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March 10, 2023

Logistics and Supply Chain Skills Week: 27 Mar to 1 Apr 2023

The Logistics and Supply Chain Skills Group are proud to announce the first national Logistics and Supply Chain Skills Week. The key aim of the Logistics Week is to promote careers and educational opportunities in…

February 13, 2023

Tech tip: Pouch Seal Case Study

Engineers at the Boston Scientific Costa Rica facility used Minitab Statistical Software to help assess and validate their packaging process, which allowed Boston Scientific to proceed with the cost-saving redesign of its pouches with total…

February 13, 2023

Romance – the Six Sigma way

Hmmm! Wondering if the team-based DMAIC problem solving/process design cycle could reboot my love life? Wonder no more. Rod Hill did the exploration for us in this useful 2012 article. Good luck! Click here for…

January 10, 2023

Tech tip: Free DMAIC A3 template

Our A3 DMAIC template continues to be one of the most downloaded item from our website. Inspired by the Toyota A3, you can click on the link to download the free Excel 2016 template.  Click…

January 10, 2023

Lean Business Ireland annual conference: 31st May 2023, Waterford

There’s still time to grab early bird tickets for the 7th annual Enterprise Excellence 2023 conference taking place at the SETU Arena Waterford on the 31st May 2023. Enterprise Excellence Ireland 2023 will be host to the…

January 10, 2023

Rising business tech trends in 2023

Continuous improvement professionals are continually monitoring and adapting to changes in their environment. In the past two years, business technology has evolved and expanded at an astounding rate. Knowing what’s to come can help business…

November 21, 2022

Root cause Analysis: advanced online course

Need some root cause analysis superpowers? Then this course is for you and your in-house team of problem solvers. You will be enabled to see patterns, make statistical comparisons and quantify relationships in data sets.…

November 21, 2022

Leading Business Innovation 2022: 21st November 2022, Kilkenny

There’s still time to grab your ticket for next week’s IRDG annual Innovation Conference being held at Lyrath Estate in Kilkenny. A range of business founders, inventors and disruptors will share their thoughts on a…

November 21, 2022

Sustaining the Lean Organization

Ever wondered why some lean programmes fail while others go from strength to strength? Here are my own key thoughts on long-term lean success. Click here for more …

October 6, 2022

Process Analysis and Control with Minitab: Online course starting 17th October 2022

The folks at FPT Skillnet are running another round of their very successful online Minitab data analysis course, starting 17th October 2022. The 4 x 3 hour interactive live webinars combine presentations, quizzes and Minitab…