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May 8, 2019

Critical Checks for Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare (Tech Tip)

Is your data reliable enough to identify the root cause of impurities? Register now for this Minitab webinar on Thursday May 9th 2019.

April 8, 2019

Lean Immersion at FastCap (Tech Tip)

‘Lean is simple and fun’ so says Paul Akers who, with his wife Leanne, has built FastCap from their garage into a multi-million dollar company. This is an essential lean demonstration for those leading the lean transformation. Enjoy!  

April 2, 2019

Yellow Belt Training: 9th and 10th May (Athlone)

This exciting 2-day interactive course offers participants the opportunity to complete yellow belt project as a team, while learning the fundamentals of lean thinking and six sigma problem solving. Participants who attend the 2 days,…

March 14, 2019

Short Run SPC Charts (Tech Tip)

Does your process have a low number of data values to trend? Short run charts provide a solution where you do not have enough data in each run to produce good estimates of the process…

March 13, 2019

Irish workers the most productive in the world

OECD figures suggest Republic leads way in labour productivity. Irish workers are now officially the most productive in the world, adding an average of $99.50 (€87) to the value of the economy every hour they…

March 12, 2019

European Lean Conference

For those of you interested in a European view of lean transformation why not attend Process Excellence & Business Transformation Conference 2019 which will take place at American Hotel on April 10th-11th, 2019 in Amsterdam,…

February 12, 2019

Quick Changeover (SMED) Then and Now

Want to understand how innovation, teamwork and standard work contribute to quick changeover? Take a look at this brilliant little 2- minute video. Enjoy!

February 12, 2019

Lean Immersion Workshop: 28th February 2019 (Athlone)

This one-day practical workshop introduces key lean concepts and practices. Participants work in teams to bring a loss-making company to profitability, using the lean approach. “Overall, I found the Workshop to be highly beneficial for those employees…

January 28, 2019

ANOVA gauge R&R on an Excel add-on

This short video provides guidelines on how to set up and analyse an ANOVA gauge R&R in the Excel add-on called ‘SPC for Excel’. For certain tasks, Excel add-ons are an excellent low-cost substitute for more…

January 24, 2019

Enterprise Ireland publishes 2018 Statement

Enterprise Ireland has published a statement on a very successful 2018. There are now 215K people employed in EI funded companies. To download the annual report click here