More Information On The 2008 Awards

Please click on the links below for more information:

• What are the Excellence Awards?
• Who can enter?
• How to enter for an award
• Application categories
• Judging Panel
• Judging Process
• Rules regulations & procedures for entry submissions
• 2008 Awards Ceremony Date/Time

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What are the Excellence Awards?

Open to any company, the Excellence Awards have been established to honor, recognize and celebrate projects that demonstrate true best practices. And celebrating is exactly what you'll be doing if you win one of 2008's Excellence Awards! The Winners and Honorable Mentions will be announced at the dazzling Awards Ceremony and Gala Dinner at the 9th Annual Lean Six Sigma & Process Improvement Summit in Orlando, January 29, 2008.

What better way to grab the attention of your CEO! If you're looking for a way to captivate the minds of your senior management, or a way to motivate your team, look no further. And not only will they hear about it, but so will the rest of the business world! Winners will be highlighted and promoted across our events and in the quality media across the US, Europe and beyond. To identify and assess your entries IQPC has assembled a prestigious group of experts and leaders. All renowned for their years of experience and leadership, this independent judging panel is ideally placed to pick out the shining stars of innovation.

So don't hesitate! The deadline for submissions is November 16, 2007. Once the judges have gone through the difficult process of selection, the top six entries in each category will be announced as finalists at the start of the year.

Who can enter?

You can! Whether you're a huge multinational corporation or an SME, a military barracks or a hospital, a small department or vast business unit, so long as your project has had a significant impact on your business, we want to hear from you. The awards are open to all countries. US & Latin American applicants are advised to enter for the US Excellence Awards and European and ROW entrants for inclusion in the European Six Sigma Awards in April 2008.

How to enter for an award

Entering couldn't be easier! This year you'll find the process smoother than ever before. There are only 3 simple steps between you and the chance to take home a prestigious Process Excellence Award.

3 Easy Steps to Apply

Step 1) Fill out the administration form. Download the admin form here.
Step 2) Prepare supporting documentation Download application guidance sheet here.
Step 3) Email your admin form and supporting documents to awards@iqpc.co.uk (all documents should be less than 2MB and the total size of the email should not exceed 4MB)

To make the judging process more transparent we've introduced a clear set of criteria that applies to each category. Click here to view the judging criteria that will be used to judge this year's Excellence Awards. Any questions? Call us on +44 (0) 20 7368 9375.

Application categories

Individual Awards:

• Master Black Belt of the Year
• Deployment Leader of the Year

Program Award:

• Best Improvement Program
• Best Start Up Program

Project Awards:

• Best Project Contributing To Innovation
• Best Design for Six Sigma Project
• Best Process Improvement in Service and Transaction Project
• Best Process Improvement in Manufacturing Project
• Best Fast Track Project

ISSSP's IQPC Award for Recognition of Six Sigma Leadership in the Community

This award is only open for members of ISSSP's Leadership Circle, selections will be made by the executive board of ISSSP who will choose the individual they feel has contributed the most to the Six Sigma community in 2007.

No applications will be taken by IQPC for this award.

North American Awards Judging Panel

Harmeet Soin Group Director of Business Transformation HSBC Consumer and Mortgage Lending	Chandeep Singh Vice President Process Excellence Firstsource Solutions Ltd.	Michael Cyger President iSixSigma
Lev Buslovich Director, Strategy Planning & Integration Carlson Hotels Worldwide	Michael Bauer Center for the Lean Enterprise Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC)	The Honorable William C. Anderson Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, Installations Environment and Logistics
Dan Farley Engineering Manager Adv. Reliability & ICIM Delphi Six Sigma & DFSS Master Black Belt Delphi Corporation	Leigh Bracken Managing Director Global Head of Quality nabCapital a Division of National Australia Bank Ltd	Nancy Case Master Black Belt, Strategic Planning & Integration Carlson Hotels Worldwide
Greg Eads Shared Services MBB - EM&B BlueCross Blue Shield of Florida	John Murphy Assistant Vice President, Operations Process Excellence CSX	Drew Algase Growth Master Black Belt Freudenberg NOK
Dan Lachica President First Sumiden Circuits	AJ Ijaz Director Six Sigma Allstate Financial	Charles Aubrey Vice President of Process Management and Lean six Sigma Anderson Packaging
JD Rapp Corporate Director Finance BPM Whirlpool Corporation	Fred Blessinger Master Black Belt Delphi Corporation	Alistair Firmin formerly Vice President of Continuous Improvement Limited Brands
Holly Scoates Vice President MBB Merrill Lynch

The Judging Process

Judges will review Powerpoint presentation entries to select finalists. Finalists will be required to meet judges for a verbal presentation and Q&A session on Monday January 28, 2008, at Disney’s Contemporary Resort, Orlando, FL. Please note, attendance at this interview stage is necessary to win an Award.

A pair of judges will be allotted to each category. No judge may judge his or her own company.

Rules regulations & procedures for entry submissions

To be considered for the 2008 Excellence Awards, your entry needs to meet the following requirements:

1) The entries must be received by 11.59 pm GMT, November 16, 2008. We are unable to accept late entries. The contact person listed on the application submission form will be contacted via email upon receipt of your entry.
2) All entries must comply with application guidelines. Failure to do so, will result in your application being rejected.
3) The admin form must be completed in full and contain the signature of the entrant.
4) All applications must be made in English. For each category you wish to be considered, you must complete a specific category application.

Entries should be emailed to awards@iqpc.co.uk. If you have any problems sending us your entry, do call Amanda Jenkins on tel: +44 (0) 20 7368 9300.

All contents of each application are confidential. Each judge has signed a nondisclosure agreement and is required to return the entries to IQPC when they are finished.

2008 Awards Ceremony Date/Time

Winners of the 2008 Excellence Awards will be announced during a gala ceremony/dinner on January 29, 2008 at approximately 7:00pm at Disney’s Contemporary Resort, Orlando, FL. The ceremony is held in conjunction with the 2008 Summit. Click here to register to attend the conference and dinner.

Master Black Belt of the Year Award sponsored by:

Best Project Contributing To Innovation sponsored by:

Best Design For Six Sigma Project sponsored by:

Best Manufacturing Process Improvement sponsored by:

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