Building a Vendor Qualification Program for FDA Regulated Industries: One and Half Day In-Person Seminar

If you are looking for the answer to the following questions, you will certainly benefit from attending this seminar on building a vendor qualification program:

• Have you wasted hours, days, and weeks on qualifying vendors that you know cannot or will not meet your requirements?
• Has your approach to vendor qualification and vendor audits left you with internal CAPAs, customer audit items, or 483 observations?
• Have you wondered whether an onsite vendor audit is necessary in the eyes of FDA?

Well, the answers to these and many more questions are now available in a simple to understand, yet detailed training session designed to help manufacturers of FDA regulated products build (or rebuild) a sustainable vendor qualification program

This course on vendor qualification program for FDA regulated industries will:

• Define a sustainable structure for a vendor qualification program.
• Explain how change control and other quality programs feed into the vendor qualification program.
• Offer usable audit forms/checklists and other vendor qualification program document templates.
• Explain how to:
  • Determine the best potential vendor and what a potential vendor needs to supply before qualification.
  • Initially identify vendors that meet your requirements prior to qualification.
  • Perform on-site and off-site verifications.
  • Monitor and re-qualify vendors.
  • Estimate costs and time associated with vendor qualification.
  • Respond to customer and regulatory audit observations associated with vendor qualification.
• Discuss common pitfalls to avoid when qualifying vendors.

This course will provide valuable assistance and guidance to all FDA regulated companies for building sustainable vendor qualification program. The following job titles/ positions will benefit from attending this seminar:

• Internal Auditors
• Regulators
• Legal Departments
• Compliance Officers
• Purchasing Managers
• QC Managers
• QA Managers
• Quality and Sales Department Staff
• Compliance Consultants
• Senior Management