Secretary Locke announced [3]
the recipients of the 2010 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award today – the nation’s
highest presidential honor for performance excellence through innovation,
improvement and visionary leadership. The 2010 Baldrige Award recipients
were selected from a field of 83 applicants and rigorously evaluated by an
independent board of examiners in seven areas: leadership; strategic planning;
customer focus; measurement, analysis and knowledge management; workforce
focus; process management; and results.
This
year’s awards mark the first time that three small businesses have been
selected at one time and only the second instance in the award’s 23-year
history that a total of seven organizations are being honored. The 2010
Baldrige Award recipients are expected to be presented with their awards at a
ceremony in Washington, D.C., next year.
The 2010 Baldrige Award recipients – listed with their category – are:
- MEDRAD, Warrendale, Pa. (manufacturing)
- Nestle Purina PetCare Co., St. Louis, Mo. (manufacturing)
- Freese and Nichols Inc., Fort Worth, Texas (small business)
- K&N Management, Austin, Texas (small business)
- Studer Group, Gulf Breeze, Fla. (small business)
- Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove, Ill. (health care)
- Montgomery County Public Schools, Rockville, Md. (education)
Read the press release [3] and learn more about the Baldrige Award [4].
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