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May 10, 2025

Sustainability grant from Enterprise Ireland

With Access Advice: GreenStart, Enterprise Ireland is helping businesses to improve their environmental performance through greater resource efficiency, driving competitive advantage and reducing costs. Ideally using lean and six sigma methodologies to bring about increased sustainability,…

May 10, 2025

Managing Supply Chain Performance using Power BI

Power BI is a free business intelligence and data visualization tool developed by Microsoft. It’s ease-of-use for all employees means that it has become very popular for creating dashboards that display live data graphically. By integrating data from multiple…

April 8, 2025

Tech tip: Statistical Quality Tools in action with Minitab

Join the thousands of people watching this on-demand 36 minute webinar, taught by Master Black Belt and Minitab Solutions Architect, Jim Oskins. Learn about control and capability, and when and why to intervene when processes deviate from…

April 8, 2025

Invest Northern Ireland Innovation fund

Do you have an innovation project that could lead to the development of a new or improved product, service, business model, or process? If so, then a £5K Innovation Voucher may be the right support…

April 8, 2025

Enterprise Excellence Conference: Wednesday 21st May 2025, Limerick

Don’t miss the continuous improvement event of the year in Ireland. In 2024 Ireland ranked #4 of 67 economies on the global competitiveness index. Events like Enterprise Excellence Ireland 2025 will help keep us near…

April 8, 2025

AI in Manufacturing: Transforming Industrial Processes

AI in manufacturing is transforming industrial processes AI is no longer a futuristic concept but a tangible reality shaping the factory floor. In this article, we’ll explore the multifaceted ways AI is transforming manufacturing. From…

April 8, 2025

European Supply Chain Day 2025: Thursday, 10th of April 2025 (Online)

E3 at Trinity College Dublin will host European Supply Chain Day, featuring global experts discussing resilience, sustainability, and digital transformation. The event is online.

February 10, 2025

Tech tip: Pivot tables in Excel

Pivot tables enable you to quickly summarize large datasets and create dynamic visualizations that update automatically when the data changes. This MS Excel information page and video make it easy to learn.

February 10, 2025

Supply Chain Solutions funding from Invest Northern Ireland

Based in NI and looking for funding support? Invest NI’s Supply Chain Solutions funding provides a 3-step graduated framework of support. Applications to the Supply Chain Solutions programme are currently open and will close at…

February 10, 2025

Data Analysis with Minitab online course: 19th to 28th February 2025

Hosted by First Polymer Training Skillnet, this subsidised online course aims to give participants a solid grounding in data collection, graphing and basic analysis techniques. The course is run over 4 webinars, each of three hours…