7. Conclusion and recommendations
The quality risk management (QRM) is an activity that integrates identification of quality risk, risk analysis, risk assessment, developing strategies to manage them. Some traditional QRM exercises are focused on pharmaceutical manufacturing only, however, the ignorance of quality risk during distribution poses business challenges finally leading to market complaints, recall, rejections, and regulatory actions. A model way to deal quality risk during distribution operation provides more insight to supply chain strategy. This also helps to develop the understanding of the quality risk of supply chain management that facilitates logic-based risk control decisions for overall business growth through entrusted quality brand creation. The quality risk management during pharmaceutical good distribution practices helps effective management of quality risks to ensure supply continuity is a significant challenge has following key steps:
i. Make quality and risk management as key elements during supply chain
ii. Identify the supply chain quality risk through holistic approach
iii. Establish risk mitigation tools during supply network
iv. Ensure that supplier risk management is an on-going activity, not one-time action
v. Enhance communication about risk elements and controls exercised across the supply chain
vi. Maintain comprehensive procedure, task and responsibility metrics