Mackay Manufacturers Breakfast
Event description
The Mackay Manufacturing Hub will host a breakfast for our local manufacturing companies who are interested in -
- having input into the Mackay Manufacturing Hub programming for 2022
- meeting other manufacturers
- learning about the Manufacturing Hub delivery model and Grants Program
Gil Harkness will deliver an overview of LEAN principals and concepts and also explore Industry 5.0 and its relationship to manufacturing.
About your facilitator
Gil Harkness is a Project Manager with the Department of Regional Development, Manufacturing and Water. With over 30 years’ experience as a qualified manufacturing engineering manager he works with regional manufacturers to help them increase productivity and reduce their costs. Having experienced firsthand many of the challenges small manufacturers face, he understands their issues and can connect with the people within those businesses to assist them on their road to optimisation. Gil lives on the Sunshine Coast with his wife and daughter, having relocated from Belfast, Northern Ireland in 2008.