Border company ‘Mannok’ has won the Operational Excellence in Manufacturing category at this year’s Operational Excellence Awards. The prestigious awards programme recognises and reward individuals, teams and organisations who have made a commitment to achieving operational excellence and business transformation.
Over 60 organisations were finalists in 20 award categories and Mannok was up against six other high performing businesses in the category it won. Mannok which is based on the Cavan/Fermanagh border has been working towards operational efficiency since January 2022, following the launch of the Mannok Leading Excellence Programme.
It was the rollout of this strategy, a transferable framework based on four core pillars of Lean, Sustainability, Skills and Development and Continuous Improvement, and employee receptiveness to the programme, which helped the company achieve this OpEx award.
Commenting in relation to the recent win, Operations Director Kevin Lunney said, "I would like congratulate the Operational Excellence Team on this prestigious award and the wider Mannok team, who have all been very receptive to adopting the operational excellence core principles of teamwork, problem-solving, innovation and leadership.
"It was a very proud moment for the company to be recognised along with some of the most successful businesses across the country. It was also a very proud moment, when Conor Baxter, our Operational Excellence Manager, was crowned Operations Manager of the Year. On behalf of the whole company, I’d like to commend Conor and thank him for all his work."
