In the early 1900s my great grandfather opened a new shop providing quality meats and other food goods in Catherine Street Limerick.  Stockil’s was very well known and I can still remember it in the 1970s before it closed.  My grandmother and uncle continued the tradition of shops in the […]

Delighted to support the Cork University Hospital and South West Lean Forum at the hugely successful event in CUH on 23rd October. Hopefully everyone learned something from the speakers and the workshop.  The focus of our workshop was to understand the correct and leveraged use of simple tools like Brainstorming […]

The 2018-19 Academic year is off an running with Yellow, Green and Black Belt classes started in Cork and Dublin.  This year marks the 10th year of QQI qualified courses being offered by QMOne through CIT.  Over the years the courses have been developed and enhanced.  New this year is […]

August saw our 2017-2018 cohort of students coming together to celebrate their successful achievement of their Lean Sigma education.  Over 130 graduates were awarded Yellow, Green and Black Belt certification.  Ceremonies were held in Dublin and Cork.  It has been a busy year with students from all over the country […]

Early in my career as an engineer I always saw my role as problem solving, however as my career developed the problems became more difficult to understand and to solve.  The problems moved from ones of machines and defects to ones of communication and people motivation. For a long time, […]

Congratulations to all the Irish Masters Teams in Terrassa, Spain on their committed performances.  Age is no barrier to teamwork.

Delighted to be involved in the inaugural South West Lean Forum networking event this morning.  Participants were treated to some very interesting insights to the HR story behind the use of Lean, the system of daily operational control and the savings associated with Lean energy projects onsite.  This was followed […]

The South West Lean Forum is an industry led practitioners network. The forum’s strategic mission is to create an industry led forum that facilitates the sharing of Lean system experiences, knowledge sharing and best practices for the benefit of all members in the South West region. The forum is co-ordinated […]

Very happy to get a chance to catch up with Alumni members at a special lunchtime chat on the role of Management in a Lean Sigma workplace.  Thanks to Linda Brennan in Symantec for the opportunity. We discussed the idea of managers as “servants” focusing on the creation of an […]

On April 4th, Mark was delighted to be given the opportunity to speak at the National Ambulance Manager’s Forum on the impact of Lean Sigma in organisations. Since September, staff from the National Ambulance Service have been attending our Black Belt, Green Belt and Yellow Belt classes to develop their […]