| Creating a Lean R&D System: Lean Principles and Approaches for Pharmaceutical and Research-Based Organizations Contributor(s): Barnhart, Terence M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1439800782 ISBN-13: 9781439800782 Publisher: Productivity Press OUR PRICE: $61.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2012 Annotation: Using the example of Pfizer's, Terence Barnhart demonstrates that lean implementation isn't strictly for manufacturing, that it can just as effectively be implemented in an R&D organization, providing that you understand the differences that the different culture requires. Barnhart, who is a director for Pfizer's, demonstrates why the lean approach is appropriate for R & D. He explains why he believes that success is contingent on merging lean principles with the cultural virtues inherent in R & D, and shows how R&D organizations should employ a middle-out systemic approach that immediately engages all the stakeholders involved. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Quality Control - Business & Economics | Marketing - Research |
| Dewey: 658.57 |
| LCCN: 2011031366 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9" (1.10 lbs) 267 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The ability to find and remove barriers between people and their systems in R&D can almost guarantee a doubling in performance, and often delivers multiples of that. R&D teams that have smooth handoffs deliver 100 percent of the required knowledge at those handoffs. As a result, such teams do not lose critical information, have unexpected knowledge gaps appear in their projects, or have uncoordinated knowledge transfers that waste minutes, days, and even months every year. Creating a Lean R&D System: Lean Principles and Approaches for Pharmaceutical and Research-Based Organizations lays out the logic of why Lean implementation isn't strictly for manufacturing and describes why it can be just as effective in R&D organizations. Terence Barnhart, former senior director of continuous improvement at Pfizer R&D, describes the theoretical and physical underpinnings of creating a Lean transformation in any R&D organization, as exemplified by the Lean transformation initiated within the R&D division of a global pharmaceutical company. Describing how to merge Lean principles with the cultural virtues inherent in R&D, the book presents Lean approaches that can be easily applied in pharmaceutical and research-based organizations. It takes a strategic approach to solving two problems unique to the Lean field. The first is in noting the key distinctions between R&D and manufacturing, and developing a Lean approach specific to the R&D environment. The second is that it proposes a systematic middle-out (merger/maneuver) strategy to help you initiate and sustain a Lean culture within your pharmaceutical R&D organization that will help you immediately engage all stakeholders involved. |