Thank you to John Durkan and John McLaughlin of ABP Foods for a very successful conference on Food Sustainability and a site tour of ABP Cahir on 25/1/2018.
 Thanks to Boston Scientific and County Tipperary Skillnet for sponsoring this manufacturing Excellence Event.
Most of all thanks for the hospitality shown us.
Please more from our Manufacturing Excellence event with a brief film by Brendan Kerins of Premier Video.

​PRESENTATIONS:  
 
Andrew Rice, Technical Director, OEESystems -  
Key Principles of OpEx (Operational Excellence) OEE – Data to drive CI results further. How the correct approach to implementing and using Smart Factory OpEx OEE is delivering significant productivity gains for high volume progressive manufacturers.
 
Jason Flanagan, Associate Director of Operational Excellence, Allergan  -  
​Batch Record improvement project following DMAIC methodology. Capturing the process carried out to identify documentation errors in batch records and to improve the record based on Data and the Telisco method.
 
Bernie Rushe, Consultant & Managing Director, Cordatus Consulting – Measurement Systems Analysis – The neglected side of process validation.  When validating pharmaceutical processes, great store is placed on achieving stable process performance within pre-identified parameters e.g. customer specifications. However little store is placed in validating the measurement instruments taking those measurements! This presentation, with case studies, will focus on the value of performing measurement systems analysis prior to taking process measurements. It will also highlight the hazards of not doing so.

​Robot Exhibition in Rural Drangan
 
Last Thursday 19th October Horan Automation and Consulting in Drangan hosted a manufacturing excellence event in conjunction with the County Tipperary Chamber of Commerce and supported by Boston Scientific.  The event showcased industrial collaborative robots and attracted a huge crowd of over sixty attendees from far and wide.  The company designs, builds, installs and integrates industrial robots and other automated machines for manufacturing companies in Ireland and abroad.  These machines can include customised projects or end of line filling, packaging, palletising and wrapping machines.  This year has been a very fruitful year so far for Horan Automation and Consulting and they are very much at the forefront of technology and robotics in Ireland.   
The manufacturing excellence event is run on a quarterly basis by the County Tipperary Chamber of Commerce with a view to bringing manufacturing companies together to share information and promote business in Tipperary.  The nature of Horan Automation and Consulting’s unique and interesting robot products was a great choice for the event and the business were happy to facilitate it.  Not only did the collaborative robot demonstration attract attendees from the chamber of commerce but also from companies such as Glaxosmithcline, Dairygold, Medtronic, Hasbro, Dawn meats to name a few and even a bus full of students from WIT were in attendance. 
The collaborative robots were demonstrated by the main suppliers in the Irish market; ABB, Kuka and Universal.  During the exhibit the guests were able to interact and touch the robots which is something very unusual.  The nature of a collaborative robot in essence is that they are designed to interact with humans without the need for safety guarding.  Other traditional industrial robots always have safety cages to prevent potential fatal injuries.  The event was very informative and interactive and the audience were encouraged to engage in participation and discussion.  The event also allowed Horan Automation and Consulting to showcase its own unique machines which were designed as one off customised automation solutions for specific clients.
If you are interested in finding out more about Horan Automation and Consulting please contact www.horan.ie for more information

We had a great business networking event courtesy of host Morrison BMW.
Thanks to Gary Morrison and Evanne Black.
Thanks to The Nationalist/Tipperary Star for the publicity.
Thanks to Fran Curry at Tipp FM for the interview promoting our event.
Most importantly thank you to the businesses who took part and the members of the public that visited.
Thanks also to Woodview Service Station for keeping us fed and foddered!

Photos courtesy of Maria Taylor, Cahir Correspondent for the Nationalist.