Minnesota Minnesota Quality Award
Patricia Fryer Billings or DiAnna Larson
Minnesota Council for Quality
2850 Metro Drive, Suite 300
Bloomington, MN 55425
Phone: (612) 851-3181
Fax: (612) 851-3183 The award goes beyond Baldrige to encourage all sectors of enterprise and provide recognition at four levels: commitment, advancement, achievement and role-model excellence. Categories: Manufacturing, service, education, government, health care and nonprofit.
Year started: 1991
Baldrige-based: Yes
Schedule: Feb.--applications due. Sept.--site visits. Nov.--awards banquet. Mississippi Mississippi Quality Award
Duane Hamill
State Board for Community and Junior Colleges
3825 Ridgewood Road
Jackson, MI 39211
Phone: (601) 982-6349
Fax: (601) 982-6363
E-mail: dhamill@sbcjc.cc.ms.us
Web: www.sbcjc.cc.ms.us Patterned after the Baldrige Award, this award focuses on education and economic development rather than competition. Four levels of awards are possible: Quality Interest, Quality Commitment, the Excellence Award and the Governor's Award. Companies at all levels of quality achievement are encouraged to apply; any public or privately held organization of any size located in the state of Mississippi is eligible. Categories: Companies at all levels of quality achievement.
Year started: 1995
Baldrige-based: Yes
Schedule: Jan.--applications available. July--applications due. Nov.--winners announced. Missouri Missouri Quality Award
John Politi
Excellence in Missouri Foundation
P.O. Box 1085
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone: (573) 526-1725
Fax: (573) 526-1729
Web: www.ecodev.state.mo.us/mqa/ The Missouri Quality Award is patterned after the Baldrige Award and is designed to stimulate continuous improvement in the quality of products and services, customer satisfaction and global competitiveness. The categories vary slightly from the Baldrige, as listed below. Categories: Profit and nonprofit manufacturing, service, education, health care and public-sector organizations can apply to one of three categories: small (fewer than 100 employees), medium (100-499 employees) and large (500 or more employees).
Year started: 1992
Baldrige-based: Yes
Schedule: April--eligibility applications due. June--award applications due. Nov.--awards ceremony. Nebraska The Edgerton Quality Award
Jack Ruff
Existing Business Assistance Division
Nebraska Department of Economic Development
P.O. Box 94666
Lincoln, NE 68509-4666
Phone: (402) 471-4167
Fax: (402) 471-3778
e-mail: jruff@ded2.ded.state.ne.us This Baldrige-based award, open only to for-profit manufacturing and service organizations, recognizes continuous process improvement and adaptation of technology in each category. Awards are presented at three levels: the Edgerton Award of Commitment, the Edgerton Award of Progress and the Edgerton Award of Excellence. Categories: For-profit manufacturing and service.
Year started: 1993
Baldrige-based: Yes
Schedule: June--eligibility applications due. Jan.--award applications due. May--awards ceremony. New Hampshire Granite State Quality Award
Tom Raffio
Granite State Quality Council
P.O. Box 29
Manchester, NH 03105-0029
Phone: (603) 223-1312
Fax: (603) 223-1299 The Granite State Quality Award recognizes manufacturing and service organizations that embrace technological change as a method to achieve maximum productivity at lowest cost; utilize continuous improvement methods to provide efficient, safe and challenging work; stimulate business growth; upgrade public and private education to promote quality awareness; promote environmental awareness; and improve living and working conditions. Categories: Small (fewer than 200 employees) and large (200 or more employees) manufacturing and service. Also, awards for excellence in any of the seven Baldrige categories.
Year started: 1995
Baldrige-based: Yes
Schedule: Dec.--applications due. May--awards ceremony. New Jersey New Jersey Quality Achievement Award
Richard Serfass
Quality New Jersey
20 W. State St.
P.O. Box 827
Trenton, NJ 08625-0827
Phone: (609) 777-0940
Fax: (609) 777-2798
E-mail: rserfass@recom.com The New Jersey Quality Achievement Award and Assessment Process provides several options to organizational improvement. Recognition levels consist of the Quality Discoverer self-assessment, and the Quality Explorer assisted self-assessment. Award levels include the New Jersey Quality Achievement for overall excellence; the New Jersey Quality Partners Award; and the Areas of Excellence awards in operations, marketplace and work force. Categories: Manufacturing and service; small business--200 or fewer employees; government; education; health care and nonprofit.
Year started: 1992; education and health care, 1996
Baldrige-based: Yes
Schedule: April--eligibility forms due. June--award applications due. Oct.--award winner notification. New Mexico New Mexico Quality Awards
William W. Bankey or Kenneth N. Mandley
Quality New Mexico
P.O. Box 25005
Albuquerque, NM 87125
Phone: (505) 262-7955
Fax: (505) 262-7122
E-mail: qnm@quality-newmexico.org This award began as a U.S. Senate Productivity Award in 1988. Since 1994, the New Mexico Quality Awards have used Baldrige criteria. Any organization, public or private, may apply. Applicants compete against award criteria, with no limit to the number of winners. Categories: Any New Mexico organization, public or private, with five or more employees.
Year started: 1988
Baldrige-based: Yes
Schedule: March--applications available. Oct.--applications due. March--awards ceremony. New York The Empire State Advantage
Barbara Ann Harms
Excelsior Award Inc.
11 Computer Drive W., Suite 212
Albany, NY 12205
Phone: (518) 482-1747
Fax: (518) 482-2231 Formerly known as the Excelsior Award Program, the program has two major components to help organizations gain the competitive edge. The Governor's Award for Excellence represents the highest form of recognition for performance excellence and quality in New York state. The ESA Program is a continuous improvement tool that registers organizations as Empire State Gold or Empire State Silver after certifying their management systems' soundness and effectiveness against the program's criteria. Categories: Private, education, health care, government sectors and nonprofit.
Year started: 1991
Baldrige-based: Yes
Schedule: The award cycle runs once a year and concludes in late spring; the ESA program runs in three cycles throughout the year. North Carolina North Carolina Quality Leadership Award
Mette Leather
North Carolina Quality Leadership Foundation
4904 Professional Court, Suite 100
Raleigh, NC 27609
Phone: (919) 872-8198
Fax: (919) 872-8199 This award uses Baldrige-based award criteria and training materials. A three-level program is being introduced for 1998. The commitment level evaluates a basic, critical subset of the criteria. The advancement level evaluates an intermediate subset of the criteria and the leadership level evaluates the complete criteria. There is no limit to the number of awards. Categories: Small (up to 99 employees), medium (100-499 employees) and large (500 or more employees) organizations, including manufacturing, service (including nonprofit), educational and public sector.
Year started: 1991
Baldrige-based: Yes
Schedule: Jan.¾applications of intent due. March¾award applications due. Oct.¾awards ceremony. Ohio Dayton Area Excellence Award
William J. Grunenwald
Modern Technologies Corp.
4032 Linden Ave.
Dayton, OH 45432
Phone: (937) 252-9199, ext. 217
Fax: (937) 258-3863
E-mail: bgrunenw@modtechcorp.com This award was established to provide a method for Dayton area organizations to pursue the implementation of sound quality-based principles as a way to achieve world-class performance levels. The award provides four levels: serious commitment, exemplary progress, significant achievement and excellence. There is no limit to the number of winners. Categories: Any type of organization in the defined geographic area can apply.
Year started: 1991
Baldrige-based: Yes
Schedule: May--applications of intent due. July--award applications due. Dec.--winners notified. Governor's Award for Team Excellence in Manufacturing
Chris Merritt
The Ohio Manufacturers' Assoc.
33 N. High St.
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: (614) 224-5111
Fax: (614) 224-1012 This award recognizes teamwork and employee involvement activities in manufacturing proc-esses. Manufacturing teams from around the state participate in the competition by making presentations that demonstrate their use of quality tools and improvement processes. Categories: Manufacturing only. Two categories: small plant division (fewer than 500 employees) and large plant division (500 or more employees).
Year started: 1990
Baldrige-based: No
Schedule: June--applications due. Dec.--finals and awards ceremony (schedule subject to change; call for details). Team Excellence in the Public Sector
Ken Cookson
Ohio Office of Quality Services
77 S. High St., 7th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: (614) 728-2584
Fax: (614) 644-6763 This award is designed to demonstrate the value of teamwork and employee involvement in the public sector and to demonstrate the creativity and imagination teams possess in finding solutions to problems. Teams showcase what they have accomplished through the use of quality tools and improvement processes. Categories: Teams employed by townships, counties, municipalities or state or federal agencies.
Year started: 1994
Baldrige-based: No
Schedule: April--applications due. Sept.--showcase presentations. Dec.--awards presentation. Oklahoma Oklahoma Quality Award
Mike Strong
P.O. Box 26980
Oklahoma City, OK 73126-0980
Phone: (405) 815-5295
Fax: (405) 815-5205 The Oklahoma Quality Award closely follows the Baldrige Award, but there is no limit on awards given in a category. The award has three levels--commitment, achievement and excellence. Applicants apply to the level of their choice. An organizations must have operated in Oklahoma for three years, and its major business function must be verified in Oklahoma. Categories: Three categories for organizations in manufacturing, service, health care, education and government. Category 1: 1-50 employees, category 2: 51-250 employees; category 3: more than 250 employees.
Year started: 1993
Baldrige-based: Yes
Schedule: May--applications due. Oct.--awards ceremony. Oregon Oregon Quality Award
Carolyn Mark
Oregon Quality Initiative/ The Performance Center
18640 N.W. Walker Road, Suite 1027
Beaverton, OR 97006-1975
Phone: (503) 725-2804
Fax: (503) 724-2801
Web: www.oqi.org The Oregon Quality Award is open to organizations of all sizes and from all sectors. Four levels of recognition are available: Governor's Trophy, Oregon Quality Award, Certificate of Quality Achievement and Certificate of Quality Commitment. An organizational self-assessment serves as the basis for the application. Categories: Open to all organizations from the private, public and nonprofit sectors.
Year started: 1994
Baldrige-based: Yes
Schedule: Jan.--applications available. Oct.--award winners recognized. Pennsylvania Greater Pittsburgh Total Quality Award
Bob Graham
Q-Net
c/o: Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce
Three Gateway Center
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Phone: (412) 392-4555
Fax: (412) 392-4520 Organizations from all sectors may apply but must have headquarters in Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Washington or Westmoreland counties. Winners will participate in the annual conference. Categories: There is a single category for all applicants.
Year started: 1993
Baldrige-based: Yes
Schedule: May--applications due. Sept.--winners announced. Lancaster Chamber Business Excellence Award
Betty Rose
The Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and Industry
P.O. Box 1558
Lancaster, PA 17608-1558
Phone: (717) 397-3531
Fax: (717) 293-3159
E-mail: brose@lcci.com
Web: www.lcci.com Any organization currently a member of The Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and Industry may apply. The four award levels are excellence, leadership, achievement and commitment. Based on the Baldrige Award, although the number of areas to address has been reduced to encourage participation. Categories: Publicly or privately held organizations of any size, government agencies, academic institutions, hospitals and health care, banking, service, manufacturing and religious organizations.
Year started: 1992
Baldrige-based: Yes
Schedule: Call for information. Quality Valley USA Regional Excellence Award
Barbara Whittaker
Lehigh Carbon Community College
4525 Education Park Drive
Schnecksville, PA 18078
Phone: (610) 799-1537
Fax: (610) 799-2881 Any publicly or privately held organization of any size in the Lehigh Valley region may apply for this award. Organizations may apply to three award levels: highest achievement, significant progress and serious commitment. Categories: Manufacturing, service, nonprofit, health care, education, finance, government and retail.
Year started: 1987
Baldrige-based: Yes
Schedule: Jan.--application deadlines to be decided. Oct.--winners announced Tri-State Quality Award for Organizations
Michael P. Ricci
Klein Plating Works
2020 Greengarden Road
Erie, PA 16502
Phone: (814) 452-3793
Fax: (814) 452-3531 Organizations from Northwest Pennsylvania, Western New York and Northeast Ohio may apply for the Tri-State Quality Award for Organizations. There are three award levels: serious commitment, significant progress and highest achievement. Categories: Any organization, including but not limited to manufacturing, service, education, profit and nonprofit.
Year started: 1987
Baldrige-based: Yes
Schedule: May--applications due. Oct.--awards ceremony. Rhode Island Rhode Island Quality Awards
Lynne C. Couture
RACE for Quality of Management
P.O. Box 6766
Providence, RI 02940
Phone: (401) 454-3030
Fax: (401) 454-0056
E-mail: racequal@idt.net Quality Commitment Award
RACE for Quality of Management
Address: Same as above
This award is presented to organizations that have demonstrated a commitment to a quality system. Organizations must have completed a quality system self-assessment within the past two years and have demonstrated performance improvement over the last six months. Categories: Manufacturing, service, health care, government and nonprofit.
Year started: 1996
Baldrige-based: Yes
Schedule: Dec.--applications available. June--eligibility applications due. Sept.--award applications due. Quality Achievement Award
RACE for Quality of Management
Address: Same as above This award is presented to those organizations that have demonstrated significant progress in building sound and notable proc-esses. Recognized organizations have a documented approach, have made major progress in implementing plans and procedures, and are on their way toward achieving significant performance improvements. Categories: Manufacturing, service, health care, government and nonprofit
Year started: 1994
Baldrige-based: Yes
Schedule: Dec.--applications available. April--eligibility applications due. June--award applications due. Rhode Island Award for Competitiveness and Excellence
RACE for Quality of Management
Address: Same as above This top award recognizes excellence and executive leadership. It is for those organizations that have demonstrated the highest level of competitive improvement and excellence. Applicants must include positive trend data and document achievements. Categories: Manufacturing, service, health care, government and nonprofit.
Year started: 1994
Baldrige-based: Yes
Schedule: Dec.--applications available. April--eligibility applications due. June--award applications due. South Carolina Governor's Award
Jerry Bennett
Quality Institute
University of South Carolina, Spartanburg
800 University Way
Spartanburg, SC 29303
Phone: (888) 231-0578
Fax: (864) 503-5995 Based on the Baldrige Award criteria. No limit to the number of winners. Organizations can participate in the quality recognition process in three ways: interested--just beginning the quality journey, forum associate--have a current written quality mission statement and pay annual South Carolina Quality Forum membership fees, and achiever--forum associates that have demonstrated quality improvement. Categories: Private, public, government and education
Year started: 1994
Baldrige-based: Yes
Schedule: Sept.--applications due. April--awards ceremony. South Dakota South Dakota Business Excellence Awards
Cindy Tryon
Industry & Commerce Association of South Dakota
P.O. Box 190
Pierre, SD 57501-0190
Phone: (605) 224-6161
Fax: (605) 225-7198 These awards honor businesses in a number of categories, including community involvement, customer service, environmental awareness, job creation and manufacturing. Within the quality category, an award is given to the business demonstrating exceptional performance in total quality management. One firm is selected as the business of the year. Categories: Any private-sector, nongovernment, for-profit business of any size
Year started: 1985
Baldrige-based: No
Schedule: July--applications due. Oct.--awards ceremony. Tennessee Greater Memphis Award for Quality
James C. Lippy
The Greater Memphis Association for Quality
5393 Macon Cove
Memphis, TN 38134
Phone: (901) 383-4611
Fax: (901) 383-4399
E-mail: jlippy@stim.tec.tn.us This award is open to all companies in the Greater Memphis Area and all contiguous counties. There are three levels for applicants. The best applicant from Level 3 receives an award, though all applicants are recognized. Categories: Any organization.
Year started: 1994
Baldrige-based: Yes
Schedule: Sept.--applications due. Tennessee Quality Award
Marie Williams
Tennessee Quality Award
Tennessee Economic Development Center
333 Commerce St.
Nashville, TN 37201-3300
Phone: (800) 453-6474
Fax: (615) 214-8933 This award has four levels: quality interest, quality commitment, quality achievement and the Governor's Quality Award. There is no limit to the number of awards. Categories: Any public or private organization of any size.
Year started: 1993
Baldrige-based: Yes
Schedule: June--applications of intent due. July--award applications due. Jan.--awards ceremony. Texas Greater Austin Quality Award
Jim Nelson
Greater Austin Quality Council
P.O. Box 1967
Austin, TX 78767-1967
Phone: (512) 322-5603
Fax: (512) 478-9615 The regional program is multilevel and recognizes performance excellence in businesses, government, education, health care and nonprofit. One of four awards can be earned: commitment, progress, significant merit and highest achievement. There is no limit to the number of awards. Categories: Any organization may apply regardless of size or type.
Year started: 1991
Baldrige-based: Yes
Schedule: Call Houston Awards for Quality
Tallie Tootle
Houston Awards for Quality
5225 Katy Freeway, Suite 500
Houston, TX 77007
Phone: (713) 867-4931, ext. 114
Fax: (713) 867-4922 Any business located in the seven-counties surrounding Harris County may apply for these awards. All entries, with the exception of those in the hospitals category, will be judged by panels made up of experts from the University of Houston College of Business Administration. A faculty panel from the University of Texas, Houston School of Public Health, will judge the hospitals category. Categories: Environment, retail (small and large), manufacturing (small and large), hospital, automobile dealerships and hotel.
Year started: 1991
Baldrige-based: Yes
Schedule: To be determined Northwest Texas Quality Award
Jay Simons
P.O. Box 8000
Amarillo, TX 79114-8000
Phone: (806) 622-4213
Fax: (806) 622-4404 Modeled after the Baldrige Award and the Texas Quality Award, The Northwest Texas Quality Awards recognize the achievements of organizations in the Northwest Texas area that are committed to and practicing continuous quality improvement. Categories: Goverment, education, service, nonprofit and manufacturing.
Year started: 1993
Baldrige-based: Yes
Schedule: Dec.--applications available. April--applications due. June--awards ceremony. Texas Quality Award
Jim Carmichael
Quality Texas Foundation
P.O. Box 684157
Austin, TX 78768-4157
Phone: (512) 477-8137
Fax: (512) 477-8168
E-mail: qualtex@swbell.net
Web: www.texas-quality.org The Texas Quality Award honors Texas organizations that demonstrate excellence in products, services and customer satisfaction. The award is open to educational institutions, health care, government agencies, and large and small businesses. Award levels are: commitment (entry level), achievement (mid-level) and the Texas Quality Award. Categories: Any size organization from service, education, government and nonprofit.
Year started: 1994
Baldrige-based: Yes
Schedule: March--applications available. Nov.--eligibility requests due. Dec.--award applications due. June--awards ceremony. Utah Utah Quality Awards
Julie Pettit or Con Whipple
Utah Quality Council
2120 State Office Building
Salt Lake City, UT 84114
Phone: (801) 933-3519
Fax: (801) 531-9003 This award is currently being revised. No awards are planned for 1998. Last year, there were four award classifications, working up from the Utah Continuous Quality Improvement Award, the Utah Quality Improvement Award, the Utah Progress Quality Award and the Governor's Quality Award. Categories: Large, medium and small manufacturing, service, nonprofit, government and education.
Year started: 1995
Baldrige-based: Yes Vermont Vermont Program for Performance Excellence
Anne T. O'Brien
Champlain Mill
One Main Street
Winooski, VT 05404
Phone: (802) 655-1910
Fax: (802) 655-1932
E-mail: vcqual@aol.com Any Vermont organization may apply. Our program focuses on organizational assessment using Baldrige criteria. The four levels of recognition are: interest, commitment, achievement and the Governor's Award for Excellence. Categories: Any organization including profit and nonprofit, manufacturing, education, government and service.
Year started: 1997
Baldrige Based: Yes
Schedule: Ongoing assessments year round. Recognition ceremony in May. Virginia U.S. Senate Productivity and Quality Award
Jyl Smithson
Mail Code 0364
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Phone: (540) 231-3144
Fax: (540) 231-9886 All Virginia organizations in the public sector are eligible to apply for this award. There are three levels of recognition: a medallion for each category's outstanding organizations; a plaque for each category's non-medallion finalists and a certificate of merit for honorable mention status. Categories: Private, manufacturing, private service, state and federal agencies and local agencies.
Year started: 1983
Baldrige-based: Yes
Schedule: Aug.--applications available. Nov.--applications due. April--awards ceremony and conference. Washington Washington State Quality Award
Tamara Garcia
P.O. Box 11669
Olympia, WA 98508-1669
Phone: (360) 664-2189
Fax: (360) 664-4250 The Washington State Quality Award recognizes organizations that have attained a high level of quality excellence in their products, services and customer satisfaction. All organizations within the state of Washington are eligible. Categories: Private, government, nonprofit and education. The categories are further divided by organization size: small (fewer than 200) and large (more than 200).
Year started: 1994
Baldrige-based: Yes
Schedule: May--applications available. Sept.--eligibility forms due. Nov.--award applications due. Wyoming Wyoming State Quality Award
Jere Hawn
Wyoming State Quality Award
DOC/DECD
Herschler Building, #1202
122 W. 25th St.
Cheyenne, WY 82002
Phone: (307) 777-7133
Fax: (307) 777-5840
E-mail: jhawn@missc.state.wy.us The Wyoming State Quality Award is based on the Baldrige and its core value but rewritten to apply to the Wyoming business climate. Applications are scored on four main items: leadership, human resource development and management, customer satisfaction and results. Applicants receive a feedback report and an award based on their application score: certificate, amethyst, sapphire, ruby, jade and diamond. The awards are open to any organization domiciled in Wyoming. Categories: Business, government and education.
Year started: 1995
Baldrige-based: Yes
Schedule: March--applications due. May--awards ceremony. |
