Operations

What is your company doing and how is it doing it? Can you find ways to make it better?

Operations is about getting things done within the company. It is a foundation of competitiveness, how well a company organises its people and understands it is possible to improve no matter what level your company is at.

Operations Framework

Operations is about the design, delivery and improvement of the systems that create and deliver a company’s products and services based on customer’s requests. How companies organize their resources to deliver on their set objectives. Understanding your processes and systems from when a customer order comes in to when it is delivered to customer specifications. How to best steer, shape, plan and control, and improve operations to better meet customer request. What is needed, when it is needed and in the amount needed.

This Operations framework guides you on how best to improve your company’s productivity, competitiveness and sustainability. How to get the best from your people and business. The overarching principles of the Operations Framework are Green (Environmental best practice) and Lean (Operations and Business Management best practice). The operations framework aims to encourage clients to adopt Green and Lean business principles in their organizations to increase performance and competitiveness with reduced environmental impact. Green and Lean tools and techniques are helping companies across the globe to address competitiveness and climate change issues within their businesses by building the capability of their people to identify problems and improve operations.

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Ten shifts transforming organisations

Insights from McKinsey & Company

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Digital Tech in Climate Change Goals

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Operations insights for CEO's - the boardroom to the frontline

Insights from McKinsey & Company

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Net-zero climate impact by 2030: What lies ahead

Insights by McKinsey & Company

Green

Infograph

5 min

Green thinking as an essential element of your company's Operations - an infographic explainer.

Greenplus case study of Danone Wexford – the world’s first carbon neutral infant formula plant

Article

7 min

Case study of the 'Green Plus' programme that helped Danone Wexford to become world’s first carbon neutral infant formula plant.

Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy

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1 min

Ireland’s new #WasteActionPlan sets out a roadmap for a zero waste future. Find out more at gov.ie/circulareconomy

How waste reuse can save on cost and emissions

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7 min

EPA infographic on waste reduction in construction shows how waste reuse can save on cost and emissions.

Structured Energy Management System

Article

6 min

Green Plus case study of The Sustainable Energy Achievement Award 2018 winner - Carbery

The implementation of the European Water Stewardship Multisite standard

Article

7 min

Case study of the 'Green Plus' programme that helped ABP Food Group to become the first company in Europe to achieve the multisite European Water Stewardship (EWS) Standard

GreenPlus case study of the winner at the 2020 Award of Excellence in Energy Management

Article

7 min

Case study of the 'Green Plus' programme that helped Tipperary Coop to implement a structured energy management system which is aligned to the international energy management system standard ISO50001:2018.

The first construction company in Ireland & UK certified to ISO 50001

Article

9 min

Case study of the 'Green Plus' programme that helped Sisk to become the first contractor / builder in Ireland & UK certified to ISO 50001

Green Resources

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Lean

Infograph

5 min

Lean Thinking – Best Practice in Operations and Business Management - an infographic explainer.

An Introduction to Lean

Video

8 min

Lean: Mick Murtagh introduces the principles of Lean

Busting Myths about Just in Time

Video

65 min

Enterprise Excellence Network Webinar Series: Busting Myths about Just in Time: The Implications for Healthcare Supply Chains with Mark Graban

Kings and fat horses: Understanding 3 Ms in Lean

Article

7 min

Understanding muri, mura, muda ones of the the most important concepts in lean production with Torbjørn H. Netland.

Top 10 scientific papers on lean

Article

10 min

Torbjørn H. Netland lists ten academic lean papers you should know.

The 5 Whys – Lean Problem Solving

Video

4 min

The practice of asking why repeatedly whenever a problem is encountered in order to get beyond the obvious symptoms to discover the root cause.

Bringing in a new culture through “lean”

Article

7 min

Lean Strategy: Case study of the 'Lean Plus' programme that helped McGraths Limestones (Cong) Ltd to clearly see the waste and opportunities that existed within their business.

Is the Lean start up relevant to companies of all stages of growth?

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2 min

Operations: Ash Maurya outlines the relevance of the Lean startup to all companies.

14 principles of lean management

Video

4 min

Lean: 14 Principles of the Toyota way

Startup using the lean method

Video

6 min

Lean: Steve Blank explains how having a customer development approach that gets you out of the building can keep you from wasting valuable time. Kauffman Founders School

Steering

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5 min

Steering: the first element of Operations Framework - an infographic explainer.

Is Lean a Strategy?

Video

4 min

Lean: Jacques Chaize, former CEO of DANFOSS WATER CONTROLS, explains how he and his team, using lean as the company strategy, doubled the sales in three years and changed radically his way of thinking.

Shaping

Infograph

5 min

Shaping: the second element of Operations Framework - an infographic explainer.

How new technologies shape the future of production

Article

5 min

Torbjørn H. Netland on four mega-trends affecting Manufacturing and two key enablers of speed of change.

Planning & Controlling

Planning and Controlling

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5 min

Planning & Controlling: the third element of Operations Framework - an infographic explainer.

Post COVID-19 Crisis Supply Chain

PDF

30 min

"The post COVID-19 crisis supply chain must be designed as ONE SYSTEM and planned, practiced and executed by ONE TEAM." - says Robert Martichenko, founding CEO of LeanCor Supply Chain Group.

What is supply chain management?

Video

4 min

Supply Chain Management by Brentwood Open Learning College

The World Class Manufacturing programme at Chrysler, Fiat & Co.

Article

7 min

Looking into Chrysler's company-specific production system (XPS) with Torbjørn H. Netland.

Improving

Infograph

5 min

Improving: the fourth element of Operations Framework - an infographic explainer.

Five rules of productivity improvement

Article

7 min

Torbjørn H. Netland outlines the importance and rules of productivity.

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Enterprise Ireland has developed a Client Engagement Model (CEM), a process of how Enterprise Ireland works with clients across their different stages of development. This is modeled on a structured framework which we work with clients so that we can come up with an agreed plan of action with the company. The 6 Business Pillars are explained in more detail below.

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