The Lean Solutions Podcast

Technology & Automation in Lean with Bruce Hamilton


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This week on the podcast, I’m chatting with Bruce Hamilton. Bruce is President of GBMP, a Boston-based non-profit founded in 1994 that provides Lean and Six Sigma assistance to manufacturing, healthcare and service organizations.

In this episode, Bruce and I chat about how technology development is impacting Lean and how organizations can reduce turnover and increase employee retention during Covid.

What You’ll Learn This Episode:

  • The Lean Toyota Production system and why some organizations have failed to see improvement from it
  • Creating a unifying concept for both management and employees
  • Employee retention strategies during Covid
  • How technology could change Lean
  • Using an automation solution and if it’s the right choice
  • Some of Bruce’s biggest influences in Lean
  • How to make a change in your organization without a leader driving it
  • Advice for people starting their Lean journey
  • About the Guest:

    Bruce Hamilton is President of GBMP, a Boston-based non-profit founded in 1994 that provides Lean and Six Sigma assistance to manufacturing, healthcare and service organizations.  Prior to joining GBMP, Bruce spent thirty years in manufacturing, leading his factory to a Shingo Prize award in 1990. From 1996 to 1998, his factory was also a project site for the Toyota Production System Support Center (TSSC.)

    Bruce is author and actor in the 2004 Shingo Prize winning video, Toast Kaizen and co-author of the comprehensive multimedia training package, e2 Continuous Improvement System, which combines GBMP’s acclaimed video content with self-study workbooks, classroom learning and workplace practice.   In 2000 he was inducted in the Shingo Prize Academy and in 2015 was inducted into the AME Manufacturing Hall of Fame.

    GBMP is an affiliate of the Shingo Institute and provides an annual Northeast L.E.A.N. Conference, http://www.northeastleanconference.org , held  October 6-7, 2021 at the MassMutual Center, Springfield, Massachusetts.

    Important Links:

    https://www.gbmp.org/

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/bruce-hamilton-a09a4616/

    http://www.northeastleanconference.org/

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