Online Webinar 2019 - Effective Purchasing and Supplier Controls for Medical Device Manufacturers

Overview
This webinar can help you understand your responsibilities in terms of Purchasing Controls enabling you to provide safe and effective products to your customers. Learn how to prevent quality and compliance problems by having a strong system for Purchasing Controls! This webinar will help you to understand the regulations and how you can translate them into an efficient and effective process for purchasing/ supplier control.
Session Highlights
Objectives of the Presentation
Understanding the regulations
Lessons Learned
FDA Expectations
Authority and Scope
Purchasing Controls Process
Planning
Evaluation of Suppliers
Purchasing Data
Performance Management
Feedback and Communication
Best Practice
Who will Benefit
Supplier Engineers
Supplier/Purchasing Managers
Quality Engineers
Supplier Quality Engineers
Compliance Personnel
Supplier Auditors
Compliance Specialists
Manufacturing engineers
Management Representatives
Topic Background
A lack of adequate control over purchases has resulted in a significant number of recalls due to component failures. Since FDA cannot regulate component suppliers, it is imperative that your company's purchasing and supplier control requirements provide the assurance that only acceptable components are used to manufacture finished devices. Most medical device manufacturers have acceptable systems in place to assure component quality.
But what about supplier quality? Your company must have a procedure in place that describes the methods you use to evaluate potential suppliers, and set forth requirements that your suppliers must meet to be considered 'approved.' You must also have a system in place to routinely assess your suppliers and set forth the applicable criteria they must meet to remain 'approved.' You never have to pay a visit to your supplier if you have a great supplier control program in place.
Why Should you Attend
Inadequate supplier/purchasing control can lead to a multitude of problems including rejections or delays at receiving inspection; non-conformances and scrap on your manufacturing lines; and quality problems that can manifest later in the field resulting in MDRs and recalls.
Purchasing Controls have received significant scrutiny from the FDA in recent years due to an increase in adverse events and recalls. Purchasing Controls continue to be a leading source of 483 and Warning Letter citations.
SPEAKER
Susanne Manz, MBA, MBB, RAC, CQA is an accomplished leader in the medical device industry with emphasis on quality, compliance, and six sigma. She has worked at industry leading companies such as GE, J&J, and Medtronic with an extensive background in quality and compliance for medical devices from new product development, to operations, to post-market activities.