Inside Lake Region. 26th March County Wexford, Ireland

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1 Inside Lake Region County Wexford, Ireland A unique opportunity to see Lake Region s Shingo Bronze Medallion winning site fi rst hand 26th March 2013 An intensive and focussed learning opportunity to fast track your operational excellence journey INSPIRE EDUCATE IMPROVE

2 Inside Lake Region Inside Lake Region will show you how the company has achieved a dramatic transformation of its New Ross manufacturing facility in County Wexford to become an established centre of operational excellence amongst the global Lake Region group, its customers and suppliers. To know how is not enough. You need to know why. Dr. Shigeo Shingo

3 You will see: A world class, behaviour driven culture Understand how the site has driven a principle and behaviour led approach where its people feel empowered and motivated to search for improvements as a matter of daily routine. See the best in class approach to communicating and demonstrating consistent behaviours from Directors to the shop floor. Outstanding levels of employee engagement Witness how the company engages the entire workforce in CI, which is embedded as part of everyday behaviours. Understand how the company generated exceptionally high levels of front line team engagement in CI. See great examples of problem solving and A3 thinking techniques adopted across all areas of the business including support functions.

4 You will see: An advanced approach to standardisation See extensive adoption of standard work implemented across all parts of the site and an advanced approach to leader standard work. A business that is truly aligned from top to bottom See true alignment of personal and business values reflected through systems and tools across the entire value chain, ensuring customer value is at the heart of all processes. Understand how advanced value stream thinking and application of cell design has been used to balance flow and pull. The next steps of the journey Understand Lake Region s next stages of development including introducing key behavioural indicators and challenging for the Shingo Prize.

5 Agenda 26th March :30 Coach pick up Dublin City Centre 9:00 Arrive on site 9:15 Welcome John Harris OUS Vice President 9:30 C.I. Journey Nicola Merrigan Lean Engineer & Colum Sheridan Assembly Senior Supervisor 10:00 In depth Site Tour Focusing on CI Nerve Centre, Manufacturing centre and support functions, including opportunities to talk with members of the team. 12:15 Lunch and Q&A with senior management team and a cross section of employees, networking with other managers 13:30 How to Lead Operational Excellence Noel Hennessey C.I. Director & Eddie Kiely Operations Director How to adopt a leadership style that inverts the pyramid whilst maintaining leadership visibility in processes and standard work, ensuring constancy of purpose. Practical exercise to create leadership visibility which embeds principles and behaviours. Calibrate lessons learned and create a personal action plan to accelerate your operational excellence journey. 15:00 Q & A with Lake Region Directors & C.I. Team 15:30 Close 17:00 Arrive Dublin Airport Registration Information The programme is designed for senior managers responsible for introducing and managing lean transformation across their organisation. There are a limited number of spaces available so you are advised to book places early. The delegate cost is VAT per delegate which includes transport to and from the site from Dublin City Centre (coach departs 7:30am Dublin City Centre and arrives back at Dublin Airport for 5pm). Lake Region is approximately 90 minutes drive from Dublin Airport. To reserve your place: Call Carolyn Bayley at The Manufacturing Institute on or carolynb@manufacturinginstitute.co.uk

6 About Lake Region Founded in 1947, Lake Region Medical Inc. has evolved to become the industry leader in the development, manufacturing and marketing of minimally invasive access, delivery and retrieval devices. Lake Region Medical Inc. focuses on unique clinical challenges for vascular access, stimulation therapy, cardiovascular, neurovascular and peripheral vascular applications. Serving customers in more than 50 countries, Lake Region Medical Ltd employs 800 people at its manufacturing subsidiary in New Ross, County Wexford. Lake Region Medical Ltd began its lean journey in 2003 with early Kaizen activities laying the groundwork for a safer, more efficient, organised and visual workplace, bringing about significant levels of improvement. The continuous improvement culture is an integral part of the company s long-term strategy. In April 2012 they were awarded the Shingo Bronze Medallion. Workshop Facilitator Eilish Henry Eilish is a Shingo Prize Examiner and Managing Consultant at The Manufacturing Institute. She has an enviable record of introducing significant efficiency and cultural change programmes across a range of organisations, helping managers to stretch limited resources for improved performance. Eilish has a wide range of experience in spearheading lean transformations across both manufacturing and service delivery environments and was awarded an OBE in 2004 for her work to introduce lean practices to parts of government. *All bookings are subject to host site approval. The timings listed above are intended as a guideline and may vary on the day.