The pharmaceutical industry has been greatly affected by
the 2008-2010 global economic crisis. Moreover, recent
specific trends may likely weaken companies more and
more. Therefore, it may be necessary to push researchers
and practitioners to establish improved approaches
which are suitable for the industry [1, 2]. It is now widely
accepted that Lean Management is of considerable benefit
in manufacturing, so there is growing interest in it among
companies in the pharmaceutical industry.
It can be said that most of the companies are still working
on developing their effectiveness (TPM and TQM) rather
than focusing on efficiency. This means that they are
trying to build stable running machines and stable
processes [3, 4] before targeting the objective of achieving
a low inventory.
The aim of this paper is to present a case study of a
pharmaceutical company that has focused on efficiency
improvement. The goal is to determine strength as well to
identify critical issues and to collect lessons learned about
the correct approach that specific industries should
adopt. In the case study, a Lean Management approach
The pharmaceutical industry has been greatly affected bythe 2008-2010 global economic crisis. Moreover, recentspecific trends may likely weaken companies more andmore. Therefore, it may be necessary to push researchersand practitioners to establish improved approacheswhich are suitable for the industry [1, 2]. It is now widelyaccepted that Lean Management is of considerable benefitin manufacturing, so there is growing interest in it amongcompanies in the pharmaceutical industry.It can be said that most of the companies are still workingon developing their effectiveness (TPM and TQM) ratherthan focusing on efficiency. This means that they aretrying to build stable running machines and stableprocesses [3, 4] before targeting the objective of achievinga low inventory.The aim of this paper is to present a case study of apharmaceutical company that has focused on efficiencyimprovement. The goal is to determine strength as well toidentify critical issues and to collect lessons learned aboutthe correct approach that specific industries shouldadopt. In the case study, a Lean Management approach
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