Continuous Growth: Lean Manufacturing Workshop Highlights

So important to keep learning and growing, and that is exactly what Megan Hibbert and Adam Drinkwater have been doing this week!! Megan is our Business Services Manager and Adam is our Production Manager.

The SEQ Manufacturing Hub (GoldCoastManufacturingHub) and Logan City Council hosted a LEAN Manufacturing Workshop for local Businesses which related to productivity improvement concepts, reinforced by the simulation of a series of manual processes (typically representing production or office processes) by using hands-on and 'learning by doing' principles. We are so grateful to our local Council for holding these learning Events, reinforcing our reasoning for keeping our Business in the Logan area.

The Logan City Council actively supports businesses and offers support services, grants, and helps connect businesses with valuable resources.

During the Workshop, they learnt about:-

· Waste reduction
· Value stream mapping (VSM)
· 5S workplace housekeeping and organisation
· Teamwork
· Set up reduction
· Pull systems (kanbans)
· Visual Performance Measurement (VPM)
· Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
· Standard work
· Focused Improvement

Michael Morrow Industrial Engineer at 2Morrow Solutions, presented an interesting and interactive course which Megan Hibbert and Adam Drinkwater are keen to start implementing into our Business.

It has been a time of change at B & C over the last few months, new machinery, new layouts and planning, new strategies - and in many ways we feel like a new Business, despite the years that we`ve been here. It is an exciting time for us and it feels awesome.