The Pharmaceutical Industry Principles for Responsible Supply Chain Management: Management Systems
The Principles
Download the Principles (PDF)
- English
- Principios de la industria farmacéutica para la administración responsable de la cadena de suministros (Spanish)
- Princípios do setor farmacêutico para a gestôo responsável da cadeia logística (Portuguese)
- 制药工业“负责的供应链管理”原则 (Chinese, Simplified)
- 製藥工業負責的供應鏈管理原則 (Chinese, Traditional)
Download the Implementation Guidance Document (PDF)
- English
- Guía de Implementatión (Spanish)
- Diretrizes de Implementação (Portuguese)
- 实施指南 (Chinese, Simplified)
- 實施指南 (Chinese, Traditional)
Suppliers shall use management systems to facilitate continual improvement and compliance with the expectations of these principles. The management system elements include:
- Commitment and Accountability: Suppliers shall demonstrate commitment to the concepts described in this document by allocating appropriate resources.
- Legal and Customer Requirements: Suppliers shall identify and comply with applicable laws, regulations, standards and relevant customer requirements.
- Risk Management: Suppliers shall have mechanisms to determine and manage risks in all areas addressed by this document.
- Documentation: Suppliers shall maintain documentation necessary to demonstrate conformance with these expectations and compliance with applicable regulations.
- Training and Competency: Suppliers shall have a training program that achieves an appropriate level of knowledge, skills and abilities in management and workers to address these expectations.
- Continual Improvement: Suppliers are expected to continually improve by setting performance objectives, executing implementation plans and taking necessary corrective actions for deficiencies identified by internal or external assessments, inspections, and management reviews.