1. WAREHOUSING
PREPARED BY
Ms. SUJITHA MARY
KVM COLLEGE OF PHARMACY

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Warehouse: Place where raw material or finished products are stored before their
distribution to ensure quality, safety, efficacy.
Good warehousing Practices GWP: storage of supplies so that products are always
available in good condition. It is an operation that preserves the integrity of drugs.
Written procedure: describe the storage conditions of drugs, temp. humidity, light
required
IMPORTANCE OF Good warehousing Practices GWP:
• Optimizes resources for large scale storage in specified manner
• Integral part of supply chain
• Save time/effort to identify & locating products
• Controls the movement & storage of material in stores
• Helps easy stock take, stock verification & stock corrections
• Concept of zone product wise segregation
• Streamline the process of retrieval, storage & distribution
• Regulatory requirement for Pharmaceuticals

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• Good warehousing Practices: Warehousing & storage is an act of storage &
assorting finished goods so as to create maximum time utilization at
minimum cost. Key activities are
• Receiving
• Identifying
• Holding
• Assembling & processing of orders to meet demand
Functions of warehousing:
1. Receiving & recording of Goods: Responsibility of Ware house dept. to
check & verify goods by weighing the shipper coming in and counting the
same at the time of receipt. & record. Person transferring and person
receiving should sign
2. Storage: Stored such that it is easy to identify as per category. Zone concepts
are good.

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3. Order Picking: Once order has been received, line manager must ensure to
pick same order as indicated in picking list & same batch number should be
mentioned on all documents like: invoice, picking list, delivery note etc.
4. Distribution: Line managers hand over goods to the packers who verify
goods against the delivery note & mark on shippers as per customer. Loading
supervisors must check vehicle & confirm by matching the requirements,
clean, tidy loading.
ELEMENTS OF GOOD WAREHOUSING PRACTICES:
1. Cost involved in warehouse: follow First expiry first out (FEFO) for finished
goods, provides maximum shelf life to inventory.
2. Stock verification: Ordered, timely, frequent stock verification gives correct
stocks. Non moving, dead stock, near expiry products data must be shared
with supply chains, planning dept. to decide the strategy.

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3. Safety: Occupational Health & safety assessment series (OHSAS 18001),
British standards, protective garments PPE, helmets, safety shoes, garments,
masks are essential. Warehouse employees should be disciplined. Fire end
emergency & exit plans & fire drill need to made to validate the exit plan.
Pest control activities, rodent baits must be checked regularly.
4. Premises, Health, Hygiene : Area must be Clean, free from smoke, dust,
contaminants, ventilated, must protect goods from adverse weather, Floors
must be non slip, even etc. walls to be smooth, impervious, durable etc.,
ceiling, doors, adequate light, toilets, storage conditions for cold storage 2-8
°C, No overloading, cleaning equipments at appropriate places etc.
5. Good documentation : Documentation of all activities done. SOP records,
Bin card, checked, updated, followed, maintain invoices, delivery notes,
other docs.

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CHARACTERISTIC OF GOOD WAREHOUSING
1. Systematic storage of various categories of materials/products
2. Storage of each material/product at specific place
3. Proper cleaning & sanitation
4. Control of air, light, temperature & humidity
5. Safety measures for warehouse staff & stocked goods
6. Clear labeling of products stored on the shelves
7. Protection against pests and rodents
8. Separate stock card for each material
9. Storage of hazardous, poisonous and flammable/explosive materials in
separate places.

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1. Warehousing staff: Pharmacist- stock mgt. safety, preservation of stock.
Receiving, storage, issue, maintain stock are the duties. Workers of
warehouse- handling operations, carrying & moving the stock for storage,
shipment & sale. Cleaners: cleanliness of premises, equipments of handling.
Security staff: for security of warehouse.
2. Warehousing of raw & packaging materials
3. Warehousing of intermediate & bulk products
4. Warehousing of finished products: key requirements:
a) Adequate number of qualified & trained staff
b) Regular cleaning & sanitation of the warehouse areas
c) Sufficient capacity area to store, quarantine, releasing, rejected, returned,
recalled products
d) Temperature & RH

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e. Clear labeling & marking over storage containers for quick
identification & controlled stock movement
f. Effective pest and rodent control
g. Periodic stock reconciliation
h. Store rotation based on First in first out (FIFO) basis
i. Proper documentation for storage, handling & transportation of
stock.

9. MATERIAL MANAGEMNET
It is concerned with Planning, organizing, controlling the flow of materials
from their initial purchase through internal operations to the final stage of
production and service point by distribution.
Objectives:
• Gains economy in purchasing
• Satisfy demand during period of replenishment
• Carry reserve stock to avoid stock out
• Stabilize fluctuations in consumption
• Provide reasonable level of client services
• Have adequate materials in hand when required
• Minimize the inventory investment
• Operate efficiently
• Pay lowest possible prices, consistent supply & value requirement for purchase
materials.

10. MATERIAL MANAGEMNET
Principles of Material Management :
1. Effective management & supervision: It depends of managerial functions of
Planning, Organizing, Staffing, directing, controlling, reporting, budgeting
2. Sound purchasing methods
3. Skillful & hard poised negotiations
4. Effective purchase systems
5. Must be simple
6. Must not increase other costs
7. Simple inventory control programs

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FUNCTIONS OF MATERIAL MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT
1. Materials planning: Basic function of the materials Mgt department to tell the
material requirement of future and ensure that required materials are available in
time & at low cost.
2. Purchasing: Efficient & economic purchasing results in reduced operating cost
& adds to profits
3. Procurement of quality materials: Main function of materials department to
ensure that only materials of standard quality should be procured
4. Lower inventories: If inventories are kept low, less capital is required in
inventories and results in gaining profits
5. Regular supply: For uninterrupted production continuous supply of materials is
must, hence controls production cost.

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6.Efficient handling: By using effective material control techniques production cost
can be lowered
7. Efficient production scheduling: The dept. helps in efficient scheduling of
production by ensuring availability of required materials in a timely manner
8. Specifications & standardization of materials: The dept. prepares specifications
and standardizes the materials.
9. To take make or buy decisions: The materials dept. reviews cost & availability of
materials on regular basis & can conclude whether it is economic to purchase the
materials or to manufacture self.
10. Enhancement of firm’s goodwill: This is also one of the functions of the depart.
To maintain good relations with the suppliers of materials, that increases firms
goodwill in business community.

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11. Product design & development: Materials dept. also assists in product design &
development.
12. Co-ordination with other departments: Efficient working of materials
department is essential for the success of every other dept. in the organization.
The success of Materials dept also depends upon how effectively it coordinates
with the staff of other dept.
13. Manpower development: Material dept. devotes efforts in locating, training &
developing talented personnel who can take responsibilities of the business
relating to materials management in future.

14. STAGES OF MATERIAL MANAGEMNET
1. General controls: Follow written procedures for Receipt, identification,
storage, quarantine, testing & approval/rejection of materials. Manufacturers of
critical materials used in Mfg should be evaluated properly. If suppliers of
material is not the Mfg of that material the name, address of Mfg. should be
disclosed by the supplier.
2. Receipt and Quarantine: On receiving & before acceptance, each container of
material should by be examined for labeling, container damage, broken seals or
evidence of any tampering or contamination. It should be checked that received
consignment corresponds to the order placed. Unique code/batch or receipt no.
should be allotted to identify the containers. While disposition of materials the
unique code allotted should be recorded. The incoming material is stored under
quarantine.

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3. Sampling & testing of incoming materials: Release of materials should be done
only after proper testing. For Materials received from new suppliers, three
batches should be analysed and the results must be comparable with the
certificate of analysis supplied. This is known as in house verification. Sampling
to be conducted as per defined sampling plan which includes sample size,
number of containers to be sampled, which part of container to be sampled.
Containers from which samples are taken must be marked.
4. Storage & issue of materials: Proper storage prevents degradation,
contamination, and cross contamination of materials. Any damage to be
recorded, informed to QC dept. Materials should be kept in drums, bags, boxes
or racks/shelves above ground to allow proper cleaning and inspection. Storage
at req. temp., relative humidity etc. Rejected materials if any must be
quarantined separately. Receipt & issue of each lot of material should be entered
properly in the stock register/ card. Issue of materials should be made only upon
written request. Hazardous material under supervision of responsible person.

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5. Returned Goods: identified Reasons of return, isolation on receipt, must be
maintained in writing. QC manager to examine for any reprocessing or
destruction procedures & instruct accordingly.
6. Re evaluation: Materials should be re evaluated/ retested at proper intervals to
determine their suitability for use.

17. REFERENCES
• Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance, Paul SD, Heswani G, Ed. 2019, S. Vikas
and Company, Punjab.
• New Concepts in Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance, Chakraborty AK,
Manekar SS, Rathod SM, Ed. 2020, S. Vikas and Company, Punjab.
• Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance, BP Nagori, A Gaur, R Solanki, V Mathur,
2018, Scientific Publishers Jodhpur.