The search for QUALITY has become
the single most important force leading to organizational
success and growth in both national and international
markets in the new millennium. The organizations which
will succeed are those that can maintain a dedication
to Quality in each and every organizational function.
The Quality Award was first launched in 1991 by The
Hong Kong Management Association. With this annual Award,
the Association seeks not just to reward, but also bring
public recognition to those organizations that have
achieved outstanding standards of quality and made a
lasting commitment to the process of quality management.
MALCOLM BALDRIGE NATIONAL QUALITY
AWARD
The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, named after
the late Secretary of Commerce of the United States,
was created by the US Congress in 1987. It is the highest
level of national recognition for quality performance
and practices that a US organization can receive.
It is intended to spark interest and involvement in
quality programmes, drive American products and services
to higher levels of quality, and better equip organizations
to meet the challenges of global competition.
DEMING PRIZE
The Deming Prize was instituted
in Japan in 1951 by a formal resolution of the JUSE
(Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers) Board of
Directors in grateful recognition of Dr W Edward Deming's
friendship and his achievements in promoting industrial
quality control.
It has become customary in Japan for corporations intending
to improve their performance in products or services
to vie for the Deming Prize, not only for the prestige
that goes with this honour but also to benefit from
internal improvements that result from the implementation
of total or company-wide quality control (TQC or CWQC)
that is needed in order to qualify for the award.
EUROPEAN QUALITY AWARD
The European Quality Award was first presented in Europe
in 1992 to honour the most successful exponent of Total
Quality Management (TQM). To receive the Award, an applicant
must demonstrate that its approach to TQM has contributed
significantly over the past few years to satisfying
the expectations of customers, employees and others
with an interest in the company. |