Good Distribution Practices (GDP)
Good Distribution Practices is a system that defines the minimum requirements that must be met to ensure the quality and integrity of products is maintained throughout the supply chain.
Good Distribution Practices (GDP) is a quality system that can be applied to any warehouse and distribution center, although it was initially applied to the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries. It is the primary goal of GDP to have consistent quality management systems in place throughout your entire supply chain, from the delivery of raw materials to the time the final product reaches the end user.
Good Distribution Practices (GDP) can be integrated into the quality management system mainly as they are part of quality assurance aimed at ensuring that the quality of products is maintained at all stages of the supply chain.
The ability to integrate GDP and ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems Standard is due to the fact that both adopt a risk-based approach. Therefore, the common goal is to protect product quality, safety and effectiveness by preventing safety and temperature incidents throughout the end-to-end supply chain, which includes activities such as procurement, receiving, sampling, storage, sales, collection, packaging, transportation.