If your organization can claim world-class performance and if it does business—or wants to do business—with Asian/Pacific Rim nations, you may want to apply for the International Asia Pacific Quality Award, which marks its 10-year anniversary in 2010. Here’s what you need to know about the IAPQA:

• Your organization must have won its national quality award in the last three years to apply.
• You don’t have to write a new application. If, for example, your organization won the Baldrige Award, you submit your award-winning application and Baldrige feedback report.
• As with the Baldrige Award, any type of organization is eligible.
• Trained Baldrige examiners evaluate the candidates using the Baldrige model.
• The deadline for submitting candidates, which must be recommended by their national quality award organizations, is February 28, 2010.
• The deadline for submitting applications is March 30, 2010.

The award is administered by the nonprofit Asia Pacific Quality Organization, which is chaired by Chuck Aubrey, former president of ASQ. Its governing body includes representatives from Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, United States, United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam.

In 2009, the World Class IAPQA was given to:

• Vietnam Electric Cable Corporation
• Orel Manufacturing Ltd. (Sri Lanka)
• Hindalco Industries Limited (India)
• Shanghai Investment Consulting Corporation
• Centro Escolar Colima A.C. (Mexico)

To learn more about the Asia Pacific Quality Organization and the IAPQA, click here.

To learn more about the Baldrige application process, click on the following articles:

• How the Baldrige Award Works
• 10 Steps to an Effective Baldrige Assessment
• First Steps on the Baldrige Journey
• 5 Added Values of the Baldrige Process
• The Universality of the Baldrige Model
• Applying for the 2010 Baldrige Award

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