Toowoomba - Two Day Lean Simulation Manufacturing Workshop, June 2026

The Department of Natural Resources and Mines; Manufacturing; Regional and Rural Development will be hosting LEAN Manufacturing workshops facilitated by Vative
About this event:

Toowoomba Manufacturing Hub have Mike Morrow from Vative presenting a two-day Lean Manufacturing Workshop to be held in Toowoomba for Manufacturers in the South West region.

Many of the companies that have previously attended the workshops are now embracing a “Lean Transformation” program to grow, stabilise and sustain their business operation, so if your company has not been engaged, the time is now to start the journey.

Over a period of two days, this workshop highlights lean manufacturing and other related 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’

Several ‘Dummy Production Runs’ will be conducted in the workshop, with participants progressively improving each run by changing the simulation processes according to the Lean principles introduced between each run. Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) will be measured for each run, revealing quantitative improvements during the course of the Workshop.

The 2-Day Workshop will cover the following topics:

• Waste reduction
• Value stream mapping (VSM)
• 5S workplace housekeeping and organisation
• Teamwork
• Set up reduction
• Pull systems (kanban’s)
• Visual performance measurement (VPM)
• Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
• Standard work
• Focused improvement

These learnings can then be implemented within businesses to improve and streamline output.

This event is designed for 2-3 key personnel from each business, including the business owner, CFO and/or managers to attend the two-day workshop.

Morning & Afternoon Tea and Lunch Provided

Details for Workshop:
Date: Thursday 11th and Friday 12th June 2026

Time: 8.00am - 3.00pm
Where: Toowoomba Sports Ground - 47 Arthur Street, Toowoomba Qld 4350

Cost: $50.00 per person

Contact: Helen Bates, Principal Capability Development Officer, email: [email protected] or phone: 0448 848 589 or

Amanda Davey, Project Support Officer, email: [email protected] or phone 0456 676 397

About Mike Morrow:

Michael Morrow is an Industrial Engineer with over twenty years’ experience in assisting companies with productivity improvement. After graduating with degrees in Engineering and Business, Michael embarked on a career in Industrial Engineering in the lighting, bedding ad door hardware industries. For 5 years, Michael was a Productivity Consultant for QMI Solutions. During his employment at QMI Solutions, Michael assisted companies, including job shops, food manufacturers, electronics manufacturers and phone retailers in improving their productivity. Michael was significant experience in Lean implementation, Facilities layout design and is accredited MTM-1 and MTM-2 System Applicator with UK-MTM Association.

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