Lean in Business centres on eliminating non-value-adding operations, equipment, and resources. The success appending to introducing Lean into a business is dependent on what an organisation puts into it in terms of commitment and planning. The evidential benefits of Lean are manifold, most notably: improved quality; improved visual management; increased efficiency; and an easier to manage company. It does involve change and its adaptation can be challenging, but rewarding.
- Event: Mid-West Lean Network Conference: Continuous Improvement Through People
- Date: 08/11/2017
- Time: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
- Venue: The Analog Devices Building, University of Limerick, Castletroy, Limerick
- Fees: €6o including refreshments and lunch.
Please book online to secure your place.
Since its formation in November 2016, the Mid-West Lean Network has delivered a series of workshops focused on specific aspects of Lean. This inaugural Conference will look at Lean from the ‘People’ perspective. Expert panelists will share their experiential knowledge of preparing and embedding a Lean culture into an organisaton, whilst a panel of CEOs, in whose organisations Lean is a way of life, will sum up what Lean means to their bottom lines and how the benefits are viewed in the board room.
Conference Programme
Conference Moderator: Claude Costelloe, Operations Manager, Zimmer Biomet
07:30 am: Registration & light refreshments
8:00 am: Welcome & Introduction:
Neil Enright, Chair, Mid-West Lean Network &
Dr. Ann Ledwith, Dean of Graduate & Professional Studies UL
Session 1 – Building a Lean Culture
08:15 am: Building a Lean Culture in an Organisation
Noel Hennessey, Director, Practical Lean Solutions
08:45 am: Continuous Improvement in a Medical Device start-up
Dave Keane, Operations Manager, Zimmer Biomet, Galway
09:15 am: Utilising Culture to Accelerate Operational Excellence
Colm Sheils, Director of Manufacturing Engineering, Boston Scientific
09:45 am: Cultivating an organisational culture
Dr Anca Misescu, Lecturer in Psychology, University of Limerick
10:15 am: Q&A with presenters
10:30 am: Tea/Coffee and Networking
Session 2 – Our Lean Journeys
11:00 am: Takumi Precision Engineering – Gerry Reynolds, Managing Director
11:30 am: Cook Medical – Pat Burke, Director of Operations
12:00 pm: Atlantic Aviation Group – Shane O’Neill, CEO
12:30 pm: AbbVie – Sandra McDonnell, Operational Excellence Program Manager
13.00 pm: Q&A with Panel
13:30 pm: LUNCH
14.30 pm: Motivational Speaker – Jim Gavin, Assistant Director in the Irish Aviation Authority (Dublin Football Manager)
Session 3 – The Transformational Power of Lean in an Organisation
15:00 pm: Panel Discussion
Mick Guinee, Managing Director, Ei Electronics
David Hanly, General Manager-IEPRO, Element Six Group
Nicole Mortimer, Head of Business Product, Marketing & Operations, Three
Additional panel speakers to be confirmed…
16:00 pm: Closing Remarks
Source: Shannon Chamber – Events
