Alliance for Performance Excellence Announces 19 Top Award Recipients for 2013
St. Paul, MN — The Alliance for Performance Excellence announced that 19 organizations were selected by member programs to receive the top-level recognition based on and eligible to apply for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. The Alliance for Performance Excellence members consist of state, regional and sector-specific Baldrige-based award programs.
All award recipients were evaluated by an independent board of examiners in seven areas defined by the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence: leadership; strategic planning; customer focus; measurement, analysis and knowledge management; workforce focus; operations focus; and results.