“What are the conditions of your situation ?” Navy procedure.
The navy does it. Great communicators do it too! Do you?
The second commandment : procedures you shall respect
Once the procedures are written up, a lot of them end up on a shelf or in a binder in a supervisor’s desk. Under lock and key! TOO FREQUENTLY ! And too frequently, this is observed by…
C.02.006 Well-shoed shoe-maker
Do you know the internet? Not the one we use for online shopping but the one that is full of information about compliance. I was looking through the Health Canada web site recently, looking for some…
C.02.006 Interpretation 5.4 :documentation
I once participated in a discussion on LMS. Learning Management System. Another one of those systems that our IS department just loves to install... and validate! Another one of those systems…
C.02.006 Qualification
I like puzzles. Like this one : Why should a supervisor need to be a university graduate to supervise in the manufacturing area but NOT in the packaging area? The Canadian regs are pretty explicit…
C.02.006 After all it’s all about people!
I am always flabbergasted to see the mess whenever the fundamentals are neglected. When we forget to look for the root cause of any problem, we keep having the problem or worse, it gets amplified.…
The tenth commandment : You shall be in compliance
Research ,Discipline, Reviewing because you, dear readers, request it.
The Eighth Commandment : You Shall Be Clean
In our increasingly aseptic world, it is natural to expect a pharmaceutical company to be clean. Extra clean. Totally clean. Our dishwasher soap contains antibacterial agents, our handwhashing soap…
The Seventh Commandment : Competence (Training, Education an Experience) You Shall Have
Nobody will argue that Tiger is a great golfer. And he tees-off perfectly. TEEing-off perfectly is the way to start a great golf game. Receiving the right Training, Education and Experience is,…
The Sixth Commandment : Installations and Equipment You Shall Maintain
The maintenance of our rooms and equipment are the responsabilities of the engineering and maintenance group. Of course. No, bubba! The most important word of the 10 commandment, the word that is…
The Fifth Commandment : Proper Installations and Equipment You Shall Have
What are the conditions or parameters that one should consider to make a room, a building or an equipment proper? Is it possible to transform an old equipment into something new? How can we adapt the…
The Fourth Commandment : Your Work You Shall Validate
How many times should we verify our work? And the work of our colleagues? And why? After all, are we not competent to do things...
The Third Commandment : Your Work You Shall Document
Ever heard of documentation errors? New employees are trained on good documentation practices as soon...
The 10 commandments
Each month, Aliter Concept offers a reflection on a theme asociated with GMP. Never had to understand, always interesting (well, most of the time!) and opiniated -Hey! Nobody said it is a perfect…