Bachelor thesis utilizes lean tools to improve manufacturing process and suggest effective recommendations. The aim of this thesis is to use process mapping to identify possible wastes. The first part contains characterization of the pharmaceutical industry, market definition and classification of a company Zentiva Group a.s. The second part describes terms of lean manufacturing and analytic process tools used in the practical part. Process tools are applied to a manufacturing process of solid dosage forms mainly analgesic Ibalgin. Different kinds of process maps are used to show material and information flows and details of operations. In conclusion there are suggested improvements for some operations in the process, which were determined ...