This book 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. Read more ASIN B00OD4MPMU XRay Not Enabled Format Print Replica ISBN13 978-1439800805 Edition 1st Language English File size 14.3 MB Page Flip Not Enabled Publisher Productivity Press Word Wise Not Enabled Print length 267 pages Accessibility Learn more Publication date August 20, 2012 Enhanced typesetting Not Enabled