FDAnews Announces — News Brief — 24 Elements of a Successful Supplier Quality Agreement
Falls Church, VA (PRWEB) August 25, 2016 -- 24 Elements of a Successful Supplier Quality Agreement
**An FDAnews Brief**
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Supplier quality is a fundamental topic of perennial importance.
Quality agreements with suppliers must be written and executed to cover every possible contingency and ensure that the materials that go into a product is exactly what is required and available when needed.
Today’s minor mistake by a supplier could easily turn into tomorrow’s major recall. And if manufacturers don’t catch all the oversights in a quality agreement, odds are the FDA will.
In this FDANews Brief, 20-year industry veteran Steven Sharf, explains the elements that need to go into a quality agreement:
1. Calibration and Maintenance
2. Batch Documentation
3. Change Control
4. Deviations / OOSs
5. Field Alerts / Recalls
6. Material Inspection / Testing / Release
7. Labeling Controls
8. Rejected Materials
9. Complaint Handling
10. APR / PQR Inputs
11. Audits / Inspections
12. Specifications
13. Subcontracting
14. Dispute Resolution
15. Technical Transfer
16. Validation / Qualification
17. Warehousing and Distribution
18. Record Retention
19. Sample Retention
20. Reprocessing / Reworking
21. Supplier Qualification
22. Stability Programs
23. Contact List
24. Responsibility Matrix
Use this 24-point plan to make sure all the bases are covered and keep suppliers well in hand.
Who Will Benefit:
• Auditors
• Compliance officers
• Engineering and design controls teams
• Executive management
• Managers
• Manufacturing directors and supervisors
• Pharmaceutical and cGMP auditors
• QA/QC personnel
• Risk management specialists
• Strategic planning and business development staff
• Validation specialists, scientists, engineers
FDAnews Brief Details:
24 Elements of a Successful Supplier Quality Agreement
Price: $177
http://www.fdanews.com/24ElementsSuccessfulQualityAgreement
Easy Ways to Order:
Online: http://www.fdanews.com/24ElementsSuccessfulQualityAgreement
By phone: 888-838-5578 or 703-538-7600
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Michelle Butler, FDANEWS, http://www.fdanews.com, +1 (703) 538-7665, [email protected]
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