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		<title>ETAC are now approved to deliver FETAC courses.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 10:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve@ETAC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The level 5 &#8220;Lean Manufacturing Tools&#8221; programme will be run as a public course starting this September. This course can also be customised and run as an in-house programme. Introduction In the early 90&#8242;s the Lean Manufacturing concept was presented. The Toyota Production System&#8217; studies focused mostly on eliminating waste in processing and transforming in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enterprise Ireland Lean Business Offer</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Successful businesses have applied Lean &#38; Six Sigma strategies for many years to grow revenues, increase cash flow and reduce costs. Enterprise Ireland have launched a Lean Business Offer aiming to encourage clients to adopt and embed lean business principles in their organisation. ETAC are on the Enterprise Ireland directory of service providers. Our team [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 lean tips for business transformation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 09:49:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How do I begin to implement a lean transformation in my company? Follow our 10 Lean tips to get you on the road to better customer satisfaction, increased sales and lower operating costs.]]></description>
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		<title>Not having a system could be eating your cash</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We were working with our call centre client and looking at the task of processing claims. Unfortunately, in Ireland, many claims in this particular sector are submitted on paper forms. Our task was to map the process of approving these claims. We broke the process into small element steps and were in the process of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building a lean culture</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:26:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is the role of the business leader in a lean transformation?]]></description>
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		<title>Could your business benefit from lean process improvement?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:27:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beginning March 10th, a public course on Lean Manufacturing Tools runs over 4 days, concluding in June. In this time each attendee is required to complete a project, value stream maps and an assessment of their company in relation to the lean principles. The course is approved to FETAC Level 5. Each submission is reviewed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kanban &#8211; an example from your home</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve@ETAC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An everyday kanban example from the home.]]></description>
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		<dc:creator>Steve@ETAC</dc:creator>
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