Classroom vs. Online Learning – Which one is better?
As a child I well remember my father declining to tell us the meaning of words when we asked him. He would always say “Look it up in the dictionary”. A true educator all his…
The Gallery Cafe in Gort takes us a long way from high volume manufacturing! Sarah Harty, owner of this Co. Galway restaurant, exemplifies lean practice in many ways e.g. sourcing from local suppliers, good teamwork,…
Supply Chain Risk Management – Fail to prepare, prepare to fail
At regular intervals, a local crisis occurs in some country around the world, and the ramifications on global trade are felt for months afterwards. We can all probably name political coups, ash clouds, earthquakes, and…
Seeing is believing – learn directly from the masters of lean at Toyota UK
The Toyota Production system (TPS) is alive and well in Toyota plants in 27 countries worldwide. TPS or ‘Lean Manufacturing’ as you and I more commonly know it, is an integrated systems approach to process…
Let’s be honest, we are all pretty fatigued after the dozens of emails that landed in our inbox last month ahead of the implementation of GDPR on May 25th. On top of those requests for…