5 — GEN 205: QA and Supply Chain
Wednesday, 21 April 2021, 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM
RQAP re-registration units: 4 non-GCP, non-GLP
*Note: Participants must attend 100% of the training course to receive a certificate of attendance documenting RQAP re-registration units.
Registration Fees
SQA Member: $275
Student: $135
Non-member: $355
Description
QA and Supply Chain together touch on many topics ranging from data integrity/data quality, to Vendor/Supplier Qualification and Management, to Quality Management to GMP compliance. Established ways of doing have to be questioned in order to increase the reliability of the information, hence improve the risk assessment, hence turn the organization into a proactive mode. To do so, we apply some of the frameworks utilized for business model innovation to this specific relationship.
Objectives
At the end of this course participants will be able to:
- Recognize similarities of the business model concept and the internal organization
- Use de 6 pathways to explore significant improvements in Supply-Chain related processes
- Develop a new model
- Examine the benefits thereof
- Reproduce this method within any given organization
Target Audience
Head of QA who envisage to improve existing processes related to the supply chain, knowing GMP constraints. Supplier QA Managers with minimum 5 years' experience who are well aware of the processes throughout the chain.
Agenda
Part 1 (60 min): The similarities between a business model and internal organization
40 min - Theory
This part describes what a Business model is, and which are its relations to the external and internal world. It also provides a tool to visualize attributes of differentiation and a diagnostic framework.
20 min - Practice: draw chart of your own "internal business model", define the main attributes of the "internal offer" and apply the diagnosis tool to your current organization.
Break – 15 min
Part 2 (2h15-2h30) - The exploration begins
45-60 min Theory
This part presents the 6 pathways to use to solve an identified problem and provides a guide to build up the premises of a new model.
Break – 15 min
90 min -Practice: It is your turn to explore specific Use cases in small groups:
- Supplier approval
- Ongoing Supplier Assessment
- MA-Transfer
- Deliverable: prepare a presentation of the new model to all attendees
Part 3 (30 min)
3 groups, drawn, will briefly present their deliverables to all attendees (10 min. max. per group)