Agenda
08:30 – 08:45 a.m. Registrations for event and Plant Tours of SteriPack and IMR
08:45 – 09:00 a.m. Welcome / Overview of day’s proceedings
09:00 – 09:10 a.m. Welcome Irish Medtech Association – Advanced Manufacturing Working Group Chairman
09:10 – 09:40 a.m. “Operational Excellence Strategy”
Guest Speaker: Eilish Henry, Director for Europe of SISU Consulting Group, and Global Shingo Coach and Examiner.
09:40 – 09:55 a.m. Case Study 1: “Invest in the right strategy to maintain manufacturing competitiveness”
Speaker: David McKernan, Director Manufacturing & Supply Chain, Veryan Medical
09:55 – 1015 a.m. Case Study 2:
Speaker: Shane McDermott, Operational Excellence Manager, West
10:15 – 10:30 a.m. Panel discussion
10:30 – 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Plant Tours: SteriPack / IMR
IMR site visit: “Industry 4.0 and Lean Operations”, Adrian Hovenden, Industrial Solutions Architect
SteriPack site visit: Therese O’Connor, Plant Manager, SteriPack Ireland Ltd.
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 14:15 “From Strategy to deployment with the application of the 4DX Model”
Guest Speaker: Maria Ryan, Managing Director, Crystal Lean Solutions
14:15 – 14:45 Break
14:45 – 15:00 Case study 3:
15:00 – 15:30 Case study 4:
15:30 – 15:50 Q&A
15:50 – 16:00 Closing remarks
16:00 Close