVID-19 official site. The websites are listed below; Population data: Statistics South Africa: https://www.statssa.gov.za/ accessed 5 June 2023. COVID-19 Statistical data: National Institute of Communicable Diseases: https://www.nicd.ac. za/wp-content/uploads/2021/ accessed 5 June 2023. Department of Health COVID-19 website: https://sacoronavirus.co.za/covid-19-daily-cases/ accessed 26 February 2023.The 21st century world never anticipated a scenario in which it would be thrown into disarray by a fast-spreading viral disease, during which governments hastily had to enforce curfews by imposing travel and social gathering restrictions in order to contain it. The coronavirus disease of 2019 disrupted global supply chains and economies and caused death in every part of the world. Health departments and hospitals became the centres of attention as healthcare workers battled to save the lives of the infected. Governments struggled to calm citizens as the spread of incorrect and, sometimes, malicious information dominated all social media channels. The absence of established knowledge-sharing strategies and channels, knowledge about the disease or how to deal with the pandemic exacerbated the situation. This study investigates knowledge management systems as a sustainability strategy during a pandemic from three perspectives: understanding the disease, sourcing the required drugs and communicating with the citizens during a pandemic. The researchers adopted a survey research strategy for the study. The study makes an essential contribution to the value of KMS and the need to adopt them in the healthcare sector, particularly when faced with pandemics such as COVID-19.en© 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license.Knowledge management systemsSupply chain modelsElectronic supply chain systemsSustainable knowledge management systemseHealthe-Solutions during a pandemicArticle