Criteria Workshop 2010 Registration Form

Alabama Quality Award

The Alabama Quality Award (modeled after the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award) has been administered by the Alabama Productivity Center since 1986. The Award recognizes and honors organizations whose past or recent innovations in areas of production, service or management have resulted in increased productivity and quality.

For the purpose of the award, increased productivity and quality means getting more mileage out of the firm's resources, whether those resources are energy, capital, materials or people.

The Award promotes understanding of the requirements for performance excellence and competitiveness improvement; and sharing of information on successful performance strategies and the benefits derived from using these strategies.

The award was established to promote the awareness of performance excellence as an increasingly important element in competitiveness. Not only does it recognize excellent organizations, the Award also aims to increase the understanding of the requirements for performance excellence. To accomplish this, the Award promotes information sharing on successful performance strategies and the benefits derived from implementation of these strategies.

Team Showcase

Purpose:

*Recognize individual teams for their performance and the results they achieved

*Educate other organizations throughout Alabama on the potential benefits of empowered teams

*Demonstrate innovative and creative approaches to the continuous improvement process

*Acknowledge the use of Kaizen teams and their related implementations of Lean principles, as well as   Quality improvement teams

*Encourage others to empower teams and be able to take full advantage of the vast array of talent and   skills present in organizations throughout the State of Alabama

Recognition:

Teams selected for the Team Showcase will participate in the 2010 Alabama Quality Award Ceremony and Conference to be held in Tuscaloosa. A 10- to 15-minute presentation will be made by the teams at the Conference. A five-minute Question and Answer session will immediately follow the presentation.

Eligibility:

The applicant’s efforts must be implemented within the State of Alabama, but the organizations may have affiliates, divisions, or headquarters in other states.

Evaluation Criteria:

Quality Teams

*Project selection and purpose

*Current situation analysis

*Action plan development

*Project buy-in, implementation, progress and results

Kaizen Teams

*Project charter

*Implementation of Lean tools

*Results

Deadline and application information:

To request an application, call 205-348-8956 or e-mail
Linda@proctr.cba.ua.edu

Applications should be mailed to:
Linda Vincent
Team Showcase
P.O. Box 870318, 249 Bidgood Hall
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0318

Application Due Dates
Pre Application Due: May 29, 2010
Full Application Due: July 31, 2010