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SUMMARY:South East Lean Network: OPERATIONAL STRATEGY FOR THE FUTURE - A VALUE STREAM APPROACH
DESCRIPTION:About the Speakers\nLarry Ryan is a Value Stream Leader within the Nypro Healthcare organisation. He has been part of the Nypro Waterford team since April of 2018. Prior to joining Nypro\, Larry held various Lean Operational\, QC\, and CI roles within the medical device and pharmaceutical industry. A graduate of the WIT Lean Masters programme\, he is a passionate exponent of Lean principles deployment. Larry was part of the Lake Region Medical team that was successful in achieving Shingo Bronze accreditation in 2012 and 2015. In his current role\, he leads a customer-focused team in a matrix structure\, responsible for delivering VS KPIs and manufacturing solutions to meet and exceed the needs of the customer. \nCecil Black is the Site Lean Champion at Nypro Healthcare and a member of the Nypro site leadership team. Cecil first gained an insight into Lean and Six Sigma methodologies in 2000 while completing his Green Belt as part of the Honeywell operating system introduction. Cecil has 35 years’ experience in manufacturing across pharmaceutical\, automotive\, aerospace\, and medical device industries. Cecil is a key member in leading the organisation on a journey towards Lean maturity. That journey includes the implementation of both cultural and behavioural enablers to facilitate engagement of all levels of the workforce to become Lean practitioners in driving both innovation and continuous improvement. \nAbout the Topic\n\nOperational Strategy for the Future – A Value Stream Approach \nNypro Healthcare Waterford has passionately adopted a customer-centric value stream model. This model is implemented as a strategic scalable platform that will position the organisation for future success. Both presenters will share their experiences from their unique perspectives of the Nypro journey\, the benefits\, the challenges\, the significant cultural change management requirements\, and provide insights to the vision for the future. \nLean Practitioners Sharing Knowledge\nThe South East Lean Network and WIT Academy of Lean Enterprise Excellence present the Annual WIT Lean Practitioner Seminar Series\, kindly supported by Enterprise Ireland and brought to you in association with Waterford Chamber Skillnet. \nThis is a series of free monthly network and knowledge exchange events that bring together continuous improvement practitioners in Lean enterprise\, operational\, and process excellence to share their expertise\, knowledge\, experience\, and good practices.
URL:https://stage.leanbusinessireland.ie/event/south-east-lean-network-operational-strategy-for-the-future-a-value-stream-approach/
LOCATION:WIT Arena\, West Campus\, Carriganore\, Waterford\, Ireland
CATEGORIES:Lean business ireland
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SUMMARY:Mid-West Lean Network: Workshop 1 – Reagecon Learning Lean
DESCRIPTION: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. \nWorkshop #1 will take place in Reagecon\, Shannon and will focus on:  Learning Lean – One Year In!  \nReagecon started their Lean journey one year ago and at this workshop they will be sharing their learnings and achievements to date. \n Registration from 9.00 am \nPlease book online to secure your place \nPresenters \nJohn Barron is the Founder\, Chairman and Managing Director of Reagecon Diagnostics Ltd\, which is the worlds largest producer of physical and chemical standards and reference materials. Reagecon produces over 10\,000 physical and chemical standards and currently employs 100 people at its manufacturing and development centre in Shannon.\nHe initially trained as a clinical bacteriologist\, but converted over to the science of physical and chemical metrology in his late 20’s. He was educated at the Technical University Dublin\, the University of Ulster and Stanford University in Palo Alto.\nJohn is an avid follower of rugby and Gaelic games and is also an avid collector of all Ferguson and Massey Ferguson tractors\, implements and literature. \nVicky Howard\, a graduate of NUIG\, Vicky started her career in Financial Services as a HR Adviser at INVESCO in London. On returning to Ireland \, Vicky joined Reagecon in early 2004 and worked in a number of functions before taking up a purely HR role. Vicky has completed a Masters in HRM\, a Women in Leadership course and a Certificate in Company Secretarial Law and Practice in the last 6 years. Vicky’s current role is Operations Director with responsibility for Manufacturing\, Quality\, HR\, Health and Safety and Compliance. Vicky has been a member of the Shannon Chamber Skillnet Steering Committee since October 2015 and Chair from February 2019 to January 2020. Vicky also sits on the Board at Clare Youth Service as Vice Chairperson\, an organisation offering a range of youth services across the county of Clare. \nJennifer Stratton completed studies in Biochemistry\, Medical Device Science and her MSC in Biomedical Science all from NUIG. She confirmed her career crossover journey by accepting a contract as a Research Assistant for Shannon ABC\, IT Tralee before joining the team in Reagecon in 2017. First\, as a Production Technician\, then Production Cell Lead.\nIn 2018\, Jennifer took on the new role of Lean Specialist. This is a role she is truly passionate about – Continuous Improvement and sewing a common thread through all the facets of the business. To develop her skills and knowledge\, Jennifer completed the Lean Green Belt with LBS Partners in July last and is currently enrolled on the UL Black Belt – Quality Management\, Lean Systems. \nAbout Reagecon \nReagecon is a global supplier of Chemical & Physical Standards\, Consumables & Equipment and Chemicals. The company started developing Chemical & Physical Standards in 1990 and in the intervening years\, has developed an offering\, of more than 10\,000 products\, spread over 54 different product families. This makes Reagecon the largest producer in the world of Physical & Chemical Standards.\nIn addition to our own manufactured products Reagecon also distributes an extensive range of Laboratory Consumables & Equipment and Chemicals. The Consumables & Equipment are sourced mainly from the Laboratory Logistics Group (LLG)\, of which Reagecon is a partner and shareholder. This relationship enables us to offer in excess of 40\,000 products\, produced by all of the world’s leading manufacturers. Our Chemical offering\, which is also extensive\, is facilitated by our distribution relationships with key manufacturers that include Merck and Honeywell.
URL:https://stage.leanbusinessireland.ie/event/mid-west-lean-network-workshop-1-reagecon-learning-lean/
LOCATION:Reagecon Diagnostics Ltd.\, Shannon Free Zone\, Shannon\, Ireland
CATEGORIES:Lean business ireland
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SUMMARY:West North West/ICBE: Workshop & Site Visit
DESCRIPTION:CONNECTED | INDUSTRY 4.0 SEMINAR \n  \nGREAT NATIONAL HOTEL – BALLINA – CO. MAYO F26X5P3 \n9.00 to 13.00 \nFOLLOWED BY INDUSTRY 4.0 VISIT TO COCA-COLA BALLINA BEVERAGES \nPLEASE NOTE\, PLACES ON THE VISIT ARE LIMITED – EARLY BOOKING IS ADVISABLE \n  \nTO REGISTER PLEASE CONTACT kate@icbe.ie STATING IF YOU ALSO WISH TO ATTEND THE VISIT TO COCA-COLA \n  \nSPEAKERS \n  \nBILL O’LEARY | CONFIRM Smart Manufacturing Research Centre \nCONFIRM believes in creating a community of practice where industry\, researchers\, and the general public can learn about smart manufacturing and industry 4.0. \n\nOverview of Confirm\, Current Research Areas of Interest to Industry\nThe Irish Industry 4.0 Landscape\nCONFIRM Infrastructure\nTraining: CRT through CONFIRM\, SMART 4.0 Industry Fellowship\nEuropean Collaboration Funding Opportunities\n\nDAVE CLARKE | Clarke Analytics \nDave Clarke is a Data Scientist primarily working in the IoT and Manufacturing Analytics space where he develops company strategies for big data analytic solutions and services. \n  \nKIERAN O’DRISCOLL | Commercial Information Analytics Manager from Heineken \nAttendees will learn how the Heineken team use data to create business impact. Kieran will share insights about how they are using data science to solve business problems\, focusing on how data analytics is improving business\, accuracy and increasing efficiency within their supply chain. \n  \nLunch included. Further details to follow. \n  \nTHIS IS A FREE EVENT SPONSORED BY ICBE ADVANCED PRODUCTIVITY SKILLNET IN COLLABORATION WITH NORTH-WEST LEAN FORUM
URL:https://stage.leanbusinessireland.ie/event/west-north-west-icbe-workshop-site-visit/
CATEGORIES:Lean business ireland,West North West Lean Network
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