Test facility management is defined as the person(s) who has the authority and formal responsibility for the organisation and functioning of the test facility according to these Principles of Good Laboratory Practice.

It provides the locations, systems and resources for the study operations and manages those persons and premises.

Specific quality management responsibilities include ensuring:

• The maintenance of a master schedule - a compilation of information to assist in the assessment of workload and for the tracking of studies at a facility
• There is a Quality Assurance Programme with designated personnel and assure that the quality assurance responsibility is being performed in accordance with the Principles of GLP
• An individual is identified as responsible for the management of the archives (where records and materials will be stored)