INTRODUCTION The Global Performance Excellence Award (GPEA) is administered by the Asia Pacific Quality Organization (APQO). APQO is a non-profit organization that serves as an umbrella group that brings together all of the leading quality professional societies from countries that border on the Pacific Ocean or are considered Asian / Pacific Rim nations. The governing body of APQO includes representatives from Australia, Azerbaijan, Canada, Chile, China, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, United States of America, United Arab Emirates, Republic of Uzbekistan and Vietnam. The award is sponsored by a foundation established by APQO called The Walter L. Hurd Foundation. Management direction for the award is provided by the Global Performance Excellence Award Executive Committee.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS - The following requirements must be met in order for an organization to apply for the 2012 GPEA.

• The Candidates for the award must already have won their National Quality Award within the last 3 years (2009-2011).
• The National Quality Award Organization/s must recommend Candidates for the Global Performance Excellence Award (GPEA).
• The National Quality Award Organization or the Candidate must include in its NQA and feedback / site visit report that the GPEA Application documents reflect the organization’s actual operations.
• Applications must be in Baldrige Award Criteria format tod the item level with a maximum number of 60 pages plus the feedback / site visit report.

Visit: www.baldrige.nist.gov for criteria


AWARD CATEGORIES

• Small Manufacturing Organizations
        (e.g., organizations with less than 250 employees)

• Small Service Organizations
        (e.g., organizations with less than 250 employees)

• Educational Organizations

• Health Care Organizations

• Large Manufacturing Organizations

• Large Service Organizations

• Not for Profit Organizations including Government Organizations
  
  

WORLD CLASS:
Maximum points over world class minimum

BEST OF CLASS:
Given to the organization having the second best points over world class minimum.

QUEST FOR EXCELLENCE:
Given to the organization over world class minimum. 


APPLICATION

• Click here to download the application form

• Click here to apply "on-line" and how to pay for application fee

• Click here to download the GPEA Brochure

EVALUATION CRITERIA

Trained Malcolm Baldrige Award Examiners, using the criteria set by the MBNQA to examiner organizations in the United States, are utilized to evaluate the candidates. Point scores are given in each of the following seven elements:    

Leadership Stratigic Planning Customer Focus Measurement, Analysis and Knowledge Management Workforce Focus Process Management    Results      Total Maximum Points

b,120 points bb,85 points bb,85 points b,b90 points bb,85 points bb,85 points b,450 points ---------------- 1,000 points

Applicants must submit their application form along with the feedback / site visit report addressing all Criteria Items according to the MBNQA requirements. Application can be no longer than 60 pages total maximum with no additional documents. extra pages and documents will be removed from the evaluatuion.


AWARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS    

Dr. Charles A. Aubrey II  Dr. James Harrington Acn. Shan Ruprai Dr. Jose Gonzalez Prado Mr. Paul Steel Ms. Zeny Veloso Mr. Jorge Roman

GPEA / APQO Chairman (USA) APQO Adviser (USA) APQO President (Australia) (Mexico) (USA) (Philippines) (Chile)

AWARD SCHEDULE

• Submission of recommended candidates for the award from the National Quality Award Organizations – until February 29, 2012.

• Submission of applications directly by candidates or by the National Quality Award Organizations to the GPEA Award Administrator – until March 31, 2012 deadline.

• Notifications of awards to winners – June 18, 2012

• Awards presentation at the Hilton Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka on October 14-17, 2012 at the 18th Asia Pacific Quality Conference, organized by Sri Lanka Association for Quality in collaboration with Asia Pacific Quality Organization.

NOTE 1:
Application and feedback / site visit reports will be destroyed after the evaluation and the presentation of the awards.

NOTE 2:
A maximum of 60 pages will be examioned. any material other than the National Quality Award application (50 pages) and the two Organizational Profiles (5pages each) plus the Feedback Report will be removed from the book.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Dr. Charles A. Aubrey II, V.P.
Chairman, GPEA/APQO
Anderson Packaging
4545 Assembly Drive
Rockford, IL 61109, U.S.A.
Telephone: 1 815 387 4970
Fax: 1 815 397 5377
Mobile: 1 815 209 8845
E-mail: caubrey@andpkg.com

A partial list of countries that are considered part of the Asia Pacific Region

Australia Azerbaijan Bangladesh Burma Canada Chile * China * Colombia Costa Rica Ecuador El Salvador Fiji Guatemala Honduras

India * Indonesia * Israel Japan Kazakhstan Malaysia * Mexico * Nepal New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua North Korea Oman Pakistan

Panama Peru Philippines * Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore * South Korea Sri Lanka * Thailand * Turkey United Arab Emirates USA Vietnam *

* Countries that participated in the GPEA process and recognized as world class.