The āLeanā manufacturing process management methodology is derived largely from Toyota Motor Corporationās automotive production system, implemented as a response to the problems they observed within their production facilities over 50 years ago. The principle of reducing costs by eliminating wasteāalso known as āLean Thinkingāāhas been gaining momentum as a continuous improvement philosophy for all sorts of industries outside of its automotive industry origins. In recent years, we have seen several examples of successful Lean implementations in the pharmaceutical and biotech companies. Multinational corporations such as Merck, Pfizer, and GlaxoSmithKline have reported significant gains by applying Lean not only to manufacturing, but also in critical areas like quality control, regulatory adherence, and administration managementā¦