Case Studies

QMI Solutions reaches over 1000 companies annually through seminars, training programs and one-on-one consulting. The companies that achieve significant gains on the Journey to Excellence are selected as case studies to celebrate their achievements and as an incentive for aspiring companies to initiate a continuous improvement program in their organisation.


Lean Construction works for CivilPlus

Lean Construction works for CivilPlus resulting in a transformation at Townsville-based business that was proof that Lean Manufacturing principles do …

Productivity increase by 25% for Jonker Engineering

Jonker Engineering experienced a productivity increase of 25% due to successful Lean implementation. The peaks and troughs of Queensland's mining i…

Play Hard takes on waste reduction challenges

Waste reduction was a specific area targeted by Play Hard Sports a few years ago. Since then, on-time delivery increased 80%, sales increased by 20%, …

Beasley’s Hydraulic Services Lean Manufacturing success

Beasley's Hydraulic Services has used Lean Manufacturing to increase efficiency by 18% and reinforce it through the company culture. Bundaberg-base…

Prowler Proof sees productivity improvement of 400%

Through its productivity improvement, focus on customers and quality, security screen manufacturer Prowler Proof received validation that it is operat…

Factory layout brings further benefits for Redmond Gary

Through a factory layout exercise Redmond Gary Australia Pty Ltd (RG) Managing Director Andrew Danks has built on previous gains and witnessed a cu…

New factory layout boosts production by 30%

A new factory layout boosted production at The Locker Group by 30% providing a blueprint for interaction between work centres, prompting ease of movem…

Technology diffusion builds business for BWE

Technology diffusion has built a new business for BWE after first seeing a water jet cutter at QMI Solutions in the 1990s. Now BWE has five cutters ac…