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Towards the Lean Enterprise

  Space Industry Skillnet  

 

New 7 Day Programme from Space Industry Skillnet - Sept to Dec 2007
Venue: Midlands Innovation & Research Centre, Athlone IT

Lean is today's highly effective best practice model for management of the whole businsess. It promotes joined up, value led thinking and makes possible agile and effective responses to the realities of your business environment.

 

 

It enables short term performance while positioning for the future, leverage co-operation between front end, operations and product development and helps disengage managers from fire-fighting to reclaim the strategic dimension of their jobs.

Lean enables the conversion of vision to reality by seamlessly blending good leadership, people-centred thinking, right culture, right people, right objectives, right methods and right systems to deliver an integrated, focused and highly effective enterprise.

Programme Description
This seven day programme by Worldwide Business Solutions for members of the Space Industry Skillnet provides an essential introduction to the use of lean methods for integrated management across the entire enterprise:

  • Lean and the Concept of Value - 5th September 2007
  • Establishing Strategic Direction - 12th September2007
  • The Process Driven Organisation - 19th September 2007
  • Competent People in a Changing but Productive Climate - 3rd October 2007
  • Focusing the Organisation on Quality - 24th October 2007
  • Supply Chain Advantage - 14th November 2007
  • Establishing a Product/service Development Pipeline - 5th December 2007

Who Should Take the Course?
This programme will be of special interest to MDs, GMs, other executives and managers as well as entrepreneurs, technical specialists and others seeking an understanding of Lean Enterprise management.

Course Providers
WorldWide Business Solutions (WWBS) provide tailored approaches to company transformation. Clients include Millipore Irl., Sola Lens Irl., Bausch & Lomb Irl, SDL (Irl), Essilor Irl., Waterford Stanley, Waterford Crystal and Waterford Tool.

Course Fees
Complete Training Course: €2,500 (Member) (€3,500 Non-Member)

The fee includes all course materials, lunch, teas/coffees and the Space Industry Skillnet discount to network members

All course fees are Ex VAT
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The Training Networks Programme is an initiative of Skillnets Ltd and is funded from the National Training Fund through the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment.

Booking
Members requiring assistance with any aspect of booking this course should contact the Network Manager, catherine.lenehan@gltechnology.ie