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Creating a standardised process can have huge benefits for a business – Customers receive product & services of a consistent quality standard and it’s easier to price jobs & meet deadlines when you know how long jobs take, no matter who is working on them.

This video will give you an understanding of what standard work is, how to prepare it, and the benefits of having it in place for your processes. It also covers how to balance your work to remove or even reduce bottlenecks in the process.

Overview

The Windsor Framework set out new rules for moving goods between Great Britain (England, Scotland, and Wales) and Northern Ireland.

This agreement introduced several changes and new trusted trader schemes to ease the flow of goods primarily from Great Britain to Northern Ireland. It's important to understand how these changes impact on businesses in Northern Ireland and Great Britain and what is required to ensure compliance with the Windsor Framework.

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This tutorial features contributions from Peter Curran, Head of Dual Market Access and Jonathan Walsh, Director at Fortior

Our Leading within a Group Programme supports CEOs and site leads in Northern Ireland to navigate leadership challenges within global or parent company structures.

Discover how a distinctive blend of Executive Education, Coaching, and Peer Networks can strengthen your leadership capabilities and broaden your strategic impact.

Key speakers

Gain insights from experienced leaders and facilitators:

Paul Lyons – Irish Management Institute

Paula Wilson – Wilson Sloan Consulting

Mark O’Connell – Everquote NI Ltd

Learning objectives and benefits for businesses

Watch this tutorial and discover how to:

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Australia's life and health sciences sector is a prominent player in the Asia-Pacific region and fast becoming a world-leading location for the sector – particularly in med-tech and digital health.

It is a market that offers transparency in its regulations, commitment to research and clinical trials, and welcomes international collaboration.

This tutorial highlights the latest market developments and trends in the sector, as well as an update on the current regulations and opportunities for exporting Northern Ireland businesses

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Richard

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Targeted towards Northern Ireland manufacturing businesses, this tutorial will provide information and guidance for businesses both exporting goods to and importing goods from the United States (US).

The tutorial will outline the changes to tariffs that were in effect between Northern Ireland and United States exporters/importers on 16 April 2025 and responses from both the United Kingdom (UK) and European Union (EU). Specifically, it will address how these tariffs will impact manufacturing businesses in Northern Ireland.

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In this tutorial, Anne Beggs, Executive

With the social distancing measures likely to remain in place for some time, now may be the time to review and rethink the layout of your premises and business processes to make sure that you can comply with any new restrictions during the COVID-19 crisis. This tutorial explains the principles that underpin good plant layout and will help you incorporate any future social distancing requirements.

Although developed for manufacturing, these principles can be applied to businesses in any sector including warehousing, retail and the office.

Lean thinking questions the smallest incidents so we can create repeated experiences, handle interruptions with less risk and learn to react better. It can help you learn to always keep safety first, value flow second and cost third. This tutorial explains what lean thinking is, its principles and techniques and how to apply them to your business. Done right, you will not only identify the current ‘waste’ in your business but maximise available resources and make them work easier, better, faster and cheaper.

This Training Needs Analysis tutorial equips you with the tools to identify essential skills for staff development, empowering your team to drive business success.

Delivered by Maeve Carabine, Skills Adviser for Invest NI, you will get an insight into the tools and techniques used by learning and development professionals to analyse training needs. This will enable you to increase productivity and improve the skills of your people through targeted training going forward.

In this tutorial, experts from Invest NI and Innovate UK explain the funding and support opportunities available to NI Business through Innovate UK.

They will:

Explain eligibility criteria and how to assess your suitability for different Innovate UK funds.
Outline how to approach completing an Innovate UK application.
Give tips on how to answer the 10 standard questions for innovation grants.
Describe the help available from Invest NI to support your Innovate UK application.

Speakers

Lisa Braniff, Funding Liaison Manager, Invest NI

Stephen McComb, Knowledge Transfer Adviser

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This tutorial will shed light on the opportunities available to local agri, agri-tech and allied industries in India. It will also provide insights into future developments, equipping you with the knowledge you need to make informed decisions when considering selling your product or service in the Indian market.

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In this tutorial Saikiran Vedula, Regional Manager, Invest Northern Ireland; Dhurv Sharma, Invest India; Guarav Singh, T&A Consulting and Colin Hassard, International Trade Advisor, Invest Northern Ireland discuss export opportunities for Northern Ireland agri

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This tutorial will provide an introduction on what to consider when beginning your Supply Chain sustainability journey. It will provide practical insights and skills to help implement more sustainable practices and drive better business outcomes.

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In this tutorial, Jimmy Moore, Mark Cahill and Stephen Drummond, Senior Supply Chain Advisors from Invest Northern Ireland, discuss sustainability within the supply chain.

Learning objectives and benefits for businesses

Participants will be provided with:

An overview of supply chain sustainability
Why change? Meeting

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This tutorial is based primarily on the Low Voltage (LV) and Electro-Magnetic Compatibility (EMC) Directives. It provides guidance to compliance and assists participants to determine the route that is most appropriate, cost-effective and efficient for their product. For most companies, the marking is a self-certification process and involves an evaluation of the product or equipment against a relevant standard.

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In this tutorial, Colin Graham, from Invest Northern Ireland’s Technical Advisory Unit, and Simon Barrowcliff, Senior Technical Specialist from Element

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This tutorial is based primarily on the Machinery Directive. It provides guidance on compliance and assists participants to determine the route that is most appropriate, cost-effective and efficient for their product. For the majority of companies, CE and UKCA marking is a self-certification process and involves an evaluation of the product or machine using risk assessments and relevant standards.

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In this tutorial, Colin Graham, Pearse McAnallen and Jacqui Curley, from Invest Northern Ireland’s Technical Advisory Unit, discuss CE Marking for Mechanical Engineering

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It will remain vitally important for companies to make sure that their product technical files and risk analyses are comprehensive, up to date and clearly documented whether products are being sold in the UK or in the EU.

This tutorial is aimed at companies looking beyond the EU and will provide up-to-date and relevant information on global standards' requirements for product and component safety.

Key speakers

In this tutorial, Colin Graham, from Invest Northern Ireland’s Technical Advisory Unit, and Simon Barrowcliff, Senior Technical Specialist from Element Materials

In this tutorial, experts from Invest NI and Innovate UK explain the funding and support opportunities available to NI Business through Innovate UK.

They will:

Give an overview of the Innovate UK Funding and Support products & services.
Introduce the support available locally for small and medium enterprises through the Innovate UK Business Growth NI team.
Share examples of NI businesses that have benefitted from Innovate UK support.

This tutorial is primarily aimed at businesses who are unfamiliar with Innovate UK or would like to update their knowledge of the funding and support

This tutorial, delivered in two sessions by Frost & Sullivan, discusses global forces that define the future world with their far-reaching impact on business, societies, economics, cultures and personal lives.

In the first session, you’ll hear how to stay ahead of the curve with insights on megatrends in education & skilling evolutions, advanced computing & communications, emerging carbon economy, limitless energy, next growth centers and reimagining value networks.

In the second session, you’ll learn how to stay ahead of the curve with insights on megatrends in emerging demographic

Sales and Operational Planning (S&OP) plays a critical role in the Supply Chain function.

This process is key in understanding the impact of changing customer demands. It is fundamental in aligning sales forecasts with operational capabilities and, through better planning and communication, can drive better decision-making within organisations.

Social media is an effective way to maintain a connection with your customers.

It is an ever-changing landscape and every year trends and new ways of communicating emerge. In 2023, expect to see the end of third-party cookies, social media communities, content going full screen, chatbots, and micro influencers. This video tutorial will highlight how you can implement these and more into your business. This is a recording of a live webinar previously delivered by Invest NI.

In partnership with Manufacturing NI and Enterprise NI, our STEP Talks webinars will introduce and demystify the concept of manufacturing digitalisation with industry leaders sharing their experience and knowledge on the steps they have taken to make things easier, better, faster and smarter.

Stakeholders and local businesses attended the launch of our Energy Efficiency Capital Grant (EECG) on Wednesday 8 May 2024 at The Seagoe Hotel, Portadown.

Attendees got the opportunity to hear more about the support on offer, the importance of investing in energy efficiency equipment and from other businesses who availed of the support.

Representatives from Invest NI and The Department of the Economy explained how the grant of up to £150K can help Northern Ireland businesses:

Reduce their energy costs
Purchase and install energy efficient equipment in areas including:
- Lighting

Supply chain is an integral part of most businesses and can positively or adversely affect cost in terms of material costs, operational efficiency and working capital.   

Logistics are critical for effective operation and material flow. Maximising inbound and outbound processes will directly influence the business performance metrics of cash flow, operational efficiency, and capacity.

Inventory management is a set of processes which you utilise to oversee and organise your goods or materials in your facility.

The objective of this webinar is to provide you with an introduction to elements of Inventory Management and how that links into forecasting.

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Operational Excellence | Standard Work

Windsor Framework | Moving goods into Northern Ireland

Leading within a Group Programme

Spotlight on Australia | Med-tech and Digital Health

Trading with the US | How to export and import goods under new tariff measures

Plant Layout: Plan and choose the best plant layout

Lean Thinking: Driving competitiveness

Training Needs Analysis

Innovate UK Funding Masterclass

Spotlight on India | Agri-Tech

Supply Chain | Sustainability

CE Marking Electrical

CE Marking for Mechanical Engineering

Global Technical Compliance

Introduction to Innovate UK Business Funding and Supports

Global Megatrends

Supply Chain | Sales & Operational Planning

Social Media Trends in 2023 for your Business

STEP Talks – Smart Technology Empowering People Webinar Series | Seagate

STEP Talks – Smart Technology Empowering People Webinar Series | O'Neills

STEP Talks – Smart Technology Empowering People Webinar Series | SAM NI

STEP Talks – Smart Technology Empowering People Webinar Series | Collins Aerospace

Energy Efficiency Capital Grant (EECG) | Launch Event

Supply Chain | How to Optimise Logistics in the Supply Chain

Supply Chain | Inventory Management & Forecasting

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