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Smácht Mór – A Food for Thought Friday

Many people start every year with great dreams and goals only to end the year with many of them unfulfilled and great plans that never got off the page. The reason is simple – the achievement of goals requires one thing above all others, Smácht. It’s the Irish word f...

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EN 14971:2012 Content Deviation #6 and #7

During the process of harmonisation of ISO 14971: 2007 as an EN standard, it became apparent that the standard did not comply with all the requirements of the Medical Devices Directives (MDDs), namely 90/385/EEC, 93/42/EEC and 98/79/EC. Seven discrepancies were identified; these ...

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5S – How elements can be applied to Service related Process Improvement?

Many service related process (e.g. Insurance claims, processing a tax return) can be quite complex and cumbersome. It is only when these processes are mapped and clearly understood that opportunities to eliminate NVA steps and simplify a process become apparent. In many cases, th...

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How will BRC Global Food Safety Standard Issue 7 differ from Issue 6?

The BRC project has been on the go since 1998 and there is no doubt that it has improved standards throughout the food manufacturing sector in this period but as with every standard that matures over time is its relevance declining? ISO9000 suffered such a fate in the food sector...

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Much Loved Campaign – show your softer side!

We’re delighted to continue to support to our chosen charity ‘The Blue Box‘ in their new “Much Loved” Campaign. The Blue Box is a local Limerick charity that does fantastic work with children and young adults helping them to work through issues and traumas ...

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