April 2019

Global Retailer and Manufacturer Alliance’sMembership Benefits for

Associate Members

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Benefits for Associate Member

• Access to the metadata concerning audit tracking/trending

• Ability to guide future growth strategy to align with your goals

• Valuable input into issues that affect your customers/membership

• Demonstrated commitment to high-quality self-regulatory infrastructure

• Networking opportunity across diverse GRMA membership base

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• Access to Audit Management Tool and Directory Access

• Audit Analytics, Data Support with designated GRMA IT Platform

• Audit Scheme meets retailer quality system audit requirements

• Common Retailer Quality Grading System

• Industry Networking

• Quarterly GRMA Report & E-News for Cosmetics, OTC, Dietary Supplements, and Consumer Products

• Access to Members Only Area – View Only

• Invites to Annual GRMA Summit for all employees plus 1 FREE event fee and registration included

• Discount on downloads of standards and documents

• Waiver of GRMA Summit registration

• Meet Retailer prerequisite to join GRMA Technical Committees to access to participate in Working Groups/Joint Committees for standard development

• Knowledge that GRMA has constant continual improvement process for all standards and schemes, and is working with industry partners (i.e. ANSI) to ensure all components of our audit scheme are up to date and relevant

• Knowledge that GRMA’s strategic plan is actively working towards globalization of standards and schemes

• Qualified to sit on the GRMA Governance Advisory Council. (The chair of this group will have an ex-officio seat on the GRMA Governance Board)

• Knowledge the GRMA is partnering with other industry groups to enhance the self-regulatory infrastructure and disseminating this information to public policy stakeholders.

General Membership Benefits

Please see membership benefits on our website for a complete listing for each membership type

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History of GRMA

Formed in 2014 by industry stakeholders to address industry-wide auditing issues

• Despite money and effort, current GMP audit programs neither mitigated retailer liabilities nor uncovered manufacturer’s regulatory issues

• Multiple audits created redundancy and expenses on all sides

• Inconsistency between audits and programs – audit fatigue

• Retailers’ inability to review audits led to uncertainty and stasis

• GRMA became an independent nonprofit organization in January 2018

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Commitment to Quality

Goals were set by GRMA membership to create an architecture for success

• Single audit scheme developed as an unimpeachable industry standard

for OTC’s, Dietary Supplements, Cosmetics and Medical Devices

• Standard and accompanying audit(s) will be a living document

encompassing all regulatory requirements, cGMP guidelines and

industry best practices

• Eliminate redundant audits and related issues

• Create consistency with auditor qualification, training and calibration

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Public (ANSI Standards)

Consumer Trust because they are public – not

created or developed by special interest or

private group

ANSI Standards are recognized by industry and

regulators alike - requirement

Third Party Certifiers (CB’s) must certify to ANSI

Standards

Private Standards

Consumers don’t know what criteria are used to

create them

May not hold up to scrutiny of state or federal

regulators/ regulations

Certification Bodies may not be able to certify

to a private standard

Public vs. Private Standards

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Board of Directors

Mike FinamorePresident

Gemini Pharmaceuticals(Manufacturer)

Christine SummersVice President

Costco(Retailer)

Allyn ShultisTreasurer

First Quality(Manufacturer)

Betsy CraterSecretaryWegmans(Retailer)

Debra EltonDirectorH.E.B.

(Retailer)

Advisory Council Chair(ex-officio)

Ella RiggsDirector

Whole Foods(Retailer)

Eugene ChoiDirector

United Exchange Corp.(Manufacturer)

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What’s Next?

• Key retailers have mandated the GRMA audit scheme for OTC Drugs and Cosmetics for this year and beyond

• Dietary Supplement Phase I (gap analysis) audits are underway with 2020 implementation goal

• Membership growth across categories as acceptance grows and benefits are tangible

• Expansion of scope into areas of GRMA’s community (i.e medical devices, consumer products, social and ethical standards, international sourcing, etc.)

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THANK YOU!For more information on how to become a

member - contact rslikkers@grmalliance.org

Follow us on social media @GRMAlliance

April 2019