Pharma companies are often reliant on third-party suppliers, and they should be chosen with care. A thorough analysis of supplier disqualification risks (often due to unforeseen problems involving pollution, business viability, regulatory or trade issues) is critical to vendor qualification...

1. How to Strengthen
Your API Supply
Chain Management
and Sourcing

2. Drug markets have become increasingly complex
and global in nature. Drug ingredient supply chains
have too, and the risks are greater than ever.

3. Pharmaceutical manufacturers face an
almost unprecedented array of supply chain
challenges that can be tough to quantify, project
and mitigate.

4. Supply chain management and strategic sourcing are
the key drivers which keep pharma operations
running smoothly.

5. Here are 4 strategies to help ensure
your drug intermediate supply chains
remain strong and stable.

6. 1. Set the Right
Inventory Targets

7. Adequate inventory
of required items
at the right
quantities ensures
continuous
production –
improving capacity
management.

8. 2. Choose Pharma Suppliers with Care

9. Review the possibilities & risks of unforeseen
supplier loss or disqualification. Pollution, business
viability, regulatory or trade issues can happen at
any time.

10. 3. Use a First Time Right (FTR) approach.

11. FTR can identify internal gaps in specifications,
methods and analyses. It also helps suppliers avoid
potential rejections.

12. 4. Line up multiple sources
to ensure continuity.

13. Being caught in a single-source situation may be
unavoidable. Continuously seek new alternate
suppliers and add to your source base.

14. Contact Neuland Labs to
learn more about how we
help your pharma company
secure, strengthen and better
manage global
intermediate
supply chains.