In October 2011, I attended the 3rd Business Excellence Global Conference and the 17th Asia Pacific Quality Conference held at the Marina Bay Sands hotel in Singapore. One of the highlights of the conference was the awards banquet held on October 17, where the Global Performance Excellence Awards (GPEA) were presented.

This award reflects the concepts defined in the U.S Malcolm Baldrige Performance Excellence Award and the European Excellence Award. The GPEA awards recognize truly excellent organizations. To compete, an organization must already have won its national highest-level excellence award.

The GPEA is structured in three levels:
• World Class Award (the highest-level award)
• Best in Class Award
• Quest for Excellence Award

This year there were six World Class Award winners, seven Best in Class Award winners, and five Quest for Excellence Award winners.

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