Lean management practices in the pharmaceutical industry

International Journal of Services and Operations Management

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 463-481

  Gebauer, Heiko ^a   Kickuth, Michael ^a   Friedli, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

HRM; Human resource management; JIT; Just in time; Lean practices; Pharmaceutical industry; Total preventive maintenance; Total quality management; TPM; TQM

Indexed keywords

EID: 64949107729     PISSN: 17442370     EISSN: 17442389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSOM.2009.024580     Document Type: Article

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