GBMP

Events Producer

Based at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, GBMP is a nonprofit corporation that has worked with hundreds of companies, providing suggestions and solutions resulting in millions in cost savings and increased sales. Each year GBMP trains more than 7,000 people on continuous improvement principles in customized, on-site classroom and shop-floor training sessions and educates more than 1,000 participants in public workshops, plant tours, and the Manufacturing Roundtable. Visit www.gbmp.org for more information.

Wed, 09/20/2017 - 12:02
Lean Helps Small Company Do More With Less ARS teamed with Greater Boston Manufacturing Partnership to increase work volume
Wed, 09/20/2017 - 12:02
American Rheinmetall Systems (ARS) LLC, formerly Vingtech, is located in Biddeford, Maine. Established in January 2007, as part of a Norwegian company that had received a supplier contract for the U.S. Army’s CROWS remote weapon station program,…
Teaching an Old Hospital New Tricks Ellis Medicine uses lean Six Sigma to create opportunities from problems
Tue, 10/11/2016 - 16:59
Ellis Medicine is a 438-bed community and teaching healthcare system serving New York’s capital region. With four main campuses, five additional service locations, more than 3,300 employees, and more than 700 medical staff, Ellis Medicine offers an…
Continuous Improvement Accelerates (and Eases) Growth at Hub Pen Millions of customized pens, 100-percent employee participation
Tue, 04/12/2016 - 15:56
Hub Pen Co., located in Braintree, Massachusetts, imports specialty writing instruments and imprints them with company logos and other customized inscriptions. In 2013, the company received a grant for training in lean and continuous improvement,…
GBMP Announces Shingo Institute Workshops for Business Improvement Professionals Designed to align and accelerate an organization’s cultural transformation
Tue, 11/03/2015 - 14:50
(GBMP: Newton MA) -- GBMP, a licensed affiliate of The Shingo Institute, is accepting registrations for eight Shingo Institute workshops. With two dates to attend each of the four workshops, GBMP is proud to be able to help hundreds of lean…
Northeast Shingo Prize Conference to Focus on Lean Best Practices Conference will emphasize continuous improvement, lean manufacturing to remain competitive in a global economy
Wed, 06/13/2012 - 12:21
(GBMP: Boston, MA) -- The Greater Boston Manufacturing Partnership (GBMP), educational partner of The Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence, has released the agenda for the 8th annual Northeast Shingo Prize Conference. This year’s theme is “…
Registration Closing for GBMP Lean Certificate Program Eight-week course begins Oct. 11, 2011
Tue, 10/04/2011 - 13:53
(GBMP: Boston, MA) -- The GBMP Lean Manufacturing Certificate Program—East is an eight-day learning event beginning Tues., Oct. 11, 2011, in Shirley, Massachusetts. It provides manufacturing and service professionals with fundamental tools and…
Northeast Shingo Prize Announces Conference Agenda “Made lean in America” emphasizes continuous improvement, reshoring
Tue, 06/21/2011 - 15:30
(GBMP: Boston) -- Conference agenda details have been released for the 7th Annual Northeast Shingo Prize Conference being held at the Mass Mutual Convention Center, in Springfield, Massachusetts, on Oct. 5–6, 2011. This year’s theme, “Made Lean in…
Dice Game Demonstrates Push/Pull Systems GBMP’s continuous improvement training tool leaves nothing to chance
Mon, 02/21/2011 - 14:05
(GBMP: Boston) -- The purpose of “The Dice Game: Gambling with Your Company” is to simply and easily illustrate the difference between “push” and “pull” processing using poker chips and dice. In a push system, processes in the value stream are not…
"Toast Value Stream Mapping" Wins Shingo Prize DVD takes viewers on an odyssey to mimic what employees encounter when they value-stream map
Thu, 02/10/2011 - 15:03
(GBMP: Boston, MA) -- The Shingo Prize announced this week that the GBMP Lean Training DVD "Toast Value Stream Mapping" will be honored with The Shingo Prize Research and Professional Publication Award at its annual conference in March. The Shingo…
Book: The e2 Continuous Improvement System An “everybody, everyday” approach
Thu, 01/27/2011 - 09:45
(GBMP: Boston) -- GBMP Inc. has released The e2 Continuous Improvement System: Managing and Sustaining Your Lean Transformation through the e2 “Everybody, Everyday” Approach (GBMP, 2011). The book details GBMP’s “lean-by-doing” process that uses…