Logistics Service Provider (LSP)
Selecting the best Logistics Server Provider is key to ensuring Good Distribution Practice (GDP) Compliance
Why required?
- Logistic provide transports API to secondary manufacturing site and finished goods to distribution center
- Distribution provide distributes finished goods to wholesales, pharmacies etc
- State Pharmacy board licenses required to sell product in individual states (US example)
Logistics Service Provider (LSP) Selection
- Develop LSP RFP package
- short list appropriate logistics service provider
- Trucking and costs from API Manufacture to DP CMO
- Trucking and costs from DM CMO to Distribution Center(s)
- Trucking and Costs to Customers?
- Negotiate LSP Contract
- LSP Quality Agreement
- Drafting transportations SOPs
Determine Distribution Strategy
- Determine customer base and location
- Sample Strategy – any sales reps; contract sales force, how get samples from DP CMO to sales reps
- Commercial Distribution – location of distribution center(s) and number
- Define scope of services needed
- Order management and fulfilment
- Samples storage and dissemination
- Temp Control Storage
- Returns Management
- Disposal/Destruction
- Inventory management and reporting
- Accounts receivable
- Chargeback management
Determine Distribution Service Provide
- short list appropriate Distribution service provide
- Distribution service provide proposal development
- Review RFPs and select provide
- Negotiate Service Contract
- Distribution Quality Agreement
- Distribution service provide in place
State Licensing
- State Pharmacy Distributer Licenses
