Now in it’s 5th year, IRDG is delighted to bring you Ireland’s leading annual business conference on Design Thinking. Designed to benefit and connect all those across the public and private sectors who continue to innovate around products, processes and services, this unique event will once again host leading speakers and practitioners with forward-thinking insights ... Read more
The BBI JU which operates under the Horizon 2020 programme, is a €3.7bn Public-Private Partnership funded by the EU and the Bio-Based Industries Consortium (BIC), a group that collectively represents the European BBI private sector. BBI JU calls are dedicated to realising the European Bioeconomy potential with the 2018 calls focusing specifically opportunities around Biobased ... Read more
The conference serves as a platform to present and discuss the considerations emerging from the study “Bioeconomy: Support to Policy for Research and Innovation”. Study "Bioeconomy: Support to Policy for Research and Innovation" The overall objective of the study “Bioeconomy: Support to Policy for Research and Innovation” is to provide a range of new information ... Read more
safefood in partnership with Teagasc are hosting free workshops specifically for SME food business and those working within the wider food sector providing practical advice on how to produce and handle food safely. Our experts will be there to address all your burning food safety questions. The workshop will cover: – What you need to ... Read more
The digital transformation of manufacturing and manufacturing processes has arrived, and now it’s time to embrace it. Creating smart connected manufacturing with people centred operations will help drive and strengthen Ireland’s global manufacturing competitiveness. This conference will support leaders to understand what they must do to reinvent their manufacturing practices – enabling Factory 4.0 by ... Read more
safefood in partnership with Teagasc are hosting free workshops specifically for SME food business and those working within the wider food sector providing practical advice on how to produce and handle food safely. Our experts will be there to address all your burning food safety questions. The workshop will cover: – What you need to ... Read more
S.M.E.D (single-minute exchange of dies) is a system for dramatically reducing the time it takes to complete equipment changeovers. The essence of the S.M.E.D system is to convert as many changeover steps as possible to “external” (performed while the equipment is running), and to simplify and streamline the remaining steps. The name single-minute exchange of ... Read more
Organised by the Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) & GTMA, The Manufacturing Solutions Conference is a focal point for manufacturing technologies and engineering solutions. Over 100 of the most advanced providers of metrology, inspection, machine tools, workholding, cutting tools, and Cad/Cam/PLM manufacturing software and ancillary products and services will be exhibiting. Bringing all the leading ... Read more
In conjunction with the University of Limerick, this one day programme is designed to equip Senior Managers and Lean Champions with the overall information and tools needed to build their own internal programmes. This is a practical and thought provoking "how-to" workshop based on actual experience and success stories. This one-day programme is designed to ... Read more
A Lean best practice site visit to Carbery Group is scheduled for Friday 15th June 2018. This is part of a series of lean (in Ireland) best practice visits planned during the year. Please follow the registration link above if you are interested in attending. The capacity for the visit is limited. A maximum of ... Read more
In 2018, the EGF will be hosted by Teagasc in Cork Ireland. This will be the 27th General meeting, it was previously hosted in Dublin in 1988. Cork is the second biggest city in Ireland and is located in the heart of dairying in Ireland, it will offer delegates the first hand opportunity to see and ... Read more
The first part of this program is an intensive, highly interactive 44 hour classroom lab which will teach you the Lean Six Sigma methodologies and tools through engaging simulation exercises, hands-on practical challenges and the application of the Lean Six Sigma principles to solve real-world problems. At the end of the course you will be ... Read more
Clare County Council, in conjunction with EPA Green Business and Kilrush Tidy Towns, will host the 2018 Green Business Seminar at the recently opened DigiClare Kilrush Hub on Monday 18 June at 9.00am. The purpose of the seminar is to help businesses reduce waste as well as reduce costs. Speaker at the seminar, James Hogan, ... Read more
IGBC’s new afternoon conference in 2018 focuses on how we design buildings to minimise embodied carbon and create a circular economy for construction materials and healthy places to live and work. This will include speakers on life cycle assessment, zero waste, healthy materials and responsible procurement. The event will be made up of over 100 construction ... Read more
The TWI (Training Within Industry) Programs contain learning disciplines and problem solving tools that were collected and organized over 70 years ago. At that time and today also, they are often promoted as 10-hour training programs; and indeed, that?s what they are. However, just as a one-hour golf lesson requires additional time and effort in ... Read more
A discussion and plant tour of Lean Sigma operations in SR Technics Airfoil Services Ltd, Mahon Industrial Estate, Blackrock, Cork, Ireland. This event is an invitation to Listen, Look and Learn from a company that has practiced Lean Sigma techniques for over a decade. The event will be chaired by Mr. Billy Power, General Manager ... Read more
The 5-day World Class Manufacturing training mission provides an in-depth analysis of Japanese manufacturing methodology and is aimed exclusively at EU managers with knowledge of WCM and an engineering background. It assists the participants to acquire a better understanding of TQC (Total Quality Control), TQM (Total Quality Management), TPM (Total Productive Maintenance), JIT (Just In ... Read more
The Mid-West Lean Network is now well established. It was set up to enable companies within the Mid-West region to learn about Lean, share best practice, improve their Lean undertakings and to facilitate member-to-member networking. The Mid-West Lean Network: the second largest regional lean network in Ireland, after Waterford Institute of Technology’s Lean Enterprise Excellence ... Read more