Boston Industrial Consulting

Boston Industrial Consulting is a talented, highly-experienced group of Industrial and Operations Engineering consultants. Our expertise is in Distribution Facility Design, Lean Manufacturing and Operations Improvement. Since the firm's inception in 1996, our team of specialists have grown to be recognized as industry leaders.

Boston Industrial Consulting, Inc. was founded in 1996 by Robert Liptrot. Since then, Boston Industrial has successfully delivered billions of dollars in value to some of the largest and best-known retail, wholesale and manufacturing enterprises through the application of optimization-based manufacturing and supply chain solutions and services.

Our team of specialists customize each project to a client's specific needs and business objectives. The results are process-driven solutions for a wide range of global industrial challenges. Our primary goal in Master Planning is maximization of a client's return on their purchase and investment. The Boston Industrial team recognizes that data analysis leads to powerful solutions, so we focus on each operation in detail, prioritizing all potential short- and long-term plans for implementation.Our design approach - from operational layouts and sub-systems to full WMS and ERP design - tailors equipment, workflow and software to the organization for optimized efficiency and ROI.

Bob is President and Founder of Boston Industrial Consulting, Inc. He is actively involved in a wide variety of projects in the Manufacturing, Life Sciences/Medical Device, Apparel Fulfillment, Distribution, and Government sectors, with a project scope from $5M to over $100M. He helps clients determine and plan long-term operational strategy with Master Business planning and Operations Analysis, and carry out tactical projects focusing on detail layout planning, material handling system design, distribution design, and project management.