Our Membership Mission

GBMP’s Membership Program is one more part of its commitment to providing companies with the highest quality training and information available and should be an integral part of your Continuous Improvement efforts. A GBMP membership offers your company valuable opportunities for saving money on resources for sustaining your Lean initiative. It is also an excellent source of networking and benchmarking opportunities, through plant tours, the Manufacturing Roundtable and the Global Continuous Improvement Network). GBMP members all share an interest in the Continuous Improvement philosophy and recognize the value of belonging to a community that will help, support and inspire you on your Lean journey to operational excellence.

Membership Benefits

As a member of GBMP, your company will receive numerous benefits:

The Global Continuous Improvement Network (GCIN)
GBMP’s online CI Network is available only to members and provides invaluable resources and tools to aid you in your Lean journey, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. In addition to serving as a one-stop resource to help our client and member companies operate more efficiently and profitably, it is also a great way for you to connect with peers. Features include: newsletters, articles, an expert blog, chat rooms, Lean forms and templates for downloading, before-and-after photographs, interviews and case studies . The GCIN is also a place where members can communicate directly with one another to ask and answer questions, share information, and showcase and benchmark their CI activities and progress. Learn more here.

Discounts on all GBMP Training Events
GBMP members receive 15-30% off of our specially designed workshops and courses. GBMP training events reflect our philosophy that the process of acquiring knowledge is best done through tacit learning, so almost all GBMP training events divide the day between classroom learning and shop-floor implementation of concepts learned in the classroom. Send three employees to a GBMP workshop and your membership has paid for itself! GBMP Events

Training Products
GBMP members receive 15% off the cost of all of GBMP’s award-winning lean training videos. Members also receive the SME member price (15% off) for the Lean Certification Bronze Level four-book package, an excellent addition to your lean library, even if you don’t take the certification course or exam. Four-Book Package from SME, GBMP Video Training Products

Plant Tours
GBMP Plant Tours are reserved exclusively for GBMP members. If you are not a member, you cannot attend these invaluable benchmarking events where companies who have successfully begun implementing Lean initiatives share their results. Attendees are encouraged to take what they see for implementation at their own companies. Past tours have included New Balance, Raytheon, and Shingo Prize recipients AccuRounds and Z Corporation. GBMP Events

The Manufacturing Roundtable
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. Members receive one free seat at every Roundtable event and a steep discount on the admission of additional attendees. GBMP Events

Supplier Services
Many suppliers of manufacturing-related resources offer special discounts to GBMP members. Member companies can take advantage of savings of 10-50% off of a variety of products and services and could potentially save thousands of dollars! Supplier Services

Annual Membership Rates

Industry $495*
Associate $295**
Individual $195***

* Please note that this is a company-wide membership program and any of your team members can take advantage of it the event and product discounts. Industry membership comes with 2 GCIN seats.
**Associate memberships are reserved for institutions such as banks, accounting and law firms, utility companies, and local sales offices of supplier companies who wish to support GBMP’s membership mission and events program and do not have access to the GCIN.
*** Individual memberships come with one seat to the GCIN, assuming you are not a consultant or vendor.

Register for Membership

If you are interested in becoming a GBMP member, you may submit our online Membership Registration form and someone from GBMP will be in touch to complete the registration process.

Online Registration Form

For more information regarding becoming a member, membership benefits, the GCIN, upcoming membership events or to register for a GBMP membership over the phone, please call Lela Glikes, Program Manager, at 617-287-7630.