This paper describes an exploratory study of lean techniques and an extant of its implementation in a pharmaceutical
industries. The main purpose of this paper is, at how much extant adoption of lean techniques and elimination of wastage and
non-value added activities in a pharmaceutical industries. A questionnaire survey is prepared to know the extent of lean
techniques implementation. Questionnaire survey send to the respondents of various department (production and planning,
human resources, quality and control, transportation, inventory control etc.) of an organization and asked to rate the each of
these areas. This study also inspect the drivers and barriers that affect the adoption of lean techniques.
