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I ABOUT THE AWARD

6. IMPORTANT POLICIES

All information and documents supplied by Award entrants including entrant identities and
commentaries developed during the review of entries are kept confidential and will only be
used for the judging of the Award.
All Judges and Examiners are required to declare in advance to the Award Secretariat any
cases or situations which may create any apparent or potential conflict of interest. The Judge
or Examiner in question would be barred from reviewing the entries concerned or handling
in any manner the materials submitted by the Award entrant involved.
In the event that an applicant wins the Award, it must be able to attend all functions
conducted by the Award Secretariat in relation to the experience sharing of its quality
journey. The information shared is determined by the Award recipient.

7. AWARD PRESENTATION CEREMONY

The Quality Award Dinner and Presentation Ceremony will be held in October 2024. A very
special Guest Speaker will be invited to address our guests and practitioners in the Total
Quality Management field.

8. THE AWARD IN RELATION TO OTHER INTERNATIONAL AWARDS

The Award is the most prestigious business accolade of the Association. It is based on the
American Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award judging criteria, and is equivalent to the
Japanese Deming Prize and the European Quality Award.

8.1 MALCOLM BALDRIGE NATIONAL QUALITY AWARD
The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, named after the late Secretary of
Commerce of the United States, was created by Congress in 1987. It is the highest level
of national recognition for quality performance and practices that a US organization can
receive.
It is intended to spark interest and involvement in quality programmes, drive American
products and services to higher levels of quality, and better equip organizations to
meet the challenges of global competition.

8.2 DEMING PRIZE
The Deming Prize was instituted in Japan in 1951 by a formal resolution of the JUSE (Union
of Japanese Scientists and Engineers) Board of Directors in grateful recognition of
Dr W Edward Deming’s friendship and his achievements in promoting industrial quality
control.

It has become customary in Japan for corporations intending to improve their
performance in products or services to vie for the Deming Prize, not only for the
prestige that goes with this honour but also to benefit from internal improvements
that result from the implementation of total or company-wide quality control (TQC or
CWQC) that is needed in order to qualify for the award.

8.3 EUROPEAN QUALITY AWARD
The European Quality Award was first presented in Europe in 1992 to honour the most
successful exponent of Total Quality Management (TQM). To receive the Award, an
applicant must demonstrate that its approach to TQM has contributed significantly over
the past few years to satisfying the expectations of customers, employees and others
with an interest in the company.

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