Michigan Quality Council

Process Management
"Quality comes not from inspection but from improvement of the process."
—Mary Walton, "Deming Management at Work" (Perigee Books, 1991)

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The 2007 recipients of the Michigan Quality Leadership Award are:

Grand Rapids Community College - Education
Henry Ford Health System - Health care
Oakwood Healthcare Inc. - - Health careWa

The Michigan Quality Leadership Award is the highest recognition of performance excellence in Michigan.

The 2009 Examiner Application will be available in the fall.

All Application Forms now available.

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CHECK OUT BALDRIGE EXPRESS, a self-assessment survey that is the best way to get started on this journey. The survey serves as eligibility for Lighthouse level recognition. Click here for more information about this survey and the benefits to your organization.

BOARD OF EXAMINERS click here for information and materials.

MICHIGAN'S BEST ORGANIZATIONS Honored for Performance Excellence

A 2007 Michigan Quality Leadership Award Recipient Announced! Oakwood Healthcare Inc. was named a 2007 recipient of the Michigan Quality Leadership Award by the Panel of Judges in their recent meeting. Click here to read the press release on Oakwood and click here for more information on the organization.

A 2007 Michigan Quality Leadership Award Recipient Announced! Henry Ford Health System was named a 2007 recipient of the Michigan Quality Leadership Award by the Panel of Judges in their recent meeting. Click here to read the press release on HFHS and click here for more information on the organization.

A 2007 Michigan Quality Leadership Award Recipient Announced! Grand Rapids Community College was named a 2007 recipient of the Michigan Quality Leadership Award by the Panel of Judges in their recent meeting. Click here to read the press release on GRCC and click here for more information on the organization.

November 20, 2007

WASHINGTON, D.C.—President George W. Bush and Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today announced that five organizations are the recipients of the 2007 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s highest Presidential honor for organizational performance excellence. For the first time in the history of the Baldrige Award, nonprofit organizations have been selected.

The 2007 Baldrige Award recipients—listed with their category—are:

PRO-TEC Coating Co., Leipsic, Ohio (small business)
Mercy Health System, Janesville, Wisc. (health care)
Sharp HealthCare, San Diego, Calif. (health care)
City of Coral Springs, Coral Springs, Fla. (nonprofit)
U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC), Picatinny Arsenal, N.J. (nonprofit)

To view the complete press release detailing these role model organizations, visit the National Institute of Standards and Technology website:

http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/2007baldrigerecipients.htm

CRITERIA
The Michigan Quality Council uses the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence with a one year lag. Applications to the MQC may be written to the current year Baldrige Criteria or to the immediate past year. Both versions are below and may also be found on the Baldrige web site at www.quality.nist.gov.

2008 Business

2008 Healthcare
2008 Education

2007 Business
2007 Healthcare
2007 Education

Forms

Michigan Quality Leadership Application

Michigan Quality Leadership Intent to Apply

Navigator Application Form

Beacon Application Form