# Adapting to Change: Manufacturing Leadership Excellence w/ Dan Burgos

- Show: [The Manufacturing Executive](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive)
- Published: 2022-04-05
- Length: 28m
- Episode: 96
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2022-04-05-adapting-to-change-manufacturing-leadership-excellence-w-dan-burgos
- Listen: https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-manufacturing-executive#episode-4b6f7382-41ee-4ad0-92d0-c6f0aad894ef

## Summary

Dan Burgos, President and CEO of Alphanova Consulting, explains how manufacturing leaders can combat labor shortages and supply chain disruptions by focusing on quantifiable metrics like on-time delivery and scrap rates, alongside less tangible cultural shifts. He argues that sustainable improvement requires treating continuous improvement as a permanent business system rather than a temporary program, emphasizing leadership behaviors and employee engagement. Burgos shares a case study of a client who improved on-time delivery from 39% to 97% and cut scrap in half by implementing these systemic changes and coaching leaders to adopt new behaviors.

## Chapters

- [0:55](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2022-04-05-adapting-to-change-manufacturing-leadership-excellence-w-dan-burgos#t=55) Introduction: Dan Burgos and Alphanova Consulting
- [3:02](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2022-04-05-adapting-to-change-manufacturing-leadership-excellence-w-dan-burgos#t=182) Dan Burgos's Career Journey and Consulting Philosophy
- [7:05](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2022-04-05-adapting-to-change-manufacturing-leadership-excellence-w-dan-burgos#t=425) Strategies for Labor Shortages and Supply Chain Issues
- [10:05](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2022-04-05-adapting-to-change-manufacturing-leadership-excellence-w-dan-burgos#t=605) Key Quantifiable Metrics: Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost
- [12:34](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2022-04-05-adapting-to-change-manufacturing-leadership-excellence-w-dan-burgos#t=754) The Importance of Leadership Behaviors and Culture
- [15:47](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2022-04-05-adapting-to-change-manufacturing-leadership-excellence-w-dan-burgos#t=947) Character vs. Competence and EOS System
- [18:36](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2022-04-05-adapting-to-change-manufacturing-leadership-excellence-w-dan-burgos#t=1116) Client Case Study: Improving Delivery and Reducing Scrap
- [22:28](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2022-04-05-adapting-to-change-manufacturing-leadership-excellence-w-dan-burgos#t=1348) Implementation Timeline and Commitment to Change

## Topics

- [Leadership, teams & culture](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/leadership-and-culture)
- [Quality & yield](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/quality-and-yield)
- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)
- [Hiring & workforce](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/hiring-and-workforce)
- [Manufacturing partners & offshoring](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/manufacturing-partners)

## Most relevant to

established companies

## Mentioned

- Alphanova Consulting (company)
- EOS (other)
- Gino Wickman (other)
- Traction (other)

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- [BONUS: 3 Actions Manufacturing Leaders Should Take in 2020](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2019-12-16-bonus-3-actions-manufacturing-leaders-should-take-in-2020) (Manufacturing Happy Hour)
- [Greatest Hits: Top 3 Leadership Lessons from Manufacturing Happy Hour](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2021-05-11-greatest-hits-top-3-leadership-lessons-from-manufacturing-happy-hour) (Manufacturing Happy Hour)
- [S7E30 Steve Riley | Small Improvements, Big ROI: Lessons from the Factory Floor](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2026-07-17-s7e30-steve-riley-small-improvements-big-roi-lessons-from-the-factory-floor) (Being an Engineer)
- [S7E29 Heylands Lowry| Building an Engineering Culture of Continuous Improvement](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2026-07-10-s7e29-heylands-lowry-building-an-engineering-culture-of-continuous-improvement) (Being an Engineer)

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