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Good Storage practices for Pharmaceuticals

PREPARED BY: AHMED YOUNIS

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WHY IS GWP/GDP IMPORTANT?

1. To optimize the resources available for a large scale storage in a specified manner.

2. As a integral part of the supply chain.

3. Making the best use of the real time data for effective supply chain and optimization of the stock put away
and bin utilization.

4. To save time and effort in identifying and locating goods.

5. To maintain a safe, clean and segregated environment.

6. To control the movement and storage of material within the stores.

7. To help in easy stock take and stock verification &reconciliation and help in stock corrections if necessary.
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WHY IS GWP/GDP IMPORTANT?

8. Regulatory requirement for pharmaceuticals.

9. To develop a zone concept for product wise segregation.

10. To streamline the process of receival, storage &distribution.

11. Customer satisfaction

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What Warehousing means ?

• Warehousing & storage is an act of storage and assorting the finished goods so as to create
maximum time utilization at the minimum cost.

The key activities concerned with warehousing are.

• Receiving
• Identifying
• Holding
• Assembling and processing of the orders to meet the demand.

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IMPACT OF BAD WAREHOUSING PRACTICES

• The impact of bad warehousing practices is directly on the revenues & economy of the company and
ultimately the individual working in the company.

• It causes unprecedented losses and creates unsafe environment for working.

• It will be difficult to clear a regulatory or GDP inspection.

• It gives you work related stress as the working environment is not safe and accident prone.

• Dissatisfied customers because of mix up and wrong deliveries.

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• The incoming material in the warehouse to be immediately sent to quarantine.

• The quarantine goods to be sampled by the Quality Dept and sent for analysis.(In case of manufacturing
unit the samples may be taken online before the batch is transferred to Quarantine).

• After getting release from the Quality Dept the goods need to be transferred to the Approved area.

• In case if the goods are rejected they are supposed to be transferred to the Rejected area the keys of
the rejected area shall remain with the Quality Dept.

• Provision for goods to be stored under controlled temperature is a must. This area should be mapped
for temperature distribution.
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• There should also be provision for customer returned goods and market returned goods which
should go through the Quality Dept for further segregation into either APPROVED or REJECTED.

• Maintain optimum speed of the Forklifts and ensure that the person riding it has the valid license
for driving the same.

• The maintenance of the forklift is highly important for proper upkeep so the warehouse manager
should ensure the preventive maintenance is done on regular intervals and any untoward
observation to be reported immediately.

• Eating,Drinking,smoking,chewing of gum or tobacco, littering and undesirable behavior at the

designated areas in the premises is prohibited.

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GOOD DOCUMENTATION

Last but not the least is the documentation for the activities done.

• It’s a common saying in GMP that “if it is not documented it never

happened”.
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