Baldridge National Quality Award

The Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award was established by Congress in 1987 to enhance U.S. competitiveness by promoting quality awareness, recognizing quality achievements of U.S. companies, and publicizing successful 

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The EFQM (European Foundation of Quahty Management) award is derived from America s Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award. There are similar accolades available in other countries, such as the Canadian Excellence Awards and the Austrahan Quality Award. The EFQM Award was established in 1991. It is supported by the European Union and the countries in the EU have their own support unit (e.g. British Quality Foundation in the UK). The EFQM model provides a set of cheddist questionnaires under nine categories, each containing maximum points. They are ... 

The Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award (MBNQA) is the U.S. government s national award for quality. [There s an oxymoron for you Government Quality. ]... 

Another change was the emphasis on quality in order to be competitive in the marketplace. Many organizations rediscovered the work of Juran and Deming on quality and methods for achieving it. There was a national award called the Malcolm Baldridge Award. It recognized the quality improvements of companies. 

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