Mapping and Review of Pharmaceutical Warehousing and Distribution Workflows
Friday, May 9, 2025
10:00 AM PDT | 01:00 PM EDT
90 Minutes
Webinar ID: 502875
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Overview:
Mapping and evaluating all the steps in a pharmaceutical warehousing and distribution workflow can lead to valuable process improvements. In this webinar, we discuss how this review can be accomplished and the possible benefits that can result.
Why should you Attend:
This course will describe the basic elements of pharmaceutical warehousing and distribution and give you the tools that can help you develop a new workflow or improve upon an existing workflow.
- Describe general information related to the warehousing and distribution of finished pharmaceuticals
- Outline the factors to keep in mind when storing and transporting certain drug types (e.g., products requiring refrigeration or freezing)
- Articulate the types of errors that can occur with warehousing and distribution of pharmaceutical products
- Investigate and determine root cause(s) for errors and design corrective and preventive actions (CAPAs)
- Review workflows once created and documented to achieve process improvements
Areas Covered in the Session:
- "Cradle to cradle" supply chain concept
- Warehousing of product according to storage conditions and stability
- Shipping of product to distribution centers
- Responsibilities of companies related to shipping of product
- "Track and trace"
- International shipping and assurance of product integrity
- Cold chain warehousing and shipping
- Product security considerations
- Dispensing of product to consumer
Who Will Benefit:
- This course will be of benefit to employees who are tasked with creating new manufacturing workflows or revising existing workflows for warehousing and distribution
Speaker Profile
Michael Esposito has over 30 years experience in the pharmaceutical industry and 17 years experience in GMP training and document management. He has worked for Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson's McNeil Consumer Healthcare Division in a variety of areas including Packaging, project administration, Quality Assurance, Government Contracts, translations, systems training, and international operations.
He collaborated in the development and implementation of the training portion of the Consent Decree workplan for McNeil and revised their introductory GMP course. He is a member of the training organizations GMP Training Educators Association and Association for GXP Excellence (AGXPE) and is fully fluent in Spanish. His areas of interest include systems training, training effectiveness, post-training user support, process improvement, and sustainable packaging.