DePuy Synthes, Loughbeg, Ringaskiddy, is the location for our November 2016 Business Briefing on Tuesday Nov 22nd – 6.30pm (sharp)
Our speaker for the evening is
Joe Healy, Business Transformation Manager
Joe’s presentation will cover the Transformation Journey of the Cork site between 2007 to today and is titled:
‘Embracing Change’
DePuy Synthes Transformation Journey in Cork
DePuy Synthes is a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, one of the world’s largest and most diverse healthcare corporations.
It offers a broad portfolio of orthopaedic and neuro products for joint reconstruction, trauma, spine, sports medicine, neurological, craniomaxillofacial, power tools and biomaterials.
The DePuy Synthes (Ireland) plant, in Cork, is part of the Joint Reconstruction business. Established in 1997 it is now one of the larger manufacturing sites within the DePuy Synthes network. The site hip, knee & shoulder replacements and has approx. 1700 SKU’s (Stock Keeping Unit) manufactured at the facility.
Joe has worldwide responsibility for Operational Excellence & Business Transformation for the Joint Reconstruction manufacturing facilities in the US, Europe & China.
DePuy Synthes’s aspiration is to become the best supply chain in the world. To fulfill this aspiration it is Joe’s remit to plan and lead the implementation of the business transformation & Lean programs across the DePuy Synthes Joint Reconstruction Manufacturing sites worldwide.
The site adopted the Shingo Model in 2012 and has seen large improvements as a result of embedding the principles outlined in the approach and was awarded the Shingo Prize in 2014.
After the presentation, there will be a networking opportunity with light refreshments served.
The CEIA would like to thank Joe and the team at DePuy Synthes for affording the time to talk with us and for hosting the event on site.
Contact us at info@ceia.ie to register attendance