Design is a key driver of business success and is “the only way that companies can stand out from the crowd”, according to a report by management consultancy McKinsey & Company. The 2018 report says that “While design was once largely thought of as a way of making products more attractive, it is now a … Read more

Come and meet over 100 of the most advanced providers of manufacturing technologies, including precision turned parts, CNC precision machining, machine tools, workholding, cutting tools, metrology, inspection and Cad/Cam manufacturing software and ancillary products and services.  They will be demonstrating and exhibiting the very latest technology at this important industry-focused event. —————————————– Free Entry, Free … Read more

LEO Westmeath would like to invite you to: Breakfast Briefing: Supports for the Engineering and Manufacturing Sector Topics: New grants available for research and innovation Free training tailor made to your business needs from the ETB What the Applied Polymer Technologies (APT) Gateway in Athlone Institute of Technology can do for your business using Innovation Vouchers

Establish a successful in-house Lean Six Sigma Programme Lean Six Sigma gives you a comprehensive toolkit that accelerates the speed and effectiveness of any process within an organisation – delivering improved quality, capacity, predictability and reduced overall cost. However, building successful in-house Programmes can be challenging. The majority of such programmes fail to deliver against … Read more

Establish a successful in-house Lean Six Sigma Programme Lean Six Sigma gives you a comprehensive toolkit that accelerates the speed and effectiveness of any process within an organisation – delivering improved quality, capacity, predictability and reduced overall cost. However, building successful in-house Programmes can be challenging. The majority of such programmes fail to deliver against … Read more

With Lean and Change journeys, implementation is a challenge, sustaining change even more so. Getting the culture and climate right is critical to sustaining improvements. To do this we need to create a climate where an innovation culture can flourish. This is a climate where team members all have a Lean Mindset in a Psychologically … Read more

To help raise EU industrial competitiveness, the EU-Japan Centre began organising in-depth visits to world class European plants in 2013. These best practice visits are designed to inspire the participants along their companies’ lean journeys and can also provide valuable feedback to the host companies.  Participants learn about the host company’s ‘lean journey’ in its relentless … Read more