Implementing Lean & Agile: An Introduction
2021-06-29 17:00 - 18:00 UTC
The Lean and Agile philosophies are rooted in similar values. Agile focuses on better management of projects and initiatives, while Lean focuses on improving processes and creating enhanced value.

This 1-hour webinar will explain how both philosophies can be effectively combined to enable greater process efficiency; enhanced team collaboration; more efficient improvement initiatives; increased performance, quality and service. In doing so, examples and scenarios from a variety of sectors will be provided to help demonstrate how and why Lean and Agile so well together and the benefits that can be achieved through adopting a Lean Agile culture.

Webinar Presenter: Luis Manuel Garcia
A Lean Master Black Belt with over 15 years of experience, Luis has also held a number of executive positions – including CIO – where he simultaneously established a culture of operational excellence and Agile. Luis is also the co-founder and first President of the AELIT (“Asociación Española para LeanIT” – Spanish Society for LeanIT) that fosters continuous improvement initiatives and Agile organizations. He therefore has an in-depth understanding of the key factors for success in implementing cultural changes based on Agile and Lean.

Online link to the Webinar will be sent by email and updated on EventBrite before the event.

Future in Pharmaceuticals Ireland 2021
2021-06-30
Future in Pharmaceuticals Ireland 2021

In a time when the pharmaceutical processing industry has never been more important to Ireland and to the world – Future in Pharmaceuticals Ireland 2021 conference will highlight the sustainability learnings and opportunities experienced over the last 12 months.
Reducing the impact of operations on the environment through energy efficiency, water conservation and waste management is just part of the story…. As operations in Ireland continue to expand and with new pharmaceutical processing plants coming online achieving an organisations carbon baseline is becoming a challenge. Future in Pharmaceuticals Ireland 2021 will highlight the high level of sustainability still being achieved as the industry expands.
For many years large organisations have been realising the fact that environmental policies and energy efficiencies within processing is directly related to the bottom line – reducing energy costs, carbon footprint and waste during the process of pharmaceuticals can have a significant impact on the profitability and sustainability of a facility.

Lean Café- Making Digital Transformation and Lean Work in Harmony
2021-07-01 10:00 - 11:00 UTC
Lean Café #08 – Making Digital Transformation and Lean work in Harmony | Featuring SpoluWorks

SpoluWorks is a precision engineering SME focusing on the production of components for healthcare, aviation, and other sectors. In Czech, “spoluworks” means “working together” or “Co-workers”. For many SMEs, Industry 4.0 is something they have heard but not seen. SpoluWorks will share with you its experience with digital transformation, the pain it has gone through, inefficient processes and how, together with Effectivity – a company of passionate Lean experts highly focusing on practice, results and team spirit – it moves even further.
The session will finish with an interactive Q&A session moderated by Richard Keegan during which the SpoluWorks team will be happy to react to your questions and comments.
The session will address a range of tools:

Industry 4.0
Paperless production
Hoshin Kanri
Leaders’ standard work
Value stream mapping
TPM
SMED
Visualisation
Shopfloor management, Obeya

Join the discussion of Lean & Digital – book your place now for Lean Café #08 (deadline: Monday, 28 June or when the final place has been allocated).

Enterprise Ireland- Sustainability: ICT & Services: Climate Enterprise Action Fund
2021-07-20 10:00 - 11:00 UTC
Has your business started its sustainability journey? Do you have a climate action plan to help decarbonise your business? If the answer to these questions is ‘NO’, then this webinar may be for you.
The transition to a low carbon world has become a defining force for business. For Irish companies, this means opportunities to compete and grow as global investments in a sustainable future accelerates.
ICT has the capability to address many of the problems in our society, including the threat from climate change. However, as the world aims for net zero emissions by 2050, the sector faces significant challenges in reducing its own energy consumption and environmental impacts.
Similarly, there are many ways in which services can be part of the green economy and drive sustainable development. Business services can contribute to increasing sustainability for processes and products across industries, and speed up the transition towards a green economy.
Within both sectors – sustainability is now recognised as a priority issue.
The new ‘Climate Enterprise Action Fund’ supports Irish companies to build the capabilities required to deliver sustainable products, services and business models. This virtual event will provide an overview of these supports and offer practical advice for businesses of all sizes on starting out and continuing their sustainability journeys.

Agenda & Speaker Details

10am: Welcome from Joanne Sheahan, Senior Executive – Climate Action & Sustainability, Enterprise Ireland
10.05am: Yvonne Holmes; Chief Sustainability Officer – AIB
10:15am: Andrea Carroll; Sr. Sustainability Programme Manager EMEA – Amazon
10.25am: Panel Discussion:

Laura Costello; Strategy Director Purpose & Planet – Thinkhouse, The Youth Marketing Company
Eanna Glynn; Head of Sustainability – BidX1
Brian Minehane; Account Director & Sustainability Programme Lead – Ergo

10.45am: Enterprise Ireland Climate Action funding supports – Kathleen O’Regan
10.50am: Q&A
10.55am: Close Enterprise Ireland

Lean Café #09- Applying WCM Principles and Tools to Create a World Class Company
2021-07-20 10:00 - 11:00 UTC
Thursday, 23 September, from 11:00 Brussels (10:00 UK, 18:00 Tokyo):
Lean Café #09 – Applying WCM principles and tools to create a World-Class Company | featuring CNH Industrial – book your place now via this webform

CNH Industrial is a global leader in capital goods that implements design, manufacturing, distribution, commercial and financial activities in international markets. Across its 66 manufacturing plants and 57 R&D centres, it employs 64,000 people.
CNH Industrial sees WCM as a “road map to continuous improvement, plotted through the elimination of waste, whether it be time, quality or material. It is of vital importance to all of us in terms of business strategy and company results“.
CNH Industrial uses 460 tools and methods including: 5S, 5W1H, TWTTP HERCA, Kaizen, Spaghetti Chart, LUTI, PPA, DOE, TOC, FIFO, QA Matrix, VSM, Risk Prediction, O&R, IPS, TRIZ. Periodic audits are used to evaluate a selection of WCM pillars. 2 plants are ‘Gold’ standard, 16 have won ‘Silver’ and 28 have been awarded ‘Bronze’.
During September’s Lean Café session, Fabio Piccinelli, Francesco Russo & Magali Buclon (all WCM Senior Specialists at CNH Industrial) will explain CNH Industrial’s WCM strategy and how it applies world-class manufacturing principles throughout its organisation and will react to your comments and questions.

Webinar: 21st Century Leadership Launch on Embedding Sustainability
2021-09-08 10:30 - 12:30 UTC
21st Century Leadership Launch on Embedding Sustainability
– Niall Kelly, The Cube- welcoming address
-Raymond Scahdeck – The importance of 21st century leadership in organisations
-Ravi Fernando – 21st Century Leadership programme outline and why its needed
-Brian Murnane – CMSE/Carbon Action – Future Collaboration with the Cube and involvement in 21st century leadership
-Joe Collum – IDA , Green Economy Investments – IDA strategy for Sustainability and Climate Change
-Kathleen O’ Regan – Enterprise Ireland – Senior Environmental Advisor – Enterprise Ireland supports for low carbon/sustainability
Main benefits of the programme…
• Be a future-ready 21st Century Board Member who appreciates Science and has a Triple Bottom Line mind set.
• Understand how to create a Board response strategy to the climate, health and social, economic emergencies, new technology and geo-political disruptions and strategic governance. Thus ensure sustainable business models are not compromised.
• Develop a company specific 21st Century Board Leadership strategy’ template.

Lean Business Ireland Enterprise Excellence Conference 2021
2021-09-09
Now in our 5th year of providing the Irish business community with an opportunity to share, learn and continuously improve – the Lean Business Ireland conference (9th September) 2021 will come to you on an interactive virtual format and adapting to the current Global environment.
Our delegates will join in from the comfort and safety of their own homes and offices across Ireland and around the world. While a number of our national speakers will broadcast live from a dedicated studio in Croke Park, Dublin. International presentations will live stream from a number of destinations across the world, including USA, UK, Finland, etc.
Delegates will enter into an interactive virtual conference environment, which is designed with purpose to provide attendees with a visually attractive and engaging platform. Our delegates will have access to all presentations, virtual exhibition booths for up to 12 months post event – allowing you revisit when particular topics become relevant in your organisation.
Benefits of interactive virtual conference platform include:

Access to Virtual Main Stage for all keynotes, presentations, debates, workshops for a period of 12 months.
Interactive chat, notes and digital meeting rooms (up to 16 people).
Opportunities to meet 100’s of attendees virtually, and set up private meetings and conversations.
Take a break from presentations and visit our case study room, poster display, exhibitor booths during our virtual lunch.
Meet the industry using our matchmaking and profiling facilities.
Access to mobile event app for 12 month period.
Download all your notes and messages taken throughout the event.

EPA Circular Economy Conference 2021
2021-09-15 08:00 - 2021-09-16 17:00 UTC
EPA Circular Economy Conference 2021
The EPA’s national Circular Economy Conference will be streamed via a web-based app on 15 & 16 September.
The event will run over two half days.
Registered delegates can access the event programme on tablets, laptops, or desktop devices.
In a circular economy, waste and resource use are minimised, the value of products and materials is maintained for as long as possible through good design, durability and repair, and when a product has reached end-of-life, its parts are recycled to create new and useful products.
This online event will be an opportunity to learn about recent developments in the circular economy and the opportunities and challenges in implementing a circular economy in Ireland.
There will be opportunities to network, communicate with fellow attendees, and participate in polling and Q&A sessions.
The programme is being finalised and will be announced in the coming weeks.

Weekly KATA Meet-up
2021-09-21 19:30 - 20:00 UTC
The KATA School Ireland: Weekly KATA Meet-up

The KATA School Ireland are holding weekly 30 min Kata discussions starting Tuesday 21st September @ 19.30.
If you are a Kata Practitioner or Kata Curious, this is a weekly 30 minute slot to discuss all things Kata.

Lean Café #09 - Applying WCM principles and tools to create a World-Class Company | featuring CNH Industrial
2021-09-23 10:00 - 11:00 UTC
CNH Industrial is a global leader in capital goods that implements design, manufacturing, distribution, commercial and financial activities in international markets. Across its 66 manufacturing plants and 57 R&D centres, it employs 64,000 people.
CNH Industrial sees WCM as a “road map to continuous improvement, plotted through the elimination of waste, whether it be time, quality or material. It is of vital importance to all of us in terms of business strategy and company results“.
CNH Industrial uses 460 tools and methods including: 5S, 5W1H, TWTTP HERCA, Kaizen, Spaghetti Chart, LUTI, PPA, DOE, TOC, FIFO, QA Matrix, VSM, Risk Prediction, O&R, IPS, TRIZ. Periodic audits are used to evaluate a selection of WCM pillars. 2 plants are ‘Gold’ standard, 16 have won ‘Silver’ and 28 have been awarded ‘Bronze’.
During September’s Lean Café session, Fabio Piccinelli, Francesco Russo & Magali Buclon (all WCM Senior Specialists at CNH Industrial) will explain CNH Industrial’s WCM strategy and how it applies world-class manufacturing principles throughout its organisation and will react to your comments and questions.

Lean Café #10
2021-10-14 10:00 - 11:00 UTC
Lean Café #10 – A group discussion around “recapturing the pace of improvement and realigning at this phase of the Covid crisis” | featuring Mondel?z International

Present in more than 150 countries, Mondel?z International’s iconic brands include Oreo, belVita and LU biscuits; Cadbury Dairy Milk, Milka and Toblerone chocolate; and Trident gum.
October’s Lean Café session will take the form of a group discussion around the topic of “Recapturing the pace of improvement and realigning at this phase of the Covid crisis”.
The discussion will be led by Ian O’Toole (Associate Director of Enterprise Engineering at Mondel?z International in Ireland) and Richard Keegan (the EU-Japan Centre’s Lean Advisor and Adjunct Professor of Lean Operational Excellence at Trinity Business School). During the session you will be encouraged to share your views and strategies.
They’d like to know what are you going to do to prepare for the crisis that’s coming following the next crisis after the Covid Crisis? And given that businesses seek employees who are nimble, flexible, adaptable, willing to evolve and during Covid-related lockdowns many have shown such qualities, so how do you intend to treat & manage them now?

National Construction Summit 2021
2021-10-21
Join over 2000 Delegates at the 6th Annual National Construction Summit
Key Themes for 2021 Conference
– €4 Billion Housing For All Plan
– Project Ireland 2040
– Brexit
– Foreign Direct Investment
– Jobs, Skills, Training and Education
– Infrastructural Investment
– Public & Private Housing
– Building Materials & Services Innovation
– Sustainability
The 6th Annual National Construction Summit is being held on 21st October 2021 in the Sport Ireland Campus, Blanchardstown. The purpose of the National Constriction Summit is simple — Bring together over 2000 construction companies, developers, policy makers, project owners, building owners , government and municipal bodies, lenders & private investment firms, architectural and design firms, planners, facility managers, property managers, large industrial companies technology companies, legal & tax professionals, equipment and machinery providers, building material providers, professional advisors, energy and environment professionals — in order to stimulate debate, enrich knowledge and connect stakeholder’s involved in the finance , design, construction and management of Irelands buildings, infrastructure and industrial projects.
Join your industry peers for a engaging and thought provoking event which will stimulate debate on how Ireland can rebuild its construction and property industry in a sustainable manner to meet the real needs of Ireland and create a stable long term future of the industry and the country. Key topics will include:
– Planning
– Facility Management
– Energy Efficiency
– Meet the Buyer
– Smart Buildings & Cities
– Transport
– Regulations & Policy
– Sustainability
– Identifying Projects & How to Win Them
– Infrastructure
– Sustainable Energy Projects
– Municipal and Government Projects
– Industrial Projects
– Technology & Innovation
– Building materials
– Careers and training
– Architecture & Design
– Property Management
– Residential, Commercial and Industrial Outlook
– Finance and Investment
– Rental Market
– Meeting Ireland’s Housing Needs
– Meet the Investors
– Tax and Legal Issues
– Urban Planning
– Regulations & Policy

Origin Green: Bioecomony Webinar
2021-10-22 10:00 - 11:00 UTC
Origin Green: Bioecomony Webinar
A growing global population and climate change present multifaceted challenges for the global food and drink sector. In turn, global food and drink supply chains will face disruption resulting in increased food commodity volatility and greater food insecurity. Therefore, improved resource efficiency across the length of food supply chains is needed to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and environmental impact.
One important pathway for achieving improved resource use is the development of the bioeconomy.
To inform Origin Green member companies about the role they can play in supporting the bioeconomy in relation to climate action, sustainability, and innovation, Bord Bia will be joined by the BiOrbic Bioeconomy Research Centre to discuss bioeconomy opportunities, Origin Green members to discuss their bioeconomy project experience and Enterprise Ireland and the NTMA-ISIF to share bioeconomy related funding opportunities available.
Agenda & Speaker Details:

Welcome and introduction – Deirdre Ryan, Director of Origin Green
Overview of the Bioeconomy and sustainability opportunities – Kevin O’Connor, Director of BiOrbic, Bioeconomy SFI Research Centre
Origin Green Member bioeconomy experience and lessons learn
Bioeconomy funding supports available to Origin Green members:
Cathal Fitzgerald, Head of Food and Agricultural Investments NTMA-ISIF
Alexa Toomey, Department Manager Dairy, Beverages & Food FDI

Lean Construction Ireland Annual Conference
2021-11-03 08:30 - 15:30 UTC
The LCi Annual Conference id one of the leading Lean Construction conferences in the world. This Conference brings together our national community of learning and practice along with welcoming friends from all around the world. Here you will see presentations and plenary discussions from Clients/Owners, their Professional Service Providers, Contractors and their Associated Supply Chain, Lean Academics, and Lean Service Providers.
The Conference is structured around LCi’s strategic breakthrough objectives of Clients, Contractual Processes, and Capability Development, and stream presentations are kept succinct so as to optimise the opportunities for speaker and audience engagement and questions and answers. We hope you will join us at the Conference to engage with global good practices and thought leaders, and to network with your industry peers and colleagues.
For further information visit: https://leanconstructionireland.ie/conference/

Food and Drink Business Europe: Conference & Exhibition
2021-11-04
The largest gathering of food industry professionals on the island of Ireland. Everyone to the table.

The National Food & Drink Business Conference and Exhibition 2021 – Ireland’s premier trade event for the food and drink processing, retail, food service and hospitality sectors – is being held at the Citywest Convention Centre in Dublin on Thursday, November 4th, 2021. The event will highlight the key trends and challenges facing the industry, while also offering practical solutions, as well as showcasing the latest innovations, developments in best practice and new technological solutions available.
Now in its seventh year, this must attend annual event for food and beverage professionals is expected to attract over 3,000 visitors from across Ireland to participate in a range of conferences, seminars and panel discussions highlighting the most pressing issues facing the industry.

South West Lean Forum: “Lessons on Lean: If I Knew Then What I Know Now”
2021-11-23 16:30 - 17:30 UTC
South West Lean Forum: “Lessons on Lean: If I Knew Then What I Know Now”

This event will include an interesting discussion of Lean Sigma operations, challenges, successes and real life lessons learned with:

Mark Stockil (Stockil Continuous Improvement and Munster Technological University)
Elton Chambers (Lean and Digital Director GE healthcare)
Karen Boyle ( Business Excellence Manager, Wright Medical)

Webinar with Katie Anderson: Lead to Learn: Amplify learning by leading with intention
2021-12-07 15:30 - 17:00 UTC
Want to be an effective people-centered leader?
To be an effective leader – you don’t have to be an expert in everything. You don’t have to have all of the answers.
You just need to know how to set direction and help support your team to move in that direction, without giving them all the answers.
How can you do this?
Become a leader who develops their people, and who aligns their purpose with their actions in service of creating an organization where everyone is engaged in solving problems.
In this 90 minute interactive session, leadership coach Katie Anderson will highlight the fundamentals of intentional leadership and share insights from supporting leaders around the globe to create people-centered learning organizations.
You will learn how the practices of purpose, intention, and reflection will help you align your purpose and your actions in service of creating an organization where everyone is aligned with purpose and engaged in solving problems.
You will explore the factors that limit organizational problem-solving, and how leaders can balance providing challenges with support, and when to tell (be directive) with when to ask. You will discover how to own your expertise while cultivating the thinking of others and how unconscious habits can impede leaders in achieving high levels of team performance and innovation.
Informed by her work and her bestselling book Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn: Lessons from Toyota Leader Isao Yoshino on a Lifetime of Continuous Learning, Katie will share examples and practices that will help you align your purpose and your actions, and how to develop learning in yourself, your teams, and your organization.
You will leave the session inspired to take action to lead with intention and a defined goal of how to amplify your impact with your teams and organization.
Be prepared for interactive breakout discussions and active participation throughout the session. You will be sent instructions for a 5-10 minute preparation exercise to complete before the session.
In this session you will:
• Be introduced to the Leading to Learn leadership framework (set direction, provide support, develop yourself) and how it supports a people-centered learning culture
• Understand what it means to connect intention, purpose and reflection as the foundation of learning
• Be exposed to the continuums leaders and coaches must navigate to support the development of their people and create an organization where everyone is engaged in solving problems
• Learn how you can amplify your impact by not having to be the expert with all the answers
• Leave with a defined goal for your personal improvement and three practices to help you lead with intention
About Katie Anderson

Katie Anderson is an internationally recognized leadership and learning coach, consultant, and professional speaker, best known for inspiring individuals and organizations to lead with intention, and increase their personal and professional impact.
Katie is passionate about helping people around the world learn to lead and lead to learn by connecting purpose, process, and practice to achieve higher levels of performance. She has deep expertise and experience leading and coaching change in a variety of industries and is highly regarded among experts in the lean leadership space.
In 2015 Katie and her family moved to Tokyo for an 18-month experience in Japan. What began as a connection filled with deep conversations evolved into the international Amazon #1 bestselling book Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn: Lessons from Toyota Leader Isao Yoshino on a Lifetime of Continuous Learning. Katie retains a strong connection to Japan and leads frequent study trips to Japan for leaders looking to deepen their knowledge of lean leadership, the Toyota Way, and Japanese culture.
Katie holds a BA with honors from Stanford University and was a Fulbright Scholar in Australia, where she received her Master’s degree in public health from Sydney University. Katie currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband, two sons, nearly a dozen chickens and hundreds of daruma dolls.
This webinar is Free of Charge, but online booking is essential.
We will share the link to join webinar a day before the event.

Lean & the Shingo Model with Eilish Henry
2022-01-13 13:00 - 14:00 UTC | Online, - Webinar
We are delighted to announce our first webinar for the Dublin Lean Network for 2022.
LEAN & THE SHINGO MODEL
Eilish Henry is the Director for Europe of SISU Consulting Group. She is experienced in business delivery, organisational change in particular cultural change, including both design and implementation. Her focus is on ensuring the sustainability of improvements by securing real “buy-in” and ownership at all levels of the client business. She is a Shingo Examiner and is highly experienced in assessing organisations against Global Enterprise Excellence frameworks.
She was the first Shingo global coach and facilitator appointed in Europe, and over the past 12 years she has supported 37 organisations to achieve all levels of Shingo recognition. This includes all but one of Ireland’s Shingo Award Recipients. In particular, she has supported 12 out of the 20 most recent Shingo Prize recipients. In 2004 she was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her work in leading large cultural change programs in the UK public sector.
The webinar is free for companies based in Dublin – please register below to join the Dublin Lean Network and to attend the webinar.
Click Here to Register for the Dublin Lean Network
Eilish Henry has supported many Shingo Prize recipients including Abbott Clonmel, Sligo, Singapore Abbott | Diagnostics Longford, AbbVie Sligo, ANSC Granada, Teva Pharmaceuticals Baldoyle, DePuy Synthes Cork, NEWSPRINTERS (EUROCENTRAL) LIMITED Motherwell, Boston Scientific Cork.
Eilish has also assisted in judging the Lean Business Ireland awards in 2019. Looking forward to kicking off our 2022 programme with this event.
To keep informed of all events, please use the register button on the Dublin Lean Network page.

Lean Café #11 - Lean Administration and Innovation in Banking
2022-01-18 10:00 - 11:00 (Europe/Dublin) | Online – Webinar
Thursday, 20 January 2022 – Lean Café #11 focusing on Lean in administration and innovation in the banking sector.
The EU-Japan Centre invites you to join them at the virtual Lean Café. They hold occasional sessions (via Zoom) to discuss and share lean thinking. There are no participation costs, but you do need to sign up in advance.
The featured company will be Raiffeisen-Landesbank (RLB) Steiermark. The guest presenters will be Alexander Zerkowitz (HR Director) and Hannes Meixner (Chief Intrapreneur aka ZukunftsBauer at Raiffeisen TATEN-Bank).
Lean Café #11

When:
Thursday 20 January at 11:00 Brussels (10:00 Dublin, 19:00 Tokyo)

Topic:
Lean in administration and innovation in the banking sector

Featured company:
Raiffeisen-Landesbank (RLB) Steiermark

Where:
Online via Zoom

Register:
Via this webform

Deadline
18 January or whenever the final place is allocated (whichever is earlier)

DKIT Case Studies Webinar
2022-01-27 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/Dublin) | Online – Webinar
When: Jan 27, 2022 @02:00 PM
The North East Lean Network is delighted to start the year off with a webinar which will show some of the successful projects carried out by employees of companies in the North East as part of the Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (Level 7) course delivered by DKIT from September to December 2021.
Students on the course, which runs for 12 weeks, one evening a week, have not only saved money through their project but have gained the knowledge and confidence to run their own in-house Green Belt Projects.
Join the webinar to learn how these projects have used Lean Six Sigma tools and made significant savings in their companies.
Also hear about the North East Lean Network and how you can get involved in the year ahead.

Alexion Virtual Site Visit
2022-02-15 10:00 - 11:30 UTC
Alexion Pharmaceuticals welcome the Dublin Lean Network to a virtual site visit to show how small improvements and tracking software have had a positive impact on their business. They will share how adopting standard work helped drive continuous improvements and allowed for greater visibility of the creation process.
About Alexion Pharmaceuticals:
Alexion Pharmaceuticals is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on developing life-changing therapies for people living with rare disorders. Recently AstraZeneca completed its acquisition of Alexion, marking the creation of Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease. Their mission is “to transform the lives of people affected by rare diseases and devastating conditions by continuously innovating and creating meaningful value in all that we do.”
Alexion’s global headquarters is in Boston, Massachusetts and its Center of Excellence is based in New Haven, Connecticut. Since 2013, Alexion’s facility in Blanchardstown, Dublin has served as the Company’s Global Supply Chain and Quality Operations headquarters.
The site, which will be home to a large-scale biologics manufacturing facility, is also used to house packaging and testing operations in support of their Global Manufacturing network.
In addition, construction of a second biologics manufacturing facility in Athlone, Ireland has begun. This will accompany the location’s existing fill-finish facility. Alexion employs approximately 300 people in Ireland.

Lean Problem Solving
2022-02-17 13:30 - 14:00 UTC
The South West Lean Forum is delighted to announce their next Lunch Time Bites event.
Lean Problem Solving
with Pat O’Donnell, Director of Operational Excellence, Leading Edge Group.
Pat will discuss how involving everyone in the process and using data can lead to better problem solving. This online event will take place via Microsoft Teams (Register here).
Once you have registered you will receive the link to the event content in your order confirmation email, and in a reminder email before the event starts.

About Pat O’Donnell
Pat sits on the Board of Management of the Leading Edge Group as Director of Operational Excellence. He qualified from University College Galway in Industrial Engineering and Information Systems in 1995 and is a Lean Black Belt. From there he took up a position in Intel at a period of significant growth and was involved in the startup of Fab 14 in a capacity and capital role. After spending a number of years in Australia, Pat moved into the role of Senior Lean Consultant with Leading Edge Group. Since then, he has worked with a wide variety of clients across all business sectors, private & public, manufacturing, supply chain and services industries, to identify and define customer value and realise savings and improve effectiveness to meet customer demands. He has also facilitated and delivered numerous Lean Yellow and Green Belt training programmes. Pat has a passion for improvement achieved through listening to clients and customers and working with them to develop and implement lasting tailor-made solutions.

The Role of Digitization in Supporting Lean Methods and Culture with Dawn Foods
2022-03-02 11:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Dublin) | Online – Webinar
The move to remote working and social distancing in workplaces led to disruption to so many aspects of businesses including Lean activities.

Speakers

Miriam Keogh

Head of Continuous Improvement

Miriam has worked in Dawn Farms for 18 years and her depth of knowledge and experience helps her to play a leading role in fostering a culture of continuous improvement across all the various functions of the business. She believes passionately in the power of great team work and sustainable long term solutions.
Miriam is a graduate of UCC with a MSC in Supply Chain and a Lean Black Belt.

Shannon Geoghegan

Continuous Improvement Specialist

Shannon has an MSc in Strategic Quality Management with a specialism in Lean Sigma Systems and Lean Six Sigma. Before joining Dawn Farms she worked and studied Analytical Chemistry.

About Dawn Farms
Established in 1985, Dawn Farms is a family-owned company and the largest B2B specialist supplier of pre- cooked meat, plant protein, fermented and dried sausage ingredients outside of the U.S. The company currently supplies the world’s leading food brands across more than 50 international markets throughout the UK, Europe, The Middle East, Asia and Africa.

Local Enterprise Week 2022
2022-03-07 - 2022-03-11 | Online Webinar
Local Enterprise Week 2022

Building on the success of Local Enterprise Week 2021, 12 Local Enterprise Offices will once again host SPOTLIGHT EVENTS. These online events are open to businesses across the country, no matter where you are based.

Event Topics
Some of the topics that will be covered in the event:

Drive Growth by Digitising Your Business
Internationalising Your Business: Developing Export Opportunities in a Digital Age
Going Green: Small Steps, Big Impact
Agile Ambition: Funding for Innovation
Future Proofing Your Small Business Using Smart Tech Tools

The full line-up of Spotlight Events is listed here.
About the event

Local Enterprise Week Goes Virtual for 2022

Spotlight events

Using Lean for a Competitive Edge
2022-03-08 14:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Dublin)
Using Lean for a Competitive Edge

Many of us are Swans in the business world. On the surface we glide effortlessly across the water while beneath, we paddle furiously just to keep going. Many more of us are the “Mighty Oz”. All powerful and in control with the appearance of seamless automation and flow, but in reality, our teams are manually pulling levers to keep the show on the road.
Businesses across Ireland are facing these challenges head on by adopting Lean Thinking. By breaking down What They Do & How They Do It, and then focusing on what the customer actually values. Through this they identify and eliminate Waste and Inefficiency, leading to reduced costs, improved quality, and better customer service, giving them the competitive edge. This event will provide a hands-on introduction to Lean Thinking, showing you how to spot Wastes in your processes. We will set out the many supports available to businesses to Grow Lean and hear from local businesses who will give an insight into the real and tangible change introducing LEAN principles to their business.
Brendan Pittman

Pitmann Traffic & Safety Equipment
Brendan Pittman is the managing director of Pittman Traffic and Safety Equipment which is a wholly Irish owned family run business since 1966. They supply leading edge road and protection products both in Ireland and globally.
Nessa Maguire

Sam Agus Nessa

Nessa is the founder of Sam agus Nessa which is an award winning furniture and product design company based in county Kildare, Ireland. They design and create contemporary, functional furniture and home wares utilising locally sourced, Irish materials.

Problem-Solving Strategy Development and Deployment Process
2022-03-09 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/Dublin) | Online Webinar
Problem-Solving Strategy Development and Deployment Process

Problem Solving is a critical element of Lean deployment to support a culture of Continuous Improvement. Problem Solving transitions an organisation from repeatedly one person solving the same problem with short term actions, to systematically preventing the reoccurrence of the problem, collaboratively.
Modular Automation, based in Shannon, “Help the world’s leading medtech companies improve output, quality and capability by leveraging the power of automation”. They have taken a strategic approach to setting up a Problem-Solving process to ensure a sustainable approach of problem solving.

Speakers

Vivian Farrell

CEO – Modular Automation

Vivian joined Modular Automation in 2015 and since then has grown the team to over 170, expanded its production capacity and established a base in Florida. Under Vivian’s leadership, Modular has become an international leader in the delivery of advanced automation solutions for MedTech manufacturers in Ireland and the US.

Colm O’Connor

Principal Applications Engineer – Modular Automation

Conor has led the introduction of Problem Solving into Modular Automation and during this webinar he will talk about the burning platform for a Problem-Solving approach at Modular Automation.

About Modular Automation

Modular Automation, based in Shannon Co. Clare, is an Irish award winning leader in the design, build and installation of technologically smart automation solutions for manufacturing environments.They began in 1986 as a specialist tool and die provider for advanced electronics manufacturers who required precise, reliable tools. Today, they enable the world’s leading medtech companies manufacture sophisticated, ultra-high quality, life-changing products, at scale. Leveraging the power of automation to fuel innovation, productivity, efficiencies and progress.

Lean Leaders Journey
2022-03-09 13:00 - 14:00 (Europe/Dublin)
Ryan Tierney has been an enthusiastic advocate of Lean thinking for 6 years and has successfully applied Lean principles throughout manufacturing environments.
Join this webinar to hear how Lean has transformed his business.
Seating Matters was set up in 2008 by an Occupational Therapist, Martina Tierney, to meet the unique demands of her patients with special needs and pressure injuries.
After the findings of a clinical research trial demonstrated that Seating Matters chairs reduced pressure injuries, falls, and caregiver injuries, demand for Seating Matters increased globally.
The company have established a culture of continuous improvement and is now regarded as a model of world-class Lean thinkers.
Ryan Tierney is the Head of Design and Innovation at Seating Matters’ Northern Ireland headquarters. Never satisfied with “good enough,” Ryan collaborates with great designers across the world to ensure that the Seating Matters product is the best in the world and at the cutting edge of healthcare technology.

Lean for Success
2022-03-10 10:30 - 12:00 (Europe/Dublin) | Online Webinar
Lean for Success

Gavin Carpenter

Phonovation
Phonovation was founded in 1988 and is the market leading supplier of voice & SMS solutions in Ireland. They provide content and response facilities to a variety of organisations and across a range of corporate, government & media. Phonovation processed 200 million calls and text messages last year. They are a Deloitte Best Managed Company and a Lean business.
Alan Jackson

Qualitas Electronics
Qualitas is an ISO9001:2015 registered company with IPC trained & certified employees, we provide expert electronics assembly services to the Tech Sector from design, prototyping and production. Their clients include some of the worlds leading High Technology Companies operating in the growing electronics, internet of things (IOT), wearable technology and agritech sectors.
Gerry Reynolds

Takumi Precision
Gerry set up Takumi Precision in 1998 after working for Fujitsu for 10 years. By 2005 takumi had 45 employees and had evolved into on of the leading providers of sub contract engineering services in Ireland. They have clients across a wide range of sectors. In recent years the medical sector has provided the most growth opportunity. They currently have a range of blue chip customers across the othopedic and cardiovascular fields.
Robert Hernan

Enterprise Ireland
Senior Lean Advisor at Enterprise Ireland.

Circular Economy and Supply Chains
2022-03-10 11:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Dublin) | Online Webinar
Circular economy policy and market drivers are growing the business case for circular business models. “Closing the loop” on product lifecycles through greater recycling and re-use brings benefits for both the environment and the economy. In practice there can be hurdles to overcome across supply chain partners to enable circular economy. Join us to hear insights and experiences from industry leaders on how to make the circular economy work in practice.
Date & Time: 10th March, 11am GMT
Format: 45 minute panel discussion followed by a 15 minute Q&A session
Speakers:
Kate Geraghty,
VP Sustainability at Aliaxis (Ex Director of Advocacy Europe, Middle East Dow Packaging & Specialty Plastics)
Tom Burke,
Corporate Affairs and Sustainability Director at Coca-Cola.
Brian Jordan
Head of Innovation & Industry Solutions at Cisco Ireland
Óonagh McArdle,
Global Sustainability Implementation Leader Corporate EH&S and Sustainability at Dow

OEE & The Hidden Factory
2022-04-05 11:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Dublin) | Online – Webinar
OEE & The Hidden Factory

This event is organised by the Midlands Lean Network and aims to provide an opportunity for practitioners, business owners, beginners, and enthusiasts to Learn, Share, & Network. All businesses with an interest in Lean and Operational Excellence are welcome.
Join Billy Creavin, Operational Excellence and Sustainability Manager at Alkermes Pharma Ireland Limited as he shares their experience with implementing OEE, and how they automated the data collection with Irish technology partner.
This session will include a 25 mins presentation with Q& A followed by group discussion and networking.
April 5th @ 11am

Speakers

Billy Creavin
Operational Excellence and Sustainability Manager at Alkermes Pharma Ireland Limited

About Alkermes
Alkermes focuses on the development of innovative medicines that seek to address the unmet needs of people living with serious mental illness, addiction, and cancer. As a fully-integrated, global biopharmaceutical company, we apply our scientific expertise and proprietary technologies to develop products that are designed to make a meaningful difference in the way patients manage their disease.
We are inspired by some of the most pressing public health challenges of our time to help advance innovation with the potential to improve treatment options and outcomes for patients.
Beyond our important mission of developing medicines, we believe it is our responsibility to take a holistic approach as we seek to support patients, caregivers, and broader impacted communities. In this context we also work to help support and enhance the systems through which these complex diseases are treated. We are committed to patient engagement, disease education and awareness, and advocacy for important policies that support equitable access to quality treatment.
Headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, we have an R&D center in Waltham, Massachusetts; a research and manufacturing facility in Athlone, Ireland; and a manufacturing facility in Wilmington, Ohio.
Join us for this event
