What Past Attendees Have Said:
“It was even better then last year. Please have one again next year."
Eli Lilly
“Breakout sessions were an extremely smart idea. Presentation and links was an ice-breaker. Exercise was valuable.”
Talecris Bio Therapeutics
“It was excellent.”
Biogen Idec
“It was a bonus that it had as an objective to actively facilitate networking. Good to practice a new useful technique.”
AstraZeneca
“Excellent workshop. Through the practical exercise we learned a new approach and came to some insightful results.”
Abbott Vascular
“Very helpful for process improvement effectiveness, networking, hearing perspectives of all kinds.”
GlaxoSmithKline
“Thanks for fostering the environment!"
Medtronic
NEW ADDED TALK:
ORGANIZATIONAL ALIGNMENT AND CORPORATE CULTURE
Applying Lean Information Flow Witin a Drug Discovery Environment
- Improving ways of working by maximizing the value of data, information and knowledge
- Optimizing information flow to enable effective decision making
- Identifying common wastes within the information delivery and exploitation process
- Examples of successful, or otherwise, Lean information flow activities within biology
Speaker
Gemma Satterthwaite
Principle Scientist
ASTRAZENECA U.K.
Who Should Attend
This Summit is specifically designed for C-Levels, Department Heads, Vice Presidents, Directors and Managers at pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies from the following departments
- Clinical Operations
- R&D Operations
- Clinical Research
- Continuous Improvement
- Quality Assurance/Control
- Supply Chain
- Clinical Outsourcing -- Planning and Vendor Management
- Operational Excellence
- Strategic Business Development/Operations
- Project/Study Management/Project Planning
- Manufacturing & Supply
- Clinical Trial Capacity Planning/Management
- Clinical Trial Process Improvement/Enhancement
- Metrics and Benchmarking
- Performance Management
- Global Strategic Operations/Development
- Strategic Development
- Business Excellence
- Business Process Development
- Process Technology Improvement
- Industrial Operations
- Information Technology
This conference is also of interest to
- Clinical Research Organizations
- Business Process Consultants
- Quality Improvement and Statistics Software Providers
- Academic Clinical Research Institutes
- Six Sigma Project Management Software Providers
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McNeil’s Approach to Lean Implementation and Strategy Development for Roll-Out
Filip Frostemark
Director, Process Excellence
MCNEIL SWEDEN (A Johnson & Johnson Company)
Bristol Myers-Squibb Case Study
Applying Lean Sigma to Improve Administrative Processes in R&D
Nilesh Tailor
Associate Director and Kaizen Leader, Global Development Operations - Data operations
BRISTOL MYERS-SQUIBB BELGIUM
Merck Sharp & Dohme Case Study
Process Control through Process Understanding - Closing the Gap between R&D and Commercial Production
Dr. Wim Oostra
Section Head, Oral Dosage Forms
MERCK SHARP & DOHME