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New FETAC management system standards have been developed. They consist of a 15 credit, Level 6, Special Purpose award, Documented Management Systems which is made up of a mandatory minor, Characteristics of Management Systems, and one of the following minors: Quality Management...

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Upstart

Ed Walsh returned to Ireland in 1970, a young man in a hurry, to set up an institute of education. He found a decaying mansion on a riverside site, gathered talented young people and secured funding from the World Bank and European Investment Bank to build what became the Univer...

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Which Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Projects?

An analysis of the projects chosen by 275 Lean Six Sigma Green Belt course attendees, reveals the following: Project type and frequency Waste reduction/elimination 63 Cycle time reduction 41 Process yield improvement 34 Process improvement ...

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Which Lean Six Sigma Black Belt projects are being chosen?

We carried out an analysis on projects chosen by people who attended our Lean Six Sigma Black Belt courses. Firstly there was a broad cross section of companies represented as shown in the following graph. Financial services and pharma accounted for 55% of companies. An analysi...

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‘Vanishing Ireland’ in Limerick

If you find yourself in Limerick with ten minutes to spare, pop into the Hunt Museum to see this free exhibition of photographs by James Fennell and Turtle Bunbury, (Turtle – what an unusual name!) It’s a series of portraits of ‘characters’ from an Ireland...

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