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Course Code: TC-GMP-MR-03  |  Version: 1.0  |  Duration: 3.5 hours  |  Level: Intermediate to Advanced

Management review is where leadership either owns quality or merely watches slides go by. This course shows senior managers and quality leaders how to run reviews that turn data into real decisions.

What you will gain

  • Understand management review as the engine of the quality system under ICH Q10
  • Feed it honest, trended inputs that tell the truth
  • Build a decision-ready review package with a RAG dashboard
  • Drive outputs, actions and objectives that actually happen

Who this course is for

Senior management, quality leaders and anyone who prepares for or takes part in management review.

Prerequisites

A working knowledge of GMP and quality systems.

Course Overview

Management Review is the formal, scheduled process by which senior leadership evaluates the continuing suitability, adequacy, effectiveness and alignment of the Quality Management System (QMS) with strategic business objectives. It is one of the most powerful, and most frequently misunderstood, elements of the Pharmaceutical Quality System defined in ICH Q10.

When done well, management review transforms quality data into strategic decisions, connects operational performance to leadership accountability, and drives continuous improvement. When done poorly, it becomes an annual compliance exercise, a meeting that satisfies a regulatory checkbox while contributing nothing to the business.

This course equips all participants in the management review process, from data contributors to meeting chairs, with the knowledge, skills and frameworks needed to conduct management reviews that genuinely improve quality system performance.

Learning Objectives

On completion, learners will be able to:

  • Define management review and explain its role within ICH Q10 and ISO 13485 quality management systems
  • Identify all mandatory and recommended inputs to management review under applicable regulatory requirements
  • Plan and schedule a management review programme, including frequency, format and participant responsibilities
  • Prepare high-quality management review input reports, including meaningful metrics, trend analysis and recommendations
  • Chair or actively contribute to a management review meeting, ensuring all agenda items are addressed substantively
  • Document management review outputs, decisions, resource allocations, action items, to GMP standard
  • Manage and track management review action items through to verified completion
  • Demonstrate the link between management review and continuous improvement under ICH Q10
  • Identify the most common management review failures and inspection findings, and how to avoid them

Audience

QA Managers, Site Leads, Quality Directors, MR Participants

Your certificate

On completion you receive a Truex certificate of completion, ready evidence of this training for your training file and for inspections.

Make management review the steering wheel of quality

Enrol now to give yourself or your team the skills, and the evidence of training, your quality system needs.

Course Content

What is Management Review?
6 Topics
1 Quiz
What is Management Review?
Regulatory Basis for Management Review
The ICH Q10 Pharmaceutical Quality System Model
Management Review vs Quality Review – Key Distinction
What Management Review Is NOT
Key Takeaways
Knowledge Check
Inputs to Management Review
6 Topics
1 Quiz
Mandatory Inputs to Management Review – ICH Q10 / ISO 13485
Quality Metrics – What Good Looks Like
The Annual Product Review as a Management Review Input
Regulatory Intelligence as a Management Review Input
What Makes a Poor Management Review Input
Key Takeaways
Knowledge Check
Planning and Scheduling Management Review
6 Topics
1 Quiz
A Tiered Management Review Structure
Roles and Responsibilities
The Management Review Schedule and SOP
Sample Management Review Agenda
Key Takeaways
Knowledge Check
Preparing the Management Review Report
5 Topics
1 Quiz
Structure of a High-Quality Management Review Input Report
The RAG Dashboard – Making Status Visual
Writing the Trend Analysis Narrative
Writing Effective Recommendations
Key Takeaways
Knowledge Check
Conducting the Management Review Meeting
6 Topics
1 Quiz
The Role of the Chair in Management Review
Active Participation – Expectations for All Attendees
Handling Difficult Data and Uncomfortable Findings
Taking Minutes – GMP Requirements
Common Meeting Failures – What to Avoid
Key Takeaways
Knowledge Check
Outputs, Actions and Continuous Improvement
7 Topics
1 Quiz
Mandatory Outputs of Management Review
The Management Review Action Register
Verifying Action Effectiveness
Management Review and the Continuous Improvement Cycle
Setting Quality Objectives for the Next Review Period
Lesson 6 and Course – Key Takeaways
Knowledge Check
Reference – Regulations, Glossary and Certification
Final Quiz
Final Assessment – Management Review in GMP Environments