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Technical Writing Tip of the Month – January 2018

The Outside-In Approach to Technical Writing. Don’t write about what you know; write about what the reader needs to know. The Outside-In approach is the technique of writing the document from the reader’s point of view rather than your own. In order to do this we must first a...

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How do I know whether my risk assessments are suitable and sufficient?

This is a six-million-dollar question that all employers, OH&S practitioners and internal OHS auditors will ask at some stage. So, what are the criteria we should use to determine if our risk assessments are suitable and sufficient to meet the requirements of OHS legislation ...

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When is Black Belt Training a waste of your time?

Six Sigma Black Belt certification has long been seen as the pinnacle of process improvement capability. Black Belts are trusted as the experts in the pursuit of process waste. How then can the training received by Lean Six Sigma Black Belts include up to 40% waste for some peopl...

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EU medical device in vitro diagnostic medical device regulations November 2017

The EU’s Regulation (EU) 2017/745 (Medical Device Regulation (MDR)) came into force on 25 May 2017 and will replace the EU’s current Medical Device Directive (93/42/EEC) and the Directive on active implantable medical devices (90/385/EEC). Manufacturers of currently-approved ...

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Congratulations to our Lean Six Sigma Students

Congratulations to all our Lean Six Sigma Students who received their QQI results this week. We are very proud of their achievements which resulted in an average cost saving of €45,000 per project! Particular thanks to John Ryan, Éamon Ó Béarra and Nicola Donohoe for thei...

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