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Education:
| Brown University | |
Ph.D. in Engineering |
| University of Rhode Island | | M.S. in Chemical Engineering |
| University of Miami | |
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering |
Industrial Experience:
Prior joining academia, Bob worked in industry for 15 years and had management responsibility in engineering (R&D, new product development) and operations (manufacturing and supply chain). He had responsibility for implementing Lean principles and practices in both manufacturing and supply networks at Pratt & Whitney. He is internationally recognized for his work in Lean management and his ground-breaking work on Lean leadership.
Teaching Experience:
2005 to Present - CCSU, New Britain, Conn.
Courses: Leadership Skill for Supervisors, Innovative Leadership, Manufacturing Supply Chain Strategy, Supply Chain Issues, Decision Failure Analysis in Technology Management, Research Methods in Technology.
1999-2004 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Hartford, Conn.
Courses: Leadership and Organizational Development, Managing Supply Networks, and Failure Analysis of Management Decisions.
Publications:
Bob is the principal author of the book Better Thinking, Better Results: Case Study and Analysis of an Enterprise-Wide Lean Transformation. It is a detailed examination of The Wiremold Company's (West Hartford, Conn.) Lean transformation from 1991 to 2001. The book won a Shingo Research Prize in 2003 as the first book to describe an enterprise-wide Lean transformation in a real company where both principles of Lean management - "Continuous Improvement" and "Respect for People" - were applied. The second edition, published in March 2007, brings the story up-to-date with a new chapter that describes what happened to Wiremold’s Lean management efforts since 2001.
Bob is also the author of REAL LEAN: Understanding the Lean Management System (Volume One), published in February 2007, and REAL LEAN: Critical Issues and Opportunities in Lean Management (Volume Two) was published in July 2007. These books are written for senior managers and explain the purposes, advantages, myths, and misinformation surrounding Lean management, with particular focus on application of the "Respect for People" principle.
Bob is working on two new books: Practical Lean Leadership: A Strategic Leadership Guide for Executives and REAL LEAN: The Keys to Sustainability (Volume Three). These will be published in 2008.
Bob has authored or co-authored over 30 peer-reviewed management papers on Lean leadership and supply chain management. His key papers include “Lean Behaviors” (1998), “Linking Leaders’ Beliefs to their Behaviors and Competencies” (2003), “Using Value Stream Maps to Improve Leadership” (2004), the “ Origins of Lean Management in America: The Role of Connecticut Businesses” (2006), and “Standardized Work for Executive Leadership” (2008). Five of his papers have won awards for excellence from Emerald Publishing. He has also written 10 peer-reviewed papers on materials science and engineering and over 40 technical reports, papers, and management articles.
Bob's papers have been published in diverse journals such as Management Decision, Supply Chain Management, Journal of Management History, TQM Magazine, Journal of Workplace Learning, Quality Assurance in Education, Leadership and Organizational Development, and Industrial Marketing Management.
Bob is a member of the editorial review boards of Leadership and Organization Development Journal, Management Decision, Industrial Marketing Management, Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, and an ad-hoc reviewer for several other journals. He was North American Regional Editor of Supply Chain Management: An International Journal from 2005-2007.
Research Interests:
Improving leadership, operations (supply chain management), and higher education using Lean principles and practices, with special emphasis on cross-disciplinary aspects.
Click HERE to access a suite of 12 papers from a recently completed 10-year research project on business-to-business e-commerce (e-sourcing).
Professional Associations:
Institute of Industrial Engineers
Academy of Management
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