Public Workshops (one and two-day)
Multi-week Certificate Courses
Plant Tours (for GBMP members only)
Manufacturing Roundtable Speaker Series
Conferences

To register for a GBMP event, please complete the event registration form online or call GBMP at 617-287-7630. Please also give us a call if your company would like to host a GBMP public workshop, multi-week certificate course or plant tour.

In case an event can not be held due to inclement weather or other reasons, GBMP will post this information on this website on the event's web page. Please always check the GBMP website for an event's status to check for last minute changes.

Public Workshops (one and two-day)

GBMP Public Workshops are specially designed one or two-day training opportunities which reflect our philosophy that the process of acquiring knowledge is best done through tacit learning. Therefore almost all GBMP training events take place at a member or client facility and divide the day between classroom learning and shop-floor implementation of concepts learned in the classroom. (Note: some workshops have prerequisite reading or coursework. Please see individual event description for details.)

09/21/10 Shingo Benchmarking Tours with AME & The Toast Guy
09/22/10 The Foundation of Lean: Creating Stability at The Best Western Hotel Westminster, MD
09/23/10 The Shingo Approach to Excellence (aka Shingo 101) at AccuRounds Avon, MA
10/07/10 Bronze Lean Certification: 2-day Review & Exam at Worcester Polytech Worcester, MA
11/09/10 Product Innovation Workshop at Netezza Corporation Marlborough, MA
11/11/10 Bronze Lean Certification: 2-day Review & Exam at Oncore Springfield, MA
12/08/10 Implementing Kanban: Pull Systems at Siemens Diagnostics E. Walpole, MA

Multi-week Certificate Courses

GBMP offers Lean and Six Sigma certification courses several times throughout the year. These eight-week training modules take place at a member or client facility and divide the days between classroom learning and shop-floor implementation of concepts learned in the classroom. Attendees who complete these courses are awarded a certificate of achievement.

09/07/10 Lean Certificate Program (Fall 2010) at Oncore Manufacturing Springfield, MA
09/21/10 Lean in Healthcare Certificate Program at MHA Offices/Lahey Clinic Burlington, MA
11/04/10 Six Sigma Green Belt Program (Black Belt too) at The Pecoy Company W. Springfield, MA
01/04/11 Six Sigma Green Belt Program at Dole & Bailey Woburn, MA

Plant Tours (for GBMP members only)

These invaluable events allow companies who have successfully begun implementing Lean initiatives to showcase their results and enable participants to benchmark their own CI efforts. The fee for plant tours is $49 per attendee, limited to 2 spots per member company.

09/23/10 Plant Tour: Optos at Optos, Inc Marlborough, MA

Manufacturing Roundtable Speaker Series

Founded in 1979, the Manufacturing Roundtable Speaker Series is a monthly breakfast meeting with a notable speaker and is an excellent networking opportunity for participating companies.

09/09/10 Western Mass Lean Networking Group* (Sept)
10/07/10 Roundtable: Don't Give Up!
11/04/10 Roundtable: Engaging Your Employees with Lean
11/04/10 Western Mass Lean Networking Group* (Nov)

Conferences

10/19/10 2010 Northeast Shingo Prize Conference

To register for a GBMP event, please complete the event registration form online or call GBMP at 617-287-7737 or 617-287-7630. Please also give us a call if your company would like to host a GBMP public workshop, multi-week certificate course or plant tour.