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Supplier Management

What is Supplier Management?

The processes for managing supplier relationships, performance, contracts, and risks throughout the lifecycle of supplier engagements.

Governance

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as supplier management. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on supplier management

Requirements naming supplier management across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

Section 2.7 Management of Outsourced Activities + Section 2.8 Change in Product Ownership address external party arrangements which retain PQS responsibility with the marketing authorisation holder (MAH).

ICH-Q10-Section2-Outsourced-Ownership-Vendor-Supplier-CMO-CRO · ICH Q10 Section 2 - Outsourced Activities + Management of Materials + Change of Ownership + CMO + CRO + Supplier Management →
ITIL 42 controls

Makes sure the organization's suppliers, and how they perform, are managed well enough to support smooth delivery of good products and services, including building closer, collaborative relationships with key suppliers to create value and cut risk.

itil-4::5.1.13 · 5.1.13 Supplier management →

ISO 13485:2016 Section 7.4 (Purchasing) - the supplier-management framework. (7.4.1) PURCHASING PROCESS - documented procedures for evaluation + selection + monitoring + re-evaluation of suppliers based on supplier's ability to supply product meeting requireme...

QMSR-ISO13485-Sec7_Purchasing · Purchasing controls + supplier management (ISO 13485:2016 Section 7.4) →

Per PIC/S GMP Chapter 7: outsourced activities. Requirements include (a) implement Outsourced Activities controls including written agreement + Quality Agreement + (b) qualify contract acceptors including initial + ongoing assessment + audits + (c) maintain co...

PICSGMP-7 · Chapter 7: Outsourced Activities and Supplier Management →

The regulated company establishes policies and procedures that set out how computerized systems are made, and kept, compliant and fit for the use intended, covering the life cycle approach, roles, planning, risk management, specification and verification, supp...

gamp-5-good-automated-manufacturing-practice::6.1.1 · 6.1.1 Computerized Systems Policies and Procedures →

Builds the workforce capability needed to do C-SCRM work, including acquisition and supplier management skills.

161R1-PM-13 · Security and Privacy Workforce →

Questions people ask about supplier management

What is Supplier Management?
The processes for managing supplier relationships, performance, contracts, and risks throughout the lifecycle of supplier engagements.
Why is Supplier Management important for compliance?
Supplier Management is a key concept in Governance. Understanding supplier management helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Supplier Management?
Supplier Management appears in the requirement text of ICH Q10 - Pharmaceutical Quality System, ITIL 4, FDA Quality Management System Regulation (QMSR), PIC/S Guide to Good Manufacturing Practice for Medicinal Products, GAMP 5 - Good Automated Manufacturing Practice. Across these standards we have identified 10 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Supplier Management?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how supplier management applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 1,016 frameworks.

See how Supplier Management applies across compliance frameworks

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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.