Improvement of Manufacturing Operations through a Lean Management Approach: A Case Study in the Pharmaceutical Industry
This paper aims to demonstrate the positive effect of a Lean Management (LM) approach to increasing efficiency, even in a company which is subject to critical market issues. The pharmaceutical industry is a well-known example of a crisis-affected context and companies have directed attention to Lean...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2014-11-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Engineering Business Management |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5772/59027 |
| Summary: | This paper aims to demonstrate the positive effect of a Lean Management (LM) approach to increasing efficiency, even in a company which is subject to critical market issues. The pharmaceutical industry is a well-known example of a crisis-affected context and companies have directed attention to Lean Management for a long time, but they are stable in increasing effectiveness. This research uses a case study to move the attention to efficiency as an attractive LM goal. The result of this study provides a reference for academia as well as the business field. |
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| ISSN: | 1847-9790 |