(GBMP: Boston, MA) -- The 5th Annual Northeast Shingo Prize Conference will be held Oct. 7-8 at the DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts. The conference focuses on the lean manufacturing philosophy and best practices, and features talks by today's leading lean practitioners, teachers, and experts... as well as peers sharing their experiences implementing lean. You will learn new ways to approach lean to ensure your lean initiative helps you achieve real and lasting improvements.

The theme of this year's conference reflects the belief that lean manufacturing is critical in today's global economy, and that the most critical success factor when implementing lean is getting all employees—from the CEO to the front line—thinking about continuous improvement everyday. The primary goal of the Northeast Region Shingo Prize Conference and it's administrative entity, GBMP Inc., is to provide companies with a framework that enables them to remain competitive on a global level. The conference includes two award ceremonies: one recognizing the 2009 Shingo Medallion and Shingo Prize winners and one for the Silver Toaster Award for Employee Excellence, which recognizes an individual lean champion's contribution to his or her organization's Lean transformation.  

Speakers include:

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