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This book presents leading practices for managing operational excellence throughout the pharmaceutical industry. It combines theoretical backgrounds and practical insights to offer a complete perspective on the industry as well as leadership models.

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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._

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.- Introduction
.- The Rise of OPEX in Pharmaceutical Industry
.- Barriers & Success Factors in Managing Operational Excellence
.- Leading Operational Excellence (1) - Outstanding Practices
.- Leading Operational Excellence (2) - Leadership Redefined
.- Summary & Outlook

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