Achieving operational excellence is a challenge for the pharmaceutical industry, with many companies setting successful examples time and again. This book presents such leading practices for managing operational excellence throughout the pharmaceutical industry. Based on the St.Gallen OPEX Model...

The basics : making things better, faster or more cost-effective -- What is process improvement? -- A brief history of lean and six sigma -- Agile techniques -- Project management -- A deeper dive: six sigma and the DMAIC model -- The DMAIC model -- Define -- Measure -- Analyze -- Improve --...