**Topic**: Contract Manufacturing Organization (CMO) Management for Dietary Supplement Companies
**Cost**: Free
**Note**: Thursday 5:45pm to 7:30pm US-MT meeting
**5:45** pm Web Conference Start: Networking, Welcome and Section Business
**6:00** pm Presentation

* **Speaker**: Lance Harding, Unilever Health & Wellbeing
* **Topic**: Contract Manufacturing Organization (CMO) Management for Dietary Supplement Companies
* **Presentation** Slides and Video posted after meeting
* **Abstract:**
\-\- A good Contract Manufacturing Organization \(CMO\) Management Program should be a progressive initiative focused on the effective management of the relationships between the brand owner and the manufacturer for mutual benefit\.
\-\- Supplier management is crucial for ensuring the quality\, compliance\, and safety of all consumer products\.
\-\- The objective of this program is to equip quality professionals with the knowledge and skills needed to evolve a supplier to a true manufacturing partner\.
* **Bio**: Lance Harding is Head of US Quality and Regulatory for Unilever Health &
Wellness.
\-\- He is the Immediate Past Chair of the Food\, Drug\, & Cosmetic Division of the American Society for Quality \(ASQ\)\.
\-\- He previously was VP of Product Development & Compliance for SmartyPants Vitamins\.
\-\- He has worked for Herbalife\, Guthy\-Renker\, Allergan & Pfizer\.
\-\- He is a registered pharmacist with an MBA; US Regulatory Affairs Certified \(RAC\) from RAPS; Lead Instructor for Preventive Controls for Human Food & Foreign Supplier Verification Programs from FSPCA; Certified Quality Auditor \(CQA\)\, Certified Food Safety & Quality Auditor \(CFSQA\) & Certified Pharmaceutical GMP Professional \(CPGP\) from ASQ
* **References**:
\-\- None Yet

**7:15 pm** After Presentation Networking
**7:30 pm** Web Conference End: meeting over
**Place**: Web Conference Webex

* **Meeting link**: [https://asq.webex.com/asq/j.php?MTID=m15f90a32f8c29f496b78b0a369679361](https://asq.webex.com/asq/j.php?MTID=m15f90a32f8c29f496b78b0a369679361)
* **Meeting number**: 2550 115 6545
* **Password**: KVnF52rC3G4

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