Lean Business Ireland

Mid-West Lean Network Workshop: Visual Management
2023-06-20 09:00 - 11:00 (Europe/Dublin) | Gateway Hub, Shannon Airport House, Shannon Free Zone, Shannon, Co Clare, Ireland

Onsite Visit - NTMA
2023-06-19
Onsite Visit – NTMA

The agenda for this event is a presentation and Q&A followed by an overview of their offices ending with a VR demo in their “Connect Hub”.

Spaces for this event are limited to 15 people maximum.
Tara serves as the Head of the NTMA’s Continuous Improvement programme. In this role, Tara is responsible for leading a team promoting and embedding continuous improvement as a “Way of Working” across the NTMA, and its affiliate organisations, using Lean thinking for problem solving with teams.
Prior to joining the NTMA, he has worked in the High Technology and Aviation sectors holding senior roles in global supply chain operations, change management, quality system management and aerospace engineering operations.
Tara is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt and a Licensed Aircraft Engineer holding ICAO Type II ratings on a variety of both Boeing and Airbus aircraft types. An advocate of lifelong learning, he has most recently completed a Professional Diploma in Creativity, Innovation and Leadership with UCD. The National Treasury Management Agency provides a range of asset and liability management services to Government.
Borrowing on behalf of the government and management of the national debt are among the services provided by the State Claims Agency, NewERA, the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, and the National Development Finance Agency.
It also assigns staff to the National Asset Management Agency, the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland, and Home Building Financing Ireland, as well as providing business and support services and systems.

Digitalisation and its impact on Operations and Supply Chains
2023-06-16 09:30 - 13:00 | ATU, Sligo Ash Lane F91 YW50 Sligo, ATU, Sligo, Sligo, F91 YW50, Ireland
The symposium is organised by the Postgraduate Research Training Programme in Operations and Supply ChAin Research (OSCAR) and West & North West Lean Network; and will take place on the ATU Sligo Campus on Friday, 16th June, from 9.30 am to 2pm. The event will have presentations from the current projects that are undertaken by the OSCAR researchers, as well as two outstanding industry speakers: Philip Rossiter (Operational Excellence Manager, Coca Cola) and John Roulstone (Operations Manager, Kirchhoff Ireland Ltd.). Other topics on the day will include sustainability, circular economy, industry 4.0, global supply chains and service innovations.
Schedule:
9.30 – 10.00 Registration (Tea/Coffee) – Main Entrance; then A0006 Lecturer Hall
10.00 – 10.10 Opening address: Dr. Chris O’Malley, Vice President for Regional Development & Engagement, ATU Sligo
10.10 – 10.40 “Our digital transformation and I4.0 journey”, Philip Rossiter (Operational Excellence Manager, Coca Cola)
10.40 – 11.10 Session 1 – Research Presentations
11.10 – 11.40 “The Integration of Data Visualisations into a Lean Production System”, John Roulstone (Operations Manager, Kirchhoff Ireland Ltd.)
11.40 – 12.10 Session 2 – Research Presentations
12.10 – 12.30 Panel discussion: Digitalisations Challenges
12.30 – 13.00 Poster Session
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch – Main canteen

Webinar - Going to the Gemba - Where the Real Work Happens
2023-06-08 10:00 - 11:00
Webinar – Going to the Gemba – Where the Real Work Happens

Gemba is a Japanese term that translates to the “real place” or where the work takes place. “Going to Gemba” is a philosophy that instructs management to spend time where real work occurs in order to build profound knowledge of the process.
Going to the Gemba involves taking a visit to the work area and looking at the work and talking to those closest to the work. Gemba walks are a series of structured, on-site interviews with representative process participants with the goal of gaining a comprehensive understanding of the process. Interviews focus on detail such as process time, wait time, defect rates, root causes and other information that can lead to targeted improvements.
In this session, we will give an overview of how to approach the Gemba Walk and hear from Master Lean Practitioners, Miriam Keogh of Dawn, Liam Farrell of Boliden (Tara Mines) and Billy Creavin of Alkermes on their practical experience of going to the Gemba, what the pitfalls are and how to avoid them.

The Midlands Lean Network strives to provide a regional forum and community for Lean & Operation Excellence best practices in the midlands. Regional networks are an integral part of the Lean Business Ireland Strategy.
We aim to build a community to bring together excellence in the region and to provide a forum to network, collaborate, and learn. The network and its events will be for organizations at all stages of their lean journey and of all sizes.
Membership of the network and attendance at events is open to all organizations of all sizes, no matter where you are on your Lean journey.
Network Activities

Site Visits
Seminars
Case Studies
Education, Training, Development
Peer Networking.

Conference - Enterprise Excellence 2023
2023-05-31 | SETU Arena Waterford
In its 7th year of providing the Irish business community with the opportunity to share, learn, and continuously improve, the Lean Business Ireland conference 2023 will return in person at the SETU Arena in Waterford.
The Lean Business Ireland Conference will once again bring together organisations from all over the world to explore the ideas and implementation of Lean Management in industries such as manufacturing, services, and construction.
This International event is primarily intended to foster engagement and networking within the Irish and International Lean Management communities. In addition, it will encourage open discussion among businesses at various stages of their Lean journey, while showcasing Ireland’s excellence on the international stage.
The Dublin Lean Network will be there to talk to you about Lean in Dublin and Ireland.
– Share your own Lean journey.
– Connect with Lean professionals and practitioners specialising in Continuous Improvement.
– Establish new connections within the Lean Community in Dublin and Ireland.
– Learn how companies have successfully implemented Continuous Improvement programmes. Register for this event https://eeireland.com/lbi-registration/

Lean Business Ireland Annual Conference 2023
2023-05-31 | SETU Arena Waterford

Leaders in Excellence - Conference
2023-05-18 08:30 - 15:30
Thursday 18th May @8:30am-3:30pm
“Leaders in Excellence” Conference (pdf version)
Analog Devices Building, University of Limerick

Visit to Toyota UK
2023-05-17 07:30 - 16:00 | Toyota Lean Management Centre UK, Deeside, Flintshire, North Wales, United Kingdom
On 17th May, the Dublin Lean Network are travelling to the UK for a visit to Toyota for an in-depth introduction to the world famous Toyota Production System (TPS). This visit also includes:
– A visit to their 3 Best Development Obeya – structuring and visualising job roles as a key tool for member and operations development.
– A visit to their Quality Learning Centre where they reinforce Toyota’s quality activity in each member through experiential learning.
– Experiential shopfloor tours making the link from theory to practice.
– A Q&A session with Senior Management. This is an important event not to be missed – please contact stevehalpin@leanteams.com as soon as possible to reserve your place. Please refer the itenerary below:-

Company Visit to Seating Matters
2023-04-20
For this event, Ryan Tierney is inviting members of the Dublin Lean Network for a visit to his company, Seating Matters, in Limavady, Northern Ireland.
Whether you want to learn more about Lean or take your Lean journey to the next level, this is the tour for you.
Ryan and his team have welcomed thousands of guests that have had success in implementing Lean in their own business. Seating Matters continue to be a place where companies can come to learn about Lean in practice.
On this tour, you will visit office and industrial divisions with a focus on ‘Learning to See Waste’ in every process, how the team recognizes waste and eliminates it. This tour is aimed for organisations at various stages of their Lean journey. Location| Seating Matters in Limavady, Northern Ireland Dates| 20/04/2023 Spaces are limited – contact stevehalpin@leanteams.com to enquire and/or reserve your place.

LEAN IN EUROPE : VISIT 29 SKI BEAT
2023-04-17 - 2023-04-18 | La Pagne Resort, The Alps, Geneva, Switzerland
European Lean Best Practice Visit
This visit will be hosted by Ski Beat in its La Plagne resort. Ski Beat is part of the Topflight Travel Group which hosted a Lean in Europe visit in 2017 at its corporate administrative headquarters and since then has continued to send participants on the EU-Japan Centre’s lean activities. Ski Beat had originally planned to host a Lean in Europe visit in April 2020, but the visit was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Ski Beat has kindly agreed to allow participants to bring their partner for 1 to 2½ days of skiiing.
To learn more, please click on the links below :- Visit Info Agenda Register here

How Phonovation became a Lean Business
2023-03-23 13:00 - 14:00 | Online – Webinar
How Phonovation became a Lean Business
Phonovation was established in 1988 and has offices in Ireland and the UK. Phonovation is a communications and technology market leader in Mobile Identity and automated Application to Person (A2P) interactions. Their automated A2P services are the largest in Ireland, with Vodafone, Eir, and Virgin Mobile using them to deliver over 250 million messages from Irish businesses to Irish customers each year.
At Phonovation, they put their clients first and ensure that all of their services follow best practices. They create all of their services in-house with a dedicated staff of developers, designers, and project managers, allowing them complete control over every aspect of design and function. Gavin Carpenter is the Chief Executive of Phonovation and is responsible for growing their revenue line and generating new and profitable revenue streams through the innovative application of technology to problems.

Benchmarking Visit to Hollister ULC
2023-03-22 13:30 - 16:30 | Benchmarking Visit to Hollister, Foxford Road, Rehins, Ballina, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Location| Hollister ULC – Foxford Rd, Rehins, Ballina, Co. Mayo, F26 F3X5 Dates| 22nd March 2023 Time| 1330 to 1600 AGENDA
| Time- 1330 to 1400 30 minutes meet and greet, networking etc
| Time – 1400: Hollister presentation
Continuous Improvement methodology, Visual Management and Problem Solving
| Time – 1500 Plant Tour If you would like to attend this ICBE benchmarking visit to Hollister ULC in Ballina, contact kate@icbe.ie to register.

Applying Systems Thinking to Agile Systems - Optimising Product Backlogs
2022-12-15 11:00 - 12:00 | O’Connell Bridge House, Dublin 2, Ireland
Applying Systems Thinking to Agile Systems – Optimising Product Backlogs
Note: For this in-person event, we are limited to 20 people. Intive, headquartered in Munich, Germany, is a global digital powerhouse. With a challenging, exploratory, and agile mindset, as well as international teams of software, design, and business experts, Intive collaborates with market leaders to accelerate digital transformation for tomorrow’s products and services.
Intive’s solutions, powered by world-class innovation, add value throughout the application lifecycle – from product conception to product maintenance. The company has 13 development centres and 6 design studios in Germany, Poland, Ukraine, and Argentina, as well as regional offices in Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States. Audi, BASF, BMW, Credit Suisse, Discovery, Disney, Esprit, Facebook, Google, ING, ViacomCBS, and Vorwerk have all placed their trust in Intive. Rob began his career more than 15 years ago, developing algorithms for modelling microscale flows in coronary arteries. Since then, he has worked to provide quality solutions in a variety of industries, including engineering simulation software, antivirus, e-commerce, telecoms, banking, fleet management, deep sea exploration, domain registries, and government.
Rob holds an MBA, a higher diploma in management, a mechanical engineering degree, and is a Certified Agile Product Owner. He is also a Six Sigma Green Belt and a Certified Scrum Master.

ELEC 2022 8th European Lean Educators Conference
2022-11-22 - 2022-11-24
ELEC 2022 8th European Lean Educators Conference

The European Lean Educators Conference is dedicated to fostering knowledge exchange within academia as well as between academic institutions and industry, which we believe is especially important.

As such, ELEC2022 provides a platform for professors, teachers, trainers and coaches from academia, industry and public sector organizations to share their knowledge and experiences and learn from one another.

ELEC conferences distinguish Lean thinking as a broad management and operations improvement philosophy, fully grounded in science and supported by a continually growing set of methods, techniques and tools.
Please submit your full papers for ELEC2022 at the Springer online conference service (OCS).
Authors are invited to submit papers (6-8 page short papers are preferred, though we will also accept 10 page full papers) using the templates below, provided by Springer.
Templates for authors who use Microsoft Word and Latex are provided on Springer. More specific details on the formats of full papers are described in Author Guidelines provided by Springer.
We highly recommend that authors strictly follow the formatting guidelines because of publication issues.

Coaching Tools for Lean Organisations
2022-11-17 13:00 - 14:00 | Online – Webinar
Coaching Tools for Lean Organisations
No matter what culture or system they strive to implement, Kingstown College are always depending on one key resource – people. To bring your teams on the journey of improvement, you need to understand how an individual thinks.
The world of executive coaching offers a wealth of insights, tools and techniques to help non-coach leaders, managers or individual contributors to create a culture where people thrive and as a result, the organisation experiences the same benefit.
In this presentation, we look at the ethos of Appreciative Inquiry, and return to the basics of coaching skills such as how we listen and how we ask questions. These simple building blocks are not just things that we do, they are the way we do everything.
We will also have the opportunity for breakout rooms to discuss how to put this insight into action in your work, your team or your wider organisation.
As an ICF accredited Executive Coach, Alan Brereton is Chief Operations Officer, Executive Coach and Faculty member of Kingstown College. Alan is an Advanced Diploma course lecturer with a BA in Human Resource Management, a Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Studies, and has studied Luxury Brand Management.

Since 2003, Kingstown College has been a leading provider of education for coaching, mentoring, and leadership. During that time, the college and its specialist courses were awarded the European Quality Award by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC). Kingstown College has over 3,000 graduates of the coaching Diplomas and thousands more who have experienced in-house training in their organisation.

Agile-Lean International Conference 2022
2022-11-16 | Online, - Webinar
Agile-Lean International Conference

ALI became the largest Agile / Lean meetup group in Ireland with several thousand members. Their meetups have been a mix of presentations by local practitioners and international experts, workshops, lean coffee and lightning talks.

ALI2020, their most recent conference was a multi-track two day conference with speakers and delegates from around the world. In recent years they have experimented with expanding locally – by running events in Carlow – and internationally with a conference in Frankfurt. ALI is volunteer-led with a small cohort of 6 coordinating the conference supported by 30+ other loyal volunteers who are dispersed around the world.

The 2022 Agile-Lean International conference 2022 is now available for registration. Join them virtually this year (16th November) to discover emerging concepts and pioneering business practices to create extraordinary Agile teams and workspaces.

Mid-West Lean Network Conference 2022
2022-11-09 08:00 - 16:00 | Limerick University, Ireland
Annual Conference 2022

Future-Proofing a Business through Lean

November 9th

About the event
Creative thinking is defined as ‘looking at things differently and
finding new ways of solving problems’. Divergent thinking is defined as ‘a thought process or method used to generate creative ideas by exploring many possible solutions’. Lean provides the opportunity to utilise both types of thinking to assess how a business can evolve to meet the challenges it faces and to reframe how it operates. Embedding lean thinking in your business will increase efficiencies and secure the future of your organisation. This Conference has been structured to demonstrate the steps companies are taking to future proof their businesses.
Date:
September 9th

Time:
8am – 4pm

Venue:
University of Limerick

LEAN: A Rewarding Challenge
The Mid-West Lean Network has developed considerably since its formation in November 2016. There are now in excess of 100 member companies in the Network, deriving benefits from the 39 Lean-focused workshops and 3 conferences held to date. This Conference is the culmination of the 2022 calendar of events. Please book online to secure your place. Full agenda and additional details are available on the registration page.
A3 Project Storyboards’ Street Event
A key element of this annual conference is the inclusion of a Lean-related award. This year’s award, which is sponsored by LBS Partners, will go to the best A3 project ‘storyboard’ entered as part of the ‘Street Event’ element of the conference programme.
Conference attendees will select the winner via an online voting system in the auditorium

LEAN Best Practice Visit - Kyte Powertech
2022-10-07 09:00 - 13:00
LEAN Best Practice Visit – Kyte Powertech
Visitors will be given a tour of the facilities with various stopping points to focus on particular topics and enable Q&A. Due to the the nature of the visit all visitors must register with a company email address as commercial confidentiality will apply. Kyte Production is based on the TPS Principles and provides the tools and conceptual framework for a lean manufacturing driven company.
First established in Cavan Ireland in 1977, Kyte Powertech has grown through major expansions, demonstrating an entrepreneurial spirit and a strong customer focus to become a market leader in the manufacture of bespoke, quality solutions for the electrical industry.

Kyte Powertech prides itself on maintaining a high level of performance by following the QDCCC (Quality, Delivery, Commitment, Cost, and Communication) model. Directed by this model, the company has established strong relationships with our customer base.

The company has also earned a unique reputation as a proven quality supplier with an infrastructure that is flexible enough to manage customer demands and market challenges.

Kyte Powertech offers a highly controlled supply chain network made up of its own on-site design engineering and logistics teams, metal fabrication facilities and customer specific project management teams. This infrastructure ensures a streamlined and stress-free procurement and delivery process for our customer.

Mid-West Lean Network Workshop 4: Digital Lean
2022-10-05 08:30 - 10:30
Workshop 4: Digital Lean

The Mid-West Lean Network: the second largest regional lean network in Ireland, after Waterford Institute of Technology’s Lean Enterprise Excellence Group, launched in November, was set up to strengthen and increase the existing culture of lean within the Shannon and the wider Mid-West region. Its aim is to enable each industry to broaden and strengthen their competitiveness through knowledge sharing and bench-marking against each other and different industries.
The workshop will take place in Takumi Precision Engineering and will focus on: employing lean and digital solutions. Registration from 8.30 am, workshop starts at 9.00 am Donal Galligan, Takumi CEO, will speak on their digital transformation journey and present on the increased efficiencies and productivity that arose from this process for their customers.
Donal will replay the journey they have been in recent years and how they have over come some serious challenges, employing lean and digital solutions. He will look at how standardisation and visualisation have significantly improved productivity allowing the company to scale up.
This is a story of how a serious business transformation can begin from small wins and a change of mindset.

Lean Business Ireland Awards 2022
2022-09-29 19:00 - 22:30 | Croke Park Dublin, Ireland
Lean Business Ireland Awards Night

Whether a large, medium or small organisation, working in any sector or a government department; the Lean Business Ireland Awards are open to organisations that can demonstrate excellence in their strive towards a competitive operation and want recognition at a national level for that journey.

Lean Business Ireland aims to position Ireland as the recognised centre of lean & enterprise excellence globally and this award ceremony will help to showcase how companies are working towards enterprise excellence in Ireland, striving for competitiveness.
There is no charge to enter the Lean Business Ireland Awards ceremony and you can enter up to 3 categories, the deadline for entries will be the 18th August 2022. As such, don’t delay in submitting your entry! We wish all our entrants the best of luck and we look forward to meeting you on the 29th September.
How to Enter

Judging Process

Additional Information

Lean in Europe - Visit 27 - Pakmarkas
2022-09-29 - 2022-09-30 | Pakmarkas – Vilnius, Lithuania
Visit 27 – PAKMARKAS

The first host company in this new series of Lean in Europe physical visits (i.e. travel will be necessary) will be PakMarkas – a Lithuanian manufacturer producing labelling and flexible packaging, industrial packaging engineering and automation solutions.
The visit will be led by Richard Keegan, the EU-Japan Centre’s Lean Advisor and Adjunct Professor of Lean Operational Excellence at Trinity Business School in Dublin. Places are limited.
Apply no later than Sunday, 24 July 2022. There are 20 places available.

The visit will include:

an introduction to PakMarkas and its production processes;
a Gemba visit;
a genuine practical problem-solving exercise: PakMarkas will present issues it would like the group to address – you will be asked to study that part of the process and then brainstorm suggestions;
a pre-visit group discussion and dinner in Vilnius on the evening of 29 September.

Eligibility and target participants:

You should be an engineer / have responsibility for process management / improvement
You should work for a company or organisation in an EU27 member-state or in Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway
It is key that you use – or plan to use – process optimisation and lean management tools in your business
Your application should be supported by your line manager
Applications from direct local competitors will not be accepted

Costs:

No participation fee, but your organisation must cover your travel and accommodation costs.
In the unlikely event that the visit has to be postponed / cancelled / coronavirus rules prevent you from taking part, the EU-Japan Centre will not be liable for your travel / accommodation / other costs

More information and future visits:
Other visits will be arranged for later in the year, please contact lean@eu-japan.eu if you have any questions about this visit, would like to get details of future visits when they are arranged, or think your company/organisation might be willing to host a Lean in Europe visit for us Pakmarkas are a leader in product labelling and engineering packaging and manufacturing automation solutions in the Baltics.
Their main manufacturing facility is based near Vilnius, Lithuania. They have branches in Latvia and in Germany. They work with more than 1,000 manufacturing companies in Lithuania, Europe, and elsewhere in the world.
Over the long years of the company’s business, they have deployed a number of state-of-the-art technologies and gathered a team of skilled specialists. All this guarantees the precision and high speed of their services, an environmentally friendly manufacturing process, and high quality of service.

Lean for Sustainability
2022-09-22 | Limerick University, Ireland
Lean for Sustainability
Sustaining the Future with Lean and Data Analytics Strategies
Lean is a business performance improvement approach which has been used extensively in business process and product improvement over the last 40 years.

The conference is focused on how the approach might or is pivoting towards sustainability.

Some of the points that will be covered in this Conference:

Pivoting Data Analytics and Lean for Sustainability
Measurement of carbon footprint towards the goal of Net Zero
Using Lean principles within data analytics to support the financial sustainability of the firm.
Implementation of an ISO 50001 energy management system using Lean Six Sigma in an Irish dairy

Speakers from various industries, Food, Pharma, Medical Device Manufacturing, Construction, Financial will address their improvement methodology strategies for sustainability.

Some of the speakers already confirmed:

Dr Sean Moore – senior lecturer in Lean and Six Sigma Systems in the University of Limerick (UL)
Justyna Gorzka – independent contractor supporting organisations in Lean Six Sigma transformation and Scrum deployments
Sean McKeown – Lean Co-ordinator, Lufthansa Technik Turbine Shannon
Brian McLafferty – Digitalization & BEx Director, Abbott Vascular
Stacy Franklin – Programme Tutor, Lean & Green Skillnet
Colm Gaskin – Head of Research and Communities, Lean & Green Skillnet
Seamus McGovern – Engineering Manager, Lakeland Dairies
Maria Kelly – Head of Communications and Stakeholder Relations, Central Solutions

For more details about the speakers please click here

The role of leaders in creating a culture of continuous improvement
2022-09-15 13:00 - 14:00 | Online – Webinar
The role of leaders in creating a culture of continuous improvement

US Synthetic is an innovative leader in the energy industry, providing high-performance products and exceptional customer service to help its customers succeed in business. The company has taken its innovative technology and applied it to a variety of new markets, including oil and gas exploration, diamond bearings, coal mining applications, wire drawing dies, and gemstones.

Eric Pope is the Vice President of Operations at US Synthetic. He has a background in engineering, having started at US Synthetic more than 25 years ago as an R&D engineer when the company had only a few employees. In addition to taking on numerous roles in the organisation, Pope was a pioneer of US Synthetic’s Lean initiative and continues to play a key role in its success today.

The People Side of Lean
2022-07-14 13:00 - 14:00 | Online Webinar
The People Side of Lean

The webinar will be facilitated by Steve Halpin (Lean Teams MD) who will pose questions to Noel on his experience of implementing lean over the past 20 years.
After working in the electronics (Measurex, Seagate, 3COM) and pharmaceutical industries (Stafford Miller, Norton), Noel Hennessy joined Lake Region Medical in 2001 as Production Manager. Lake Region Medical began their lean manufacturing journey two years later and Noel’s passion & enthusiasm for lean led to his promotion as Continuous Improvement Director in 2005, and then as Op Ex Director for Europe and Asia when Lake Region was acquired by Greatbatch Medical in 2015
During Noel’s tenure the site achieved the Shingo Bronze Medallion and Irish Medical Technology Company of the Year in recognition of their Operational Excellence Program. The Shingo Prize is widely recognised as the ‘Nobel Prize’ for manufacturing. Noel is now an examiner for the Shingo Institute and participates in assessing sites globally on a regular basis.
He was awarded his MSc in Lean Operations from Cardiff University in 2007 and his Doctorate in Business Administration from Waterford Institute of Technology in 2017. The focus of Noel’s doctoral thesis was exploring the relationship between Employee Engagement and Continuous Improvement. Noel’s search for best practice has seen him participate in global benchmarking visits to Europe, the US, India, and Japan. He is a very passionate advocate of the transformational power of Lean and the Shingo Model in particular as he feels this places the emphasis on the behaviours and systems required for sustainable transformation.
In November 2021 Noel co-authoring Human Lean with John Bicheno (Author of The Lean Toolbox). In the book Noel & John make the case that that while 21st century employees demand greater participation and better leadership, they also bring along vast opportunities for betterment to their organisations, to society, and to the environment. Noel’s hope is that the book will assist organisations and leaders in applying apply lean as a means of getting the best, rather than the most from their employees.
The webinar titled “The People Side of Lean” will be facilitated by Steve Halpin (Lean Teams MD) who will pose questions to Noel on his experience of implementing lean over the past 20 years.

SHINGO Forum Virtual Meet-up
2022-06-23 13:00 - 14:00 | Online, - Webinar
SHINGO Forum Virtual Meet-Up

This monthly virtual forum will provide you with a chance to hear from Shingo Facilitators, Examiners and Award-Winners.

Benchmarking
Sharing ideas & Inspiration
Networking (in a fun way – no selling!)
Discounts to Best Practice Visits
Access to Webinar Recordings & Resources

Ailsa Carson
Ailsa is Group Marketing & Events Manager, and is responsible for the development and delivery of our global events programme which includes the Enterprise Excellence Masterclass; our Shingo Workshops; the Onsite Insights visit programme and the Lean Forum.
John Quirke
John is a Senior Partner and Head of the Life Sciences & Health Sector, he also supports both the US and European Business Development Team. He is also a co-author of the award-winning book TPM:A Foundation of Operational Excellence. Before joining S A Partners, John worked as Director of Operational Excellence at Cordis Johnson & Johnson, and as European Lean Six Sigma Lead at Millipore B.V. He is also a certified Shingo Institute alumni, facilitator, and consultant as well as a Master Lean Coach.
Andy Brunskill
Andy is Co-Author of TPM: A foundation for Operational Excellence. He is a Partner and specialises in the development and deployment of Operational Excellence Programmes at SA Partners. He is the companies TPM Lead Consultant and the co-author of TPM: A Foundation of Operational Excellence. He has worked with a wide range of multi-national clients around the world supporting them with their Continuous Improvement Programmes.
Peter Willmott
Peter is an Associate Partner of S A Partners and is a Chartered Engineer and has a B.Tech (Hons) in Production Engineering and is a renowned authority on the application of Total Productive Maintenance in the western world and is the author of three books on the subject. His third book ‘TPM -A foundation of Operational Excellence’ co-authored with two S A Partner’s colleagues John Quirke and Andy Brunskill was published’ in late 2019.

Culture & the Shingo Journey with Teva Pharmaceuticals
2022-06-16 10:00 - 11:30 | Online Webinar
Culture & the Shingo Journey

Lean is a philosophy, built around strong principles, effective leadership, and respecting every individual within the organisation. Developing this culture requires challenging people and partners to grow, thereby adding value to the business, and driving organisational learning.
In early 2009, Tosara Pharma Ltd looked for the ideal roadmap to improve business performance, and decided to embrace the guiding principles that are described within the Shingo Model ®.
The first dimension requires creating an ideal culture, whereby employees feel energised, engaged and motivated to succeed. Leading with Humility, Respecting every Individual allows employees gain a deeper satisfaction for the work they do. Equally they are acknowledged, and feel the desire to reciprocate their productivity in return. It’s a win-win for both the organisation, and employees alike.
About the speaker

Richard Burke

Production Specialist, OPEX Site Lead – Teva Group

Richard is the Production Specialist, OPEX Site Lead at Forest Tosara Ltd, part of the Teva group. He has over 27 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry and brings a wealth of knowledge to the Dublin Lean Network.
About Teva Pharmaceuticals
Teva Pharmaceuticals is a global pharmaceutical company that serves 200 million people on a daily basis. It employs approximately 800 people in Ireland and operates three locations in the Republic of Ireland (Baldoyle, Swords, and Waterford) as well as one in Northern Ireland (Larne).
Teva is proud to provide high-quality medicines that improve the health of people all over the world, including both prescription and over-the-counter treatments. They are constantly expanding our product and service offerings in order to better meet the needs of patients and healthcare professionals in Ireland.

MÓR™ Benchmarking Model – Maximising your Lean approach
2022-06-14 13:00 - 14:00 | Online – Webinar
MÓR™ Benchmarking Model – Maximising your Lean approach

The MÓR™ Benchmarking Model is a tool that you can use to set up and manage your Lean strategy and measure progress of your Lean journey. Cook Medical have utilised this benchmarking tool since 2017 to monitor and manage their CI Lean journey and will present an overview of its application within their business. Key areas covered include:

What is the MÓR™ Benchmarking Model and why use this benchmarking tool
How is the MÓR™ Benchmarking Model applied within Cook Medical
Developing and Managing a Lean Strategy based on the output from the MÓR™ Benchmarking Model
Lean strategy – going beyond operations
Engaging the organisation with the MÓR™ Benchmarking Model
Lessons learned to date

Teresa Prendergast

Director Of Quality Assurance, Cook Medical
Teresa joined Cook in 2008 bringing ten years of experience from the chemical industry. She joined Cook initially as Quality Control Supervisor, moving to Quality Control Manger in 2014. In 2018, Teresa took up the role of Continuous Improvement Manager where she was responsible for implementing a continuous improvement framework and long-term CI strategy and in 2020, Teresa became Director of Quality Assurance where she now oversees the Quality function.
Clare Cook

Continuous Improvement Manager, Cook Medical
Clare joined Cook in 2014, bringing with her 10 years of experience from quality control. She joined Cook initially as a Microbiologist, moving to Quality Control Supervisor in 2015. In 2020, Clare took up the role of Continuous Improvement Manager where she is responsible for CI strategy and promoting a culture of continuous improvement.
Carla DiBenedetto

Senior Human Resource Manager, Cook Medical
Carla joined Cook in 2005 as Human Resource Business Partner supporting field based employees across Europe. In 2012, she moved into the role of HR Manager for Cook Ireland and Cook Medical Europe, before moving to Senior Manager, Human Resources, Cook Ireland in 2019 where she is responsible for developing and implementing HR strategies and programs, and supporting 700 employees at Cook’s manufacturing site in Limerick.
Maria Ryan

Managing Director, Crystal Lean Solutions
Maria co-founded Crystal Lean Solutions in 2008 with over 25 years’ experience in multiple sectors including Medical Device, Pharmaceutical, Aerospace, Engineering, Services, Healthcare and Construction. Maria enjoys a dual role as Lean consultant supporting you and your business to improve performance through a continuous improvement approach. As a result, this makes your job easier and ensuring your business is profitable, competitive and people centric.

Lean Café #12: Addressing supply chain issues and ensuring agile responses
2022-06-10 11:00 - 12:00 | Online, - Webinar
Addressing supply chain issues and ensuring agile responses

TRUMPF is the market and technology leader in machine tools and lasers for industrial manufacturing and provides software solutions to pave the way to Smart Factories. Like many companies, the supply chain that it relies upon has been greatly affected by the on-going crises. This session will address the practical steps TRUMPF is taking to address the current challenges its supply chain is encountering.
During the session, you will hear TRUMPF’s current insights and understanding in addressing its needs in what is a highly volatile and uncertain environment including how TRUMPF uses operational excellence, the lessons it has learned, what steps it has taken to ensure that it is more robust and resilient in the future.
Both Philipp and Richard Keegan (the EU-Japan Centre’s Lean Advisor and Adjunct Professor of Lean Operational Excellence, Trinity Business School) will be happy to respond to questions and comments from participants.
Philipp Schüll
Head of Order Fulfilment, Member of Management Board BU LT and Interim COO TRUMPF UK. He is responsible for coordinating the “Industry 4.0″ program at TRUMPF. At SPI Lasers in Southampton – which at the time was a new addition to the TRUMPF Group – he worked on the complete transformation of the production set-up based on lean production principles.

Secrets to Success in New Product Development
2022-05-27 12:00 - 13:00 | Online, - Webinar
Secrets to Success in New Product Development

In this one-hour online session, Bob highlights what’s new in NPD – the 5th Generation approach to NPD, including Iterative, Lean, and Agile Development. He then moves to the bigger picture, namely developing a Product Innovation Strategy for your business – complete with innovation goals, strategic arenas defined, and a product roadmap in place.
This event is open to the public – you do not have to be a member of IRDG to participate.
Dr. Robert G. Cooper
A world expert in the field of management of new-product development and product innovation, Dr. Cooper has written 10 books on the topic and more than 140 articles. Bob is the creator of the globally-employed Stage-Gate (trademarked) process used to drive new products to market; a Fellow of the Product Development & Management Association; ISBM Distinguished Research Fellow at Penn State University. He is a noted consultant and advisor to Fortune 500 firms, and also gives public and in-house seminars globally.

Online Panel Discussion: Failure to Launch
2022-05-25 13:00 - 14:00 | Online, - Webinar
Failure to Launch

You are invited to participate in a frank and open panel discussion with Q&A on the not so glitzy reasons why some Lean initiatives just don’t work! Meet and Network with representatives from multiple industries who may have felt some of the pain you feel while on the less than smooth Lean Journey.
Our panel of Lean Experts form various industries will discuss the less than glamorous topic of Lean Initiatives that have not gone to plan.

What are the types of initiatives have caused the most issues or failed to Launch?
What have these companies done to address these types of setbacks?
What can you do to maximise the chances of success?

Philip Rossiter

Operational Excellence Manager at Ballina Beverages

Niamh Doherty

Senior Continuous Improvement Manager Europe, Africa and Asia at STERIS Corporation

Michael Conlon

Technical Manager at Masonite

Sheila Gallagher

Operational Excellence Manager at Boston Scientific
