GOVERNANCE
Tiered Governance
DEMOCRATIC MANAGEMENT & CONTROL
Poseidon
is
organised
on
a
triple-tier
basis
with
day-to-day
matters
in
the
hands
of
a
core
‘neutral
party’
and
strategic
matters
un
-
der
the
auspices
of
an
elected
‘Poseidon
Steering
Committee’
(PSC).
The
PSC,
in
turn,
is
answerable
to
the
Poseidon
Management
Group
(PMG).
on
which
all
participants,
phar
-
macos
and
supply
partners,
are
democratic
-
ally represented.
Alan Kennedy
Executive Director
Alan
has
the
full-time
role
of
overseeing
the
execution
of
the
Poseidon
agenda
and
of
managing
its
day-to-day
business.
He
is
a
Director of Team Poseidon Ltd, the neutral facilitation trustee.
POSEIDON PARTNERING AGREEMENT
The
Poseidon
Partnering
Agreement
(PPA)
containing
the
rules
of
engage
-
ment
for
Poseidon
program
partners.
The
PPA
is
an
overarching
'umbrella'
agreement
that
articulates
the
essential
relational
rules,
principles
and
commitments
that
are
necessary
for
the
creation
and
maintenance
of
a
strong,
stable
network;
one
that
is
fair,
reliable,
transparent,
principled
and
trusting.
It
includes
provisions,
inter
alia,
for
decision-making,
communications,
IP
matters,
dispute
resolution,
network
composition
&
development etc.
COMPETITION COMPLIANCE
Poseidon
is
an
organisation
that
pro
-
motes
best-practice
at
all
times.
It
will
not
condone,
facilitate,
promote,
tolerate
or
engage
in
activities
that
are
in
any
way
supportive
of
anti-
trust or trade-restrictive practices.
All
Poseidon
participants
are
subject
to
the
competition
provisions
of
the
Poseidon
Agreement
and
the
Poseidon
Competition
Policy
in
com
-
pliance
with
the
guidelines
published
by
the
UK
OFT
(OFT408),
the
UK
Competition
Act
1998,
the
relevant
provi
-
sions
of
Articles
81
and
82
of
the
EC
Treaty
and
of
US
anti-
trust legislation.
INTEGRATED PHARMA OCEAN FREIGHT PROGRAM
Poseidon Partnering Agreement (PPA)
The
entire
Poseidon
partnering
network
comes
under
the
wings
of
a
common
Partnering
Agreement
which
sets
out
how
the
team
works
together.
However
this
is
in
addition
to,
not
instead
of,
a
standard
service
contract
or
commercial
terms
of
contract.
Rather
it
moves
beyond
transactional
interactions
and
governs
the
key
relational
and
cultural
beha
-
viours amongst the various program stakeholders.
By
articulating
the
core
Poseidon
principles
of
equity,
mutual
benefit,
trust
and
transparency
within
the
context
of
the
overall
mission
of
the
program,
the
Poseidon
Partnering
Agreement
provides
a
framework
that
will
allow
the
Network
to
collectively
drive
own
total
cost,
enhance
quality
and
improve
service,
while
maintaining
or
increasing
individual
profitability.
The
Poseidon
network
shall
work
together
and
individually
in
the
spirit
of
trust,
fairness
and
mutual
co-operation
for
the
benefit
of
the
program,
within
the
scope
of
their
agreed
roles,
expertise
and
responsibilities
as
stated
in
the
Poseidon Partnering Agreement.
The
aim
is
to
cultivate
a
‘no-blame
culture’
which
assumes
every
party
is
using
its
best
endeavours
at
all
times
to
meet
the
network
objectives.
Any
issues
e.g.
a
temperature
excursion,
or
a
client
complaint,
are
brought
out
into
the
open
and resolved as a group to ensure they cannot re-occur.
Management of the Poseidon Program
Poseidon
is
a
democratically-governed
network
of
independent
companies.
Strategic
direction
of
the
program
comes
from
a
Poseidon
Steering
Committee
(PSC)
which
works
within
a
broader
Poseidon
Management
Group
(PMG).
The
res
-
ult
of
a
network
ballot
process,
the
PSC
is
tasked
with
providing
'big
picture'
directional
guidance,
strategic
insight
and
project
overview
to
ensure
the
timely
delivery
of
outputs
in
accordance
with
the
Poseidon
program's
declared
and
fu
-
ture objectives.
The
PSC
works
in
conjunction
with
a
neutral
trustee,
Team
Poseidon
Ltd,
to
bring
the
necessary
supply
partners
together
as
a
consolidated
group,
to
ensure
regu
-
latory
compliance
and
keep
the
program
on
track.
The
PMG,
on
the
other
hand,
is
a
representative
body
of
all
participating
network
organisations
with
each
corpor
-
ate
member
having
'equal
status'
and
a
single
vote
in
strategic,
network-wide
decisions
and
other
matters
sof
common
interest.
Each
organisation
must
nomin
-
ate a senior representative to serve on the PMG.