Funding from Enterprise Ireland - Leading Edge Group

Lean Plus

LeanPlus is a medium-scale business process improvement project facilitated/supported by one or more external Lean service provider(s).

The aim of the project shall be to improve productivity within the company through a focus on what brings value to the customer, including increased quality, reduced costs/waste and improved speed of delivery. The basis for a good project is to empower and engage the people in the company, by drawing on their skills and talents to embed continuous improvement systems.

The LeanPlus grant can be used to support specific process improvement activities across the organisation as outlined in the application from the company. Note that the output from a project must include a visible step up in terms of new production or delivery capability. The project must not be focused on routine operational changes.

* Please note that grant funding is only available in Ireland through the Irish Government Agencies.

Lean Transform

LeanTransform is a large scale, extensive and holistic training programme which focusses on developing the capability and capacity of employees.

The objective is to support an Organisational Innovation programme focussed on;

Improving the on-going flow of value to customers,
Implementation of team based problem solving and continuous improvement & innovation activities,
The identification and removal of wasteful activities in the business and supply chain,
Leadership and management development to enable the alignment of operations to company strategy.

The result should be a company-wide transformation in culture and productivity performance including digitalisation. In order to build sustainable businesses that can grow into the future, a LeanTransform project is about investing in people and should lead to higher quality jobs as well as productivity improvements.

Projects should also consider the environmental sustainability of the business and include training where appropriate to increase the agility and resilience of the company to environmental climate change impacts.

Projects may vary in size and scope but will typically be 12-24 months in duration.

Note that a LeanTransform project may be part of a wider Operational Excellence Offer project, that brings in Capital supports and implementation of an innovation project.