TY - BOOK AU - Friedli,Thomas AU - Basu,Prabir AU - Bellm,Daniel AU - Werani,Jürgen ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Leading Pharmaceutical Operational Excellence: Outstanding Practices and Cases SN - 9783642351617 AV - TS155-TS194 U1 - 658.5 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Berlin, Heidelberg PB - Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Imprint: Springer KW - Business KW - Management KW - Leadership KW - Production management KW - Operations research KW - Decision making KW - Pharmaceutical technology KW - Business and Management KW - Operations Management KW - Business Strategy/Leadership KW - Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology KW - Operation Research/Decision Theory N1 - Part A - Introduction -- Part B - Leading Operational Excellence - Outstanding Practices -- Part C - Leading Operational Excellence - Outstanding Leadership -- Part D - Gaining the Future N2 - 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 authors describe the current status of OPEX and the future challenges that have to be dealt with. The ample theoretical background is complemented hand-in-hand by case studies contributed by authors from leading pharmaceutical companies UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35161-7 ER -