The Revolution of Efficiency in Manufacturing with Andrea Dallan

Contact Andrea Dallan Email: Andrea.Dallan@dallan.com Website: http://www.dallan.com/ (www.dallan.com) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreadallan/ Get "The Revolution of Efficiency" book https://www.amazon.com/Revolution-Efficiency-Productivity-Flexibility-technologies-ebook/dp/B092JVBX9B/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+revolution+of+efficiency+andrea+dallan&qid=1628424700&sr=8-1 (here) Lisa Ryan: Hey, it's Lisa Ryan. Welcome to the Manufacturers' Network Podcast. I'm excited to introduce you to our guest today Andrea Dallan. Andrea is an engineer entrepreneur and CEO of Dallan Spa, an Italian family business producing systems for the processing sheet metal since 1978. With 160 employees, including engineers, technicians, and operations, he is the author of the books "The Revolution of Efficiency," which came out in 2020, and "Think Thin," which is coming this summer. With a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering at the University of Padua. During more than 20 years spent in sales, Andrea Dallan has visited hundreds of companies analyzing production processes and helping entrepreneurs and managers to make their operations more efficient. He's also the father of Mateo Vittorio and Beatrice. Andrea, welcome to the show. Andrea Dallan: Thank you, Lisa, for inviting me. I'm excited to be here. Thank you for the introduction. Lisa Ryan: You're very welcome! Andrea, please share with us a bit about your background. What led you to what you're doing now? Andrea Dallan: I started to work in our family company back in 2000. My father established the company in 1978. He was an engineer, which led me to choose my studies at the University. I was starting to work during high school here in the company. I went through many jobs in the company and eventually found out that working around sales and speaking foreign languages was my favorite. It was in line with my attitude, which gave me the possibility to meet many engineers. That's the beauty of my job - meeting people and getting to