Quality Management System - Quality Assurance
Quality Management System - Quality Assurance
QUALITY ASSURANCE
Quality Management system elements:
1. Change management
2. Deviations
3. CAPA
4. Self Inspection
5. Training
6. Documentation
7. Qualification and Validation
8. Market complaint / Product recall
9. Vendor management
Regulatory Expectation by organization.
Effective implementation of Quality system shall include following
1. Design of robust QMS procedure for below mentioned systems
The procedures to be prepared considering instructions In line with CGMPs, Comprehensive, Proactive,
Science and risk-based and Accountable.
Change management
Deviation management
Effective knowledge transfer and education of the team – Training
Failure investigation – Market complaints, handling of return products
and implementation of CAPA
Document management.
Self inspection
Validation and qualification.
2. Facilitate effective knowledge transfer and management.
3. Facilitate continual improvement.
4. Establish and maintain a state of control.
Current status in the Facility / Requirements:
A Design of robust procedure / system:
Integrity issues.
Information - Clear communication in the QMS records are not observed.
Content writing is very weak.
Not following the required investigation tools as per the requirement.
Expectation is from QA department to execute all the QMS document – whereas
it is respective department responsibility to perform the same.
In time submission of the report / QMS document is not being followed –
Responsibility /Accountability lapses.
Lack of Decision-making skills – The representatives, shall always lag between
middle management decision and implementation- lack of senior person
involvement in the department for handling of QMS documentation.
Lack of evident investigational skills.
Current status in the Facility / Requirements
Concerns:
Self inspection.
Auditing skills is not adequate.
Lack of Decision-making skills – The representative shall always lag
between middle management decision and implementation- lack of senior
person involvement in the department.
Auditing is name sake.
Selecting the points to show in the report.
Lack of process knowledge.
Training
No physical training is occurring.
Evaluation efficiency is not proper.
Training calendar is not followed.
Current status in the Facility / Requirements
Consolidated reasons:
No time to execute the QMS documentation – Other productive priorities.
Most of the errors in the Quality system is due to Manual / Human errors.
Lack of QMS knowledge – Risk based approach – thought process.
Lack of importance to the QMS system.
No designated Responsibility for QMS activity - lack of senior person
involvement in department.
To many groups involving / people involved – non relevant department and
mislead
No manpower for QMS.
Inadequate tracking of the QMS activity.
Lack of noticeable investigational skills.
QMS is an extra / additional job.
Flow chart for QMS improvement steps
Phase – 1
Establishment of Leadership and commitment to quality :
Formation of GMP Committee and QMS Committee
GMP committee includes top management like Sr. Manager and above.
QMS committee includes Deputy manager and above
To list all the GMP / QMS procedure.
Training of all common procedures shall be classroom based – physically.
Establishment of awareness of Quality concepts in the employees.
Weekly training by the GMP committee to employees on QMS
documentation and its importance.
Understanding of QMS procedures among seniors and subordinates in the
department increases.
Examples of previous failures can be quoted, - helps in good
understanding and feed back can be taken for improvements.
Accountability continued…..
Phase – II or parallel.
Resource management.
Assessment / deputing of available manpower for QMS activities – Along with
the available team nominated one manager or deputy manager is required for
SME based contributions
Handling of QMS documentation shall be done by the designation not les than
Assistant manager.
QMS committee shall work in parallel for executing QMS documentation.
TCD – One month Trial
Phase – III.
Self inspection. – One month
Phase – IV.
Internal department procedure review by respective department any issues
shall be brought to the notice of GMP committee and shall be resolved.
Focus – GMP requirement, Practically feasible and simple to execute.
Management review