• Newsletter

    MARCH 2010

    NEGOTIATING TO WIN: 11th March 2010, Belfast
    This training workshop enables participants to self-discover the essential principles in Negotiating with Synergy. It is an ethical, principled, Win-Win negotiating process based on research from the Harvard Negotiating Project and the international best seller “Getting to YES” by Fisher and Ury.
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    4TH ANNUAL LEAN SYMPOSIUM: 30th & 31st March, Clonmel
    This symposium is a highly interactive one which includes a half day workshop to assist manufacturing and service organisations implement and sustain Lean initiatives in the current global economic climate. Irish-based companies Shannon Aerospace, Green Isle Foods, Lake Region Medical and Bulmers will present on their lean experiences to date.
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    TRANSFORMING ENGINEERING EDUCATION: 6th - 9th April 2010, Dublin
    IBM and the IEEE are hosting an international conference on the role of cross-disciplinary instruction in preparing engineering graduates to meet the changing needs of employers.
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    SPC - STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL: 29th & 30th April 2010, Athlone
    This two-day course is facilitated by First Polymer Training in Athlone. Superior product quality and process performance is achieved by identifying and resolving the causes of the process variation. SPC is an essential tool for companies implementing ISO 9001, ISO 14001, QS 9000 and lean six sigma.
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    6 SIGMA ON 30 ROCK
    For those of you who missed it first time round in Jan `09, have a giggle!
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  • Supply Chain Management

     

    DELL'S SUPPLY CHAIN EFFECTIVENESS

     

    WORLD CLASS SUPPLY CHAIN CONSULTING

    As  fomer senior strategy and planning manager at Dell in Limerick, and holding a first class honours master's degree in supply chain management, Bernie Rushe of Cordatus is well qualified to analyse your organisation's supply chain issues and make recommendadtions on supply chain improvements. Development of a lean supply chain for your organisation is pivotal in the improvement of product and service delivery to customers. Our "7 Keys" interactive workshop series is designed to strengthen your supply chain effectiveness, and can be facilitated on a modular basis, to allow for change implementation and evaluation between modules.

     

    THE SEVEN KEYS TO SUPPLY CHAIN SUCCESS

    This series of 7 one-day workshops targets senior and middle management who require a fundamental grounding in best practice supply chain principles. The workshops enable participants to make decisions which lead to inventory reduction, reduced scrap rates, improved supplier performance and most importantly improved service to customers. The workshops also enable candidates to work effectively in cross functional supply chain improvement teams.


    Modules

    1. The Environment - external & internal opportunities
    2. The Lean Supply Chain
    3. The Supplier as Partner
    4. The Customer as Partner
    5. Workforce Training
    6. IT - the Enabler
    7. Outsourcing

    The workshops can be condensed or expanded to accommodate clients needs in specific areas. For further details please contact Bernie Rushe at brushe@cordatus.ie, +353 91 870708.