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Baldrige in Asia Pacific
A recent article in VietNam News stated that 11 Vietnamese enterprises received 2010 gold awards for the quality of their management systems. The awards are based on the Baldrige model. In addition, 85 companies received silver awards. The number of awards suggests that Vietnamese businesses are embracing the Baldrige model as a means to achieve performance excellence (“Ministry honours nation’s 96 leading enterprises,” VietNam News, December 27, 2010)
Earlier this year, the Asia Pacific Quality Organization gave world-class IAPQA Awards to one large manufacturing company and two large service companies in Mumbai, India, and to a university in Selangor, Malaysia. It also gave Best in Class Awards to organizations in Vietnam, India, China, Sri Lanka, Singapore, and Mexico. You can read the list of winners here.
In addition to Vietnam, several Asia Pacific countries have established quality award programs based, completely or in part, on the Baldrige program. For example, the Singapore Quality Award was launched in 1994. You can see the influence of the Baldrige model on the Singapore criteria, which are available here (pdf). The Australian Business Excellence Award program is managed by SAI Global, an international consulting firm.
In China, Hisense Electric became the first company to with the China Quality Award twice.…
28Dec2010 | Steve George | 0 comments | ContinuedBaldrige Beyond U.S. Borders
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…
