UPCOMING GBMP EVENTS
For your consideration, GBMP presents a summer and fall full of webinars and workshops (Lean Policy Deployment, TPM, Intro to Lean), Shingo Institute courses (Discover, Enable, Improve & Align), bench-marking plant tours, Lean Bronze exam prep and more.   This is also a great time to register your team for the Northeast L.E.A.N. Conference - Agenda with Abstracts available to view at www.NortheastLeanConference.org  

UPCOMING EVENTS
July 14
Material Handling Improvement
A Lean Learning Bite with Bruce Hamilton Event @ Waters Corp
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July 20
Bench Marking Plant Tour: Nuvera Fuel Cells
See a single-piece flow assembly line, plus kanban in action & more
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July 19
Coping with the
Summer Doldrums

A FREE Tea Time with
The Toast Dude Webinar
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August 3-5
Lean Bronze Review
Course & Examination

Review the body of knowledge
& ace the test with GBMP!
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August 5
Introduction to Lean for Healthcare Practitioners
A one day hands-on workshop
at Lowell General Hospital
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September 14
Bench Marking Plant Tour: Boston Brace
The leader in pediatric orthotic and prosthetic products
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August 22
Bench Marking Plant Tour: Lake Region Medical
See the Shingo Model in action throughout three value streams
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September 20
Lean Policy Deployment
Half Day Workshop

Learn to align enterprise-wide objectives & resources
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JUST ADDED:
Tuesday & Wednesday, October 18-19, 2016 @ Integer, Brimfield MA  

TPM: Total Productive Maintenance -
Four Phases to Approach ZERO Equipment Stoppages
 
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Did you know current equipment condition in the U.S. leads to: 
* Equipment productivity <50% 
* Dollars wasted on maintenance related practices >$180 Billion


Learn how to avoid this at your facility by: 
* Measuring your equipment productivity and improving it by sustainable amounts! 
* Establishing Maintenance Excellence goals/strategies!


 
SHINGO INSTITUTE WORKSHOPS
GBMP is a licensed affiliate of The Shingo Institute with four certified Shingo Institute workshop instructors on staff. And summer and fall are jam-packed with workshops being offered multiple times throughout the country so you can find the most convenient dates and locations for you and your team.

** 4 Course Series Just Added in New Hampshire; starts in September! Sign up for all four and SAVE! **

 
Keynotes by Art Byrne, John Shook, Dr. Eric Dickson & Steven Spear
THE NORTHEAST LEAN CONFERENCE
Interactive! Inspirational! Practical!

It is never too early to get your group together for The Northeast L.E.A.N. Conference on October 4-5 at The DCU Center in Worcester MA. We're putting the finishing touches on the agenda and all of the other exciting activities. This year's theme - "Lean By Doing: Accelerating Continuous Improvement" means addressing obstacles head-on and learning how to help your organization "act its way" into Lean thinking.

 
Why Not Become a Member Today?
A NOTE ABOUT MEMBERSHIP IN GBMP
Affordable support for your Lean initiative!

GBMP's Lean Membership mission is  one more part of our commitment to providing manufacturing and healthcare organizations with the highest quality training and information available and should be an integral part of your Continu ous Improvement efforts. A GBMP membership offers your compa   ny valuable opportunities for saving money on resources for beginning and sustaining a Lean initiative. It is also an excellent source of networking and bench- marking opportunities, through plant tours, webinars, Learning Bites and more. GBMP members all share an interest in the Continuous Improvement philosophy and recognize the value of belonging to a Lean Network and community that will help, support and inspire you on your Lean journey to operational excellence. Many of our public training events are free for members and don't forget about Leanflix! On-demand, streaming access to all of GBMP's award-winning lean training videos, presentations from seven years of Northeast L.E.A.N. Conferences, podcasts of Bruce Hamilton's monthly webinars and much, much more! Read more about GBMP Membership here.