Warehousing & Cold Chain
Controlled Storage for Product Quality and Integrity
Appropriate storage is an essential part of maintaining product quality and integrity across the healthcare supply chain.
Intra Mesk Pharma manages products according to their applicable storage, handling and environmental requirements, with particular attention to temperature-sensitive products where controlled conditions are required.
The Central Idea
Storage Is Part of Product Management
A product does not stop requiring appropriate control when it reaches a warehouse.
Its storage environment, handling requirements, status and relevant information remain important throughout the period in which it is held.
Our approach is therefore based on understanding the requirements applicable to the product and maintaining appropriate conditions within the stages under our responsibility.
This includes receiving, storage, stock handling, order preparation and dispatch, as applicable to the product and operating process.
Product status
Where a product stands — incoming, held, released, stored, allocated or dispatched — each status with its own controls.
Environmental control
The conditions a product is kept in: ambient, temperature-controlled or cold chain — understood, monitored, recorded and answered to.
Product Status
Product Status Matters
Products entering storage are not treated as undifferentiated inventory.
Relevant product and shipment information, receiving status and applicable storage requirements help determine how products are handled within the warehouse environment.
This supports a clearer relationship between product identity, condition, storage location and subsequent distribution activity.
Purpose
Bring products into the warehouse through one controlled receipt point.
High-level control
Products enter against documentation, before any other status applies.
What happens next
Products move into quarantine status — they are not yet available.
Purpose
Hold products in a segregated status while verification is pending.
High-level control
Held stock is physically and systematically separated from available stock.
What happens next
Verification — the point where the next status is decided.
Purpose
Check the product and its documentation before release.
High-level control
Ready products proceed to release; anything not ready is held under control.
What happens next
A status decision: release — or hold / control.
- Ready → ReleaseNot ready → Hold / Control
Purpose
Make verified products available for storage and order fulfilment.
High-level control
Only released products enter the storage that serves customer orders.
What happens next
Storage — placed according to the applicable conditions.
Purpose
Hold released products under the conditions applicable to them.
High-level control
Where products are stored reflects what they are and what they require.
What happens next
Picking, when an order calls for the product.
Purpose
Select and assemble products against a specific order.
High-level control
Picked stock is checked against the order it is allocated to.
What happens next
Dispatch — checked shipments are released to distribution.
Purpose
Release checked shipments into the distribution flow.
High-level control
The warehouse journey ends where distribution control begins.
What happens next
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Stage 01 / 07
Receive
INCOMING
Purpose
Bring products into the warehouse through one controlled receipt point.
High-level control
Products enter against documentation, before any other status applies.
What happens next
Products move into quarantine status — they are not yet available.
Hold / Control
Products that are not ready stay under control until a status decision is possible.
Return
Returned products follow a defined handling pathway of their own.
Reject / Expire
Segregated holding pending documented disposition.
Hold / Control
Products that are not ready stay under control until a status decision is possible.
Return
Returned products follow a defined handling pathway of their own.
Reject / Expire
Segregated holding pending documented disposition.
A public explanation of how product status works — not an internal SOP, and not a disclosure of disposition criteria.
Controlled Environments
Environmental Conditions Follow Product Requirements
Storage conditions must reflect the characteristics and requirements of the product.
Some healthcare products require controlled temperatures, protection from environmental conditions, or specific handling precautions.
Temperature-sensitive products require particular attention to maintaining the applicable conditions throughout relevant storage and movement stages.
+15 … +25 °C
Ambient
For products requiring no temperature control.
+8 … +15 °C
Temperature-Controlled
Cool conditions for products that require them.
+2 … +8 °C
Cold Chain
For applicable cold-chain products.
Where a product requires a controlled cold-chain range such as 2–8°C, that requirement is treated as a product-specific condition rather than a generic warehouse setting.
Cold Chain
Cold Chain Requires Continuity of Control
Cold-chain management is not limited to maintaining a temperature range inside a storage area.
- Import
- Receive
- Quarantine
- Controlled Storage2–8°C
- Pick
- Transport
- Delivery
Product requirements must be considered during receiving, temporary handling, storage, preparation and movement through the relevant supply stages.
Maintaining the applicable conditions across these stages supports product integrity and reduces the risk of inappropriate exposure.
The exact temperature requirements depend on the product and its applicable conditions.
Traceability
Storage and Traceability Work Together
Good storage control also depends on knowing what is being stored, where it is located and how it moves through the distribution process.
Relevant records and product information help connect receiving, storage, stock movement and distribution.
Traceability supports appropriate review when a discrepancy, quality concern or product-related question requires follow-up.
- 01
Understand
Know the applicable product and storage requirements — including how storage areas behave.
- 02
Monitor
Observe relevant environmental conditions where products are stored and handled.
- 03
Record
Maintain relevant records and data so conditions remain reviewable.
- 04
Respond
Apply appropriate actions when conditions require attention — so continuity of control is protected.
The control stack operates as one loop — each layer feeds the next. Technical thresholds and internal protocols are not published here.
Status Under Question
When product status changes
A released status is not permanent. Concerns, returns and other events can bring a product's status into question — and the response follows the same discipline.
Released
Product available as normal stock.
Concern / Return
A concern or return brings the status into question.
Segregate / Control
The product is separated from available stock.
Assess
The situation is reviewed and understood.
Disposition
A documented decision completes the change.
Released
Product available as normal stock.
Concern / Return
A concern or return brings the status into question.
Segregate / Control
The product is separated from available stock.
Assess
The situation is reviewed and understood.
Disposition
A documented decision completes the change.
A status change is handled with the same discipline as any other warehouse control — segregation, assessment and a documented disposition. Internal decision authorities are not described here.
Operating Facilities
Anchored in Sana'a and Aden
Two principal operating facilities support pharmaceutical warehousing and distribution activities.
Sana'a
Fiftieth Street, near Y Telecom, Republic of Yemen
Primary Operating Facility
Aden
Al-Mansoura, Ninetieth Street
Primary Operating Facility
The Warehouse Flow
From Receiving to Dispatch
Products move through a defined warehouse sequence under the conditions applicable to them.
- 01Receive
- 02Verify
- 03Store
- 04Prepare
- 05Dispatch
- 01
Products enter the warehouse through a defined receiving process.
- 02
Product identity, shipment information and relevant condition are reviewed.
- 03
Products are maintained under applicable storage conditions.
- 04
Products are selected and prepared for distribution according to the relevant process.
- 05
Products are released for movement through the applicable distribution process.
People & Responsibility
Storage Depends on Disciplined Operations
Storage conditions are supported by defined responsibilities, consistent handling practices and appropriate attention to product status and environmental requirements.
The purpose is not simply to maintain inventory. It is to maintain products in an appropriate condition until the next controlled stage of their movement.
Portfolio Development
Storage Capability Follows Product Scope
As the range of healthcare products handled by Intra Mesk Pharma develops, storage requirements are considered according to the characteristics of each product category and supply arrangement.
The company evaluates product-specific storage and handling requirements as part of its operating approach.
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