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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 encourages all sectors of enterprise and provides recognition at four levels: commitment, advancement, achievement and role-model excellence.
Categories: Manufacturing, service, education, government, health care and nonprofit.
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
Web: www.sbcjc.cc.ms.us/QUAL ITY.HTM
This Baldrige-based 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.
Schedule: Jan.-applications available. July-applications due. Dec.-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.mqa.org
The Baldrige-based Missouri Quality Award 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. Missouri also has a recognition for teams in the Missouri Team Quality Award and at the individual level with the Governor's Quality Leadership Award.
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).
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
Web: assist.ded.state.ne.us/edge2/eqa/home.htm
This 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.
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
Web: www.gsqc.com
The 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: Manufacturing and service. Divided into two size categories-small (fewer than 200 employees) and large (200 or more employees). In addition, awards may be presented for excellence in any of the seven Baldrige categories, and level awards recognizing companies at different stages of their quality journey.
Schedule: Dec.-applications due. June-awards ceremony.
New Jersey
Governor's Award for Performance Excellence
Richard Serfass
Quality New Jersey
20 W. State St.
Trenton, NJ 08625-0827
Phone: (609) 777-0940
Fax: (609) 777-2798
Web: www.qnj.org
The New Jersey Governor's Award for Performance Excellence has three recognition approaches: Interest in Performance Excellence, an examiner- facilitated self-assessment; Involvement in Performance Excellence, an internal organizational self-assessment; and Progress to Performance Excellence, a mini-application and examiner-assessed approach. Award levels include the Governor's Award for Performance Excellence at the gold, silver and bronze levels for overall excellence; and the Areas of Excellence awards for excellence in operations, marketplace and work force. All New Jersey organizations are eligible.
Categories: Manufacturing and service, small business-200 or fewer employees, government, education, health care and nonprofit.
Schedule: April-eligibility forms due. June-award applications due. Oct./Nov.-award winner notification. Nov./Dec.-awards conference.
New Mexico
New Mexico Quality Awards
Kenneth N. Mandley
Quality New Mexico
P.O. Box 25005
Albuquerque, NM 87125
Phone: (505) 262-7955
Fax: (505) 262-7122
Web: www.swcp.com/~qnm/main/qnm.htm
This award began as a U.S. Senate Productivity Award in 1988. Since 1994, the New Mexico Quality Awards have used Baldrige criteria. 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.
Schedule: March-applications available. Sept.-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
The Governor's Award For Excellence represents the highest form of recognition for performance excellence and quality in New York State. The ESA Program registers organizations as Empire State Gold or Empire State Silver after certifying their management systems' soundness and effectiveness against the management standards found in the program's criteria.
Categories: Private, education, health care, government sectors and nonprofit.
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
Director of Recognition Programs
North Carolina Quality
Leadership Foundation
4904 Professional Court, Suite 100
Raleigh, NC 27609
Phone: (919) 872-8198
Fax: (919) 872-8199
Web: www.rtpnet.org/~ncqlf
This award uses Baldrige-based award criteria and training materials. 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. Subsidiaries and divisions may apply.
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.
Schedule: Jan.-applications of intent due. March-award applications due. Oct.-awards ceremony.
Ohio
Dayton Area Quality Excellence Award
Charlene Marbury
VA Medical Center
4100 W. Third St.
Dayton, OH 45428
Phone: (937) 267-3925
Fax: (937) 267-5386
The award provides four organizational levels: serious commitment, exemplary progress, significant achievement and excellence. A new award for team excellence has also been added.
Categories: Any type of organization in the defined geographic area can apply.
Schedule: April-letters of intent due. July-award applications due. Dec.-winners notified.
Governor's Award for Team Excellence in Manufacturing
Christine H. Merritt
The Ohio Manufacturers' Association
33 N. High St.
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: (614) 224-5111
Fax: (614) 224-1012
E-mail: cmerritt@ohiomfg.com
This award recognizes teamwork and employee involvement activities in quality processes in manufacturing. Participating teams make presentations demonstrating their use of quality tools and processes. Projects are evaluated against a set of criteria representing the standard elements of any quality process.
Categories: Manufacturing only. Two categories: small plant division (fewer than 500 employees) and large plant division (500 or more employees).
Schedule: June-applications due. Dec.-finals and awards ceremony .
Ohio Award for Excellence
Janet Hill
Ohio Award for Excellence Council
Dana Commercial Credit
1801 Richards Road
Toledo, OH 43607
Phone: (419) 322-7500
Fax: (419) 322-7580
Web: www.oae.org
This annual performance excellence award has four participation levels: Pledge Toward Excellence, Commitment to Excellence, Achievement of Excellence and Governor's Award for Excellence.
Categories: All Ohio business sectors-large and small businesses, manufacturing, service, education, government, health care and nonprofit.
Schedule: Nov.-applications due. April-feedback report. June-winners selected.
Team Excellence in the Public Sector
Ken Cookson
Ohio Office of Quality Services
77 S. High St., Seventh Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: (614) 728-2584
Fax: (614) 644-6763
This award demonstrates the value of teamwork and employee involvement in the public sector. 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.
Schedule: April-applications due. Sept.-showcase presentations. Dec.-awards presentation.
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Quality Award
Mike Strong, Executive Director
P.O. Box 26980
Oklahoma City, OK 73126-0980
Phone: (405) 815-5295
Fax: (405) 815-5205
The Oklahoma Quality Award has no limit on awards given in a category. The award has three levels-commitment, achievement and excellence. To be eligible, an organization 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.
Schedule: May-applications due. Oct.-awards ceremony.
Oregon
Oregon Quality Award
Carolyn Mark
The Performance Center
18640 N.W. Walker Road, Suite 1027
Beaverton, OR 97006-1975
Phone: (503) 725-2804
Fax: (503) 725-2801
Web: www.performancecenter.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.
Categories: Open to all organizations from the private, public and nonprofit sectors.
Schedule: Jan.-applications available. Oct.-award winners recognized.
Pennsylvania
Greater Pittsburgh Total Quality Award
Hank Sobah
Q-NET
Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce
425 Sixth Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15219-1811
Phone: (412) 392-4500
Fax: (412) 392-4520
Organizations from all sectors may apply but must have headquarters in Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Washington or Westmoreland counties. Winners will be selected from each of the Baldrige categories.
Categories: Applicants may apply for any of the Baldrige categories.
Schedule: Call.
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
Web: www.lcci.com
Any organization currently doing business in Lancaster County may apply. The four award levels are excellence, leadership, achievement and commitment.
Categories: Publicly or privately held organizations of any size, government agencies, academic institutions, hospitals and health care, banking, service, manufacturing and religious organizations.
Schedule: Jan.-letter of intent. March-applications due. June-recognition and presentation of awards.
Quality Valley USA Organization Excellence Award
Ellen Sutjak
Lehigh Carbon Community College
4525 Education Park Drive
Schnecksville, PA 18078
Phone: (610) 799-1537
Fax: (610) 799-1762
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.
Schedule: Nov.-applications available. July-application deadline. 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. 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.
Schedule: May-applications due. Oct.-awards ceremony.
Rhode Island
Rhode Island Quality Awards
Brian M. Knight
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
The Rhode Island Quality Awards are available to Rhode Island organizations of all sizes and sectors. There are three levels of recognition, varying on the applicant's degree of readiness.
Categories: Manufacturing, service, nonprofit, health care, education, government and retail.
Schedule: Call.
South Carolina
Governor's Award
Jerry Bennett
Quality Institute
University of South Carolina
800 University Way
Spartanburg, SC 29303
Phone: (888) 231-0578
Fax: (864) 503-5995
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.
Schedule: Sept.-applications due. April-awards ceremony.
South Dakota
South Dakota Business Excellence Awards
Cindy Tryon
South Dakota Chamber of Commerce and Industry
P.O. Box 190
Pierre, SD 57501-0190
Phone: (605) 224-6161
Fax: (605) 224-7198
These awards are presented every two years, with the next event to be held in 2000. They are presented in eight categories: community awareness, environmental awareness, innovative marketing/customer service, job creation, manufacturing/production, new South Dakota product/venture, quality, and workplace environment and safety. Within the quality category, an award is given to the business demonstrating exceptional performance in total quality management.
Categories: Any private-sector, nongovernment, for-profit business.
Schedule: Feb.-applications available. July-applications due. Sept./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.
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
E-mail: tqa@bellsouth.net
This award has four levels: quality interest, quality commitment, quality achievement and the Governor's Quality Award.
Categories: Any public or private organization.
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) 478-2324
Web: www.gaqc.org
This regional program has three levels of application to permit beginners, intermediates and advanced level organizations to learn and to grow their quality system into worldwide competitiveness. Four awards are available: commitment, progress, significant merit and highest achievement.
Categories: Any organization may apply.
Schedule: May-applications due. Oct.-awards presentation.
Houston Awards for Excellence
Tallie Tootle
Houston Awards for Excellence
5225 Katy Freeway, Suite 500
Houston, TX 77007
Phone: (713) 341-6114
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 School of Public Health will judge entries in the hospitals category.
Categories: Environment, retail (small and large), manufacturing (small and large), service (small and large), ethics, hospitals, automobile dealerships, professional services and hotels.
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
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: Government, education, service, nonprofit and manufacturing.
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
Web: www.texas-quality.org
The Texas Quality Award is open to educational institutions, health care, government agencies, and large and small businesses. The three award levels are: commitment (entry level), achievement (mid-level) and the Texas Quality Award.
Categories: Any size organization from service, education, government and nonprofit.
Schedule: March-applications available. Nov.-eligibility requests due. Dec.-award applications due. June-awards ceremony.
Utah
Utah Quality Awards
Don Hall or Con Whipple
Utah Quality Council
2120 State Office Building
Salt Lake City, UT 84114
Phone: (801) 773-6632
Fax: (801) 538-3081
This award is currently being revised. In 1997, there were four award classifications: 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.
Vermont
Vermont Program for Performance Excellence
Anne T. O'Brien
Champlain Mill
One Main St.
Winooski, VT 05404
Phone: (802) 655-1910
Fax: (802) 655-1932
E-mail: vcqual@aol.com
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.
Schedule: Ongoing assessments year- round. Recognition ceremony in May.
Virginia
U.S. Senate Productivity and Quality Award
Ted Settle
Mail Code 0364
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Phone: (540) 231-9982
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 nonmedallion finalists and a certificate of merit for honorable mention status.
Categories: Private, manufacturing, private service, state and federal agencies and local agencies.
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: (800) 517-8264
Fax: (360) 664-4250
Web: www.wa.gov/wsqa/
The Washington State Quality Award recognizes organizations that have attained a high level of quality excellence in their products, services and customer satisfaction.
Categories: Private, government, nonprofit, health care and education. The categories are further divided by organization size: small (fewer than 200) and large (200 or more).
Schedule: May-applications available. Sept.-eligibility forms due. Nov.-award applications due.
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Forward Award
Marie A. Lange
Wisconsin Dept. of
Workforce Excellence
P.O. Box 7972
Madison, WI 53707-7972
Phone: (608) 261-4422
Fax: (608) 267-0330
Web: www.forwardaward.org
The Forward Award annually recognizes Wisconsin organizations for achievements in quality improvement and performance.
Categories: All organizations, including profit and nonprofit, manufacturing, education, government and service.
Schedule: June-Applications due. November-awards banquet.
Wyoming
Wyoming State Quality Award
Wyoming State Quality Award
Web: commerce.state.wy.us/decd/wsqa.htm
The Wyoming State Quality Award is based on the Baldrige. 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.
Categories: Business, government and education.
Schedule: March-applications due. May-awards ceremony. |
