European Quality Award
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The European Quality Award is now referred to as the EFQM Excellence Award
.
This distinction is awarded annually by the European Foundation for Quality Management
to the organisation that is the best proponent in Europe of Total Quality Management
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The first award was made in 1992 to Rank Xerox
. Subsequent winners are:
In the past, the award was given to organisations in the following categories:
European Quality Prizes are awarded each year by the EFQM. Recipients are organisations that have applied for but not won the European Quality Award; however, the application was of such a high standard that the European Quality Prize is appropriate.
EFQM Excellence Award
The EFQM Excellence Award was created by the organisation EFQM.Established in 1992, the prize recognises companies with excellent and sustainable results across all areas of the EFQM Excellence Model...
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This distinction is awarded annually by the European Foundation for Quality Management
EFQM
EFQM is a non-profit membership foundation based in Brussels. EFQM is the custodian of the EFQM Excellence Model, a non-prescriptive management framework that is widely used in public & private sector organisations throughout Europe and beyond.EFQM Membership is open to organisations, rather than...
to the organisation that is the best proponent in Europe of Total Quality Management
Total Quality Management
Total quality management or TQM is an integrative philosophy of management for continuously improving the quality of products and processes....
.
The first award was made in 1992 to Rank Xerox
Rank Xerox
Rank Xerox was formed in 1956 as a joint venture between the Xerox Corporation of U.S. and the Rank Organisation of UK, to manufacture and market Xerox equipment initially in Europe and later in Africa and Asia...
. Subsequent winners are:
- 1993 Milliken Europe
- 1994 D2D (Design to Distribution)
- 1995 Texas InstrumentsTexas InstrumentsTexas Instruments Inc. , widely known as TI, is an American company based in Dallas, Texas, United States, which develops and commercializes semiconductor and computer technology...
- 1996 Brisa (Bridgestone)
- 1997 SGS-Thomson
- 1998 TNT UKTNT N.V.TNT N.V., more commonly known as TNT, is an international express and mail delivery services company with headquarters in Hoofddorp, Netherlands. In the Netherlands, TNT operates the national postal service under the name TNT Post. The group also offers postal services in eight other European...
- 1999 Yellow PagesYellow PagesYellow Pages refers to a telephone directory of businesses, organized by category, rather than alphabetically by business name and in which advertising is sold. As the name suggests, such directories were originally printed on yellow paper, as opposed to white pages for non-commercial listings...
- 2000 NokiaNokiaNokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational communications corporation that is headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, a city neighbouring Finland's capital Helsinki...
- Refer to the EFQM Excellence Award page for the full listing
In the past, the award was given to organisations in the following categories:
- Large Organisations and Business Units
- Operating Units of Companies
- Public Sector Organisations
- Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME) in two categories, 'Independent SMEs' and 'Subsidiaries of Larger Organisations'.
European Quality Prizes are awarded each year by the EFQM. Recipients are organisations that have applied for but not won the European Quality Award; however, the application was of such a high standard that the European Quality Prize is appropriate.
See also
- EFQMEFQMEFQM is a non-profit membership foundation based in Brussels. EFQM is the custodian of the EFQM Excellence Model, a non-prescriptive management framework that is widely used in public & private sector organisations throughout Europe and beyond.EFQM Membership is open to organisations, rather than...
- Malcolm Baldrige National Quality AwardMalcolm Baldrige National Quality AwardThe Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recognizes U.S. organizations in the business, health care, education, and nonprofit sectors for performance excellence. The Baldrige Award is the only formal recognition of the performance excellence of both public and private U.S. organizations given by...
for the USA - Deming PrizeDeming PrizeThe Deming prize, established in December 1950 in honor of W. Edwards Deming, was originally designed to reward Japanese companies for major advances in quality improvement...
for Japan