West Regional Skills Forum
Manufacturing Excellence Steering Group Draft Terms of Reference April 2020
Membership:
• Private-sector lead – Frank Cashman, Anecto
• West Regional Skills Forum Facilitator – Denise Rocks, WRSF Manager
• One representative per education & training provider. These to be drawn from
publicly funded education and training providers in West Region (Galway, Mayo,
Roscommon) as well as relevant national Skillnets.
• A range of interested manufacturing companies from different sectors, including
indigenous SMEs
Goal:
• To collaborate in identifying and resolving skills gaps and issues and converting
knowledge into best practices, for the manufacturing sector in the West Region
(Galway, Mayo, Roscommon).
Priorities:
• Ensure all further and higher education courses related to manufacturing in the west Region are as industry relevant as possible while keeping the learner’s best interests
at heart
• Provide timely industry input into new courses being developed by education and training providers for the West Region
• Co-develop new further and higher-level courses as needed for the West Region, in particular related to
o COVID-19
o supporting the digital transformation of the manufacturing sector and its supply chain/ Industry 4.0 (for example, automation, robotics, AI, industrial IOT, lean)
o the transition to a low carbon economy
o increasing SME productivity
• Align with and feed into relevant Government strategies & initiatives such as Future Jobs 2040, Ireland’s Industry 4.0 Strategy 2020-2025 etc.
Meeting Structure:
• Max 2 hours per meeting, meetings strictly end on time
• Average 1 meeting every 2 months
• Participation is voluntary
• Quorum: 6 steering group members, of which at least half from industry
• Sub working groups may be formed to work on particular issues
• The Industry lead (Frank Cashman) reports all work up to quarterly West Regional
Skills Forum meetings
Manufacturing Excellence Business Members
Chanelle Group

Boston Scientific

Campus Medical

Harmac Medical Products

Irish Wood & Furniture Manufacturing

Mbryonics

Nádhúra Design
Penn Engineering

Transitions Optical Ltd

Walsh Mechanical Engineering Ltd

Cobotics Ltd

Technic

ICBE Productivity Skillnet

Galway Executive Skillnet

NUI Galway

GMIT
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GRETB

MSLETB
