What's Missing from Your Lean Manufacturing Program with Scott Gauvin

<p><strong>Connect with Scott Gauvin:</strong></p><p>Website: www.macresco.com</p><p><strong>Lisa Ryan</strong>: Hey, it's Lisa Ryan. Welcome to the Manufacturers' Network podcast. I'm excited to introduce our guest, Scott Gauvin. Scott is a seasoned change agent with over 25 years of experience successfully helping organizations realize their potential.</p><p>Throughout his career, Scott's focus has been on driving performance gains through organizational alignment and a progressive operation strategy approach. He has advised companies the world over and across a wide range of industries, including pharmaceuticals, biotech, consumer goods, medical devices, agriculture, packaging, legal services, banking, food processing, and industrial manufacturing. He holds a BA from the University of Massachusetts, an MBA from Boston University, and is a Six Sigma black belt. Scott, welcome to the show.</p><p><strong>Scott Gauvin</strong>: Thank you, Lisa. It's a pleasure to be here.</p><p><strong>Lisa Ryan</strong>: So share with us a little bit about your background and what has led you into the work you do, particularly with lean.</p><p><strong>Scott Gauvin</strong>: Early in my career, I worked for a manufacturer and got a chance to play in many different areas and learned a lot about some of the issues that plague manufacturing companies. I realized a disconnect between some of the changes we were creating and how we created that change. Throughout many experiments that went awry, we learned that one of the things we struggle with is implementing sustainable change.</p><p>When we're implementing and practicing lean, one of the things that I've focused on - especially the last probably 10-15 years, is how to create change, but more sustainably. My focus is on the human element of lean practices.</p><p><strong>Lisa Ryan</strong>: That was one of the things that we were talking about a little bit before we started the interview because manufacturers are pretty much familiar with lean. Everybody, at some point, is doing lean