From the 1st - 7th July 2019 Ireland will host the 27th Annual International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC) Conference. This event promises to be one of the largest IGLC conferences with well over 500 National & International delegates in attendance. Founded in 1993, the IGLC (www.iglc.net) is an international network of researchers from practice ... 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
The Irish energy sector is undergoing a transition to a low carbon future. Although much of the focus to date has been on electricity there is now a need to move the policy debate towards the transition of Ireland’s natural gas network to low carbon gas sources. There are an emerging number of elements to ... Read more
Programme Objectives The objective of this training programme is to provide the participants with an overview of the fundamental Lean concepts and provide the context for further engagement with Lean. It also introduces the concept of continuous improvement which lies at the core of any Lean transformation. A second objective is to introduce 6S and ... Read more