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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.
There are activities within your processes, which consume energy, time, money & people resources in your business, but without adding any value for your customers. There are internal non-value adding activities, or wastes, within your business processes which increase the lead time from receipt of a customer order until you are paid for it, as well as external wastes which are experienced directly by your customers.
The intent of this webinar is to help you to identify and reduce or eliminate these non-value adding activities.
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.
The intent of this webinar is to give you a high level understanding of some of the structures that can help your business increase visibility of performance, instil key behaviours and ultimately grow and improve.
The aim of this KATA webinar is to investigate an alternative way of thinking and managing that will change mind-sets and give you the confidence to navigate any challenge.
People who are constantly learning are more equipped to deal with change and adapt for business survival. Starting Training Within Industry will help you to learn faster on the shop floor and is a good step on to the learning ladder and reconnecting ‘thinking with doing’ at the front line management and operator level.
This webinar looks at how short-term projects, taking 6 weeks – can offer sustainable progress, which is also rapid enough to keep pace with a fast-paced world.
Companies are facing unique problems and challenges and are often uncertain about what steps to take to ensure their business runs as efficiently as possible. This webinar is designed to help you solve problems better, create an action plan and hopefully prevent those problems from coming back.
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.
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.
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.
During the COVID-19 crisis, social distancing requirements had a significant impact on workplace layout, exacerbating the existing problem of limited floor space in many businesses.
The intent of this webinar is to take you through the six stages involved in organising your workplace to improve the flow of orders, information & materials through your process.
The six stages are:
• Sort
• Set
• Shine
• Safety
• Standardise
• Sustain
Gathering facts & data makes solving problems easier & considerably faster as it helps create clarity by removing ambiguity, thereby helping you to identify & address the root cause of the problem instead of repeatedly firefighting to treat the symptoms.
This webinar will take you through seven simple, visual, quality tools, which can be used for data collection & analysis, including how to use each of the tools, how to choose the best one, and how to interpret the trends & patterns you have observed.
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.
It’s not always easy to tell if your business has had a good day or if the daily targets have been met. Getting your people involved in daily problem solving and process improvement activity can also have huge benefits for the business.
In this video Catherine will cover some of the benefits of using visual management in your business by making the condition of your processes obvious at a glance.
She will describe how to get your people involved in daily problem solving & process improvement activities as well as improving 2-way communication of targets, expectations & issues using daily
Typically, 90% of the lead time between order receipt and delivery is not adding value for the customer.
This video will cover how to map your business processes from receipt of an order until you are paid for it which will help to identify what these non-value adding activities are which waste time, energy & resources.
The process map is also a useful tool which can be used to help with problem solving.
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.
The cost of having poor quality performance can be up to 15% of your sales, but they’re so much more than rework and scrap levels as many of the costs are hidden.
It’s accepted that people, machines & systems can make errors, however some of these mistakes will result in defects which may end up as rejects with your customers or even lead to a safety incident.
This video shows how using effective Mistake-Proofing devices & systems in your process will detect mistakes that occur before they are passed to your customers & in some cases, prevent errors from being made in the first place, thereby
Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED), is a simple but powerful Lean technique for reducing waste in a manufacturing process. It’s a systematic approach that enables organisations to dramatically reduce set-up time or change-over time. It provides a rapid and efficient way of changing the machine set-up in a manufacturing process from one product to another.
By the end of this short video, you’ll be able to:
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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.
Key speakers
In this tutorial, Colin Graham, from Invest Northern Ireland’s Technical Advisory Unit, and Simon Barrowcliff, Senior Technical Specialist from Element Materials
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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.
Key speakers
In this tutorial, Colin Graham, Pearse McAnallen and Jacqui Curley, from Invest Northern Ireland’s Technical Advisory Unit, discuss CE Marking for Mechanical Engineering
Learning
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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 Technology, discuss
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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:
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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