ABOUT GBMP, Inc: Based at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, GBMP is a non-profit corporation that has worked with hundreds of companies, providing education and coaching resulting in millions in cost savings and increased sales. Each year GBMP trains over 7000 people on Continuous Improvement principles in customized, on-site classroom and shop-floor training sessions and educates thousands more in public workshops, on plant tours, at its annual continuous improvement conference and through its line of award-winning Lean training products, including the #1 Selling Lean Training DVD in the world, “Toast Kaizen”. GBMP is an educational partner of The Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence in the Northeastern Region of the United States and three-time recipient of the Research Prize. Visit www.gbmp.org, www.shopgbmp.org, or www.neshingoprize.org for more information.