Inspection readiness is a programme, not an event. A staged approach keeps the work proportionate and makes the result durable.
Five stages
- Gap assessment: compare current practice with the applicable GMP standard and rank the findings by risk.
- Remediation plan: assign owners, deadlines and the evidence that will show each gap is closed.
- Implementation: update procedures, train people and fix equipment or facility issues.
- Verification: a mock inspection that tests whether the fixes work in practice.
- Sustain: self-inspections, management review and trend monitoring so quality does not drift.
Culture over paperwork
Inspectors can tell whether quality belongs to a department or to the whole site. Visible management ownership, honest investigations and procedures that match practice do more than a polished document set.
ECP supports each stage, from the first gap assessment to the mock inspection, for manufacturers across Africa.
