We couldn’t be prouder to see our own Harrison Lavoie receive the 2026 GBMP Consulting Group & The Northeast Lean Conference Silver Toaster Award!
The Silver Toaster recognizes people who truly live continuous improvement — not just through big projects, but through the way they solve problems, help others, and make things better every day. That’s Harrison, to a “T”.
Over the past year, he’s helped cut cycle times on select automated processes nearly in half, redesigned other processes to triple output, improve our distribution operations, help build a homegrown SCADA system for machine monitoring, and mentored the people around him through the TWIST program. He’s someone who sees a problem and immediately starts thinking about how we can do it better. Not only that, but in an age where the conversations revolve around AI, Harrison is a responsible visionary, utilizing tried-and-true lean priciples
One of the best parts of today was seeing how excited Francisco “Cisco” Santos, our 2025 recipient, was to pass the torch to Harrison. Having two teammates recognized in back-to-back years is a pretty special moment for all of us at Sanderson MacLeod.
Congratulations, Harrison. Well earned.
And congratulations to all of this year’s nominees. It was great to see so many people recognized for the work they’re doing to move manufacturing forward.
See our recent TWIST podcast where Harrison details some of his recent projects, his history at SanMac, and his outlook on the years to come.