Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

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Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
Awarded forRecognizing American organizations in all sectors of the economy for demonstrating performance excellence using the systems perspective and other core concepts and values of the Baldrige Excellence Framework; applicants are evaluated for the award against the criteria for performance excellence
Sponsored by National Institute of Standards and Technology
CountryUnited States
First awardedNovember 14, 1988;34 years ago (1988-11-14) [1]
Website www.nist.gov/baldrige/baldrige-award

The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recognizes U.S. organizations in the business, health care, education, and nonprofit sectors for performance excellence. The Baldrige Award is the highest [2] formal recognition of the performance excellence of both public and private U.S. organizations given by the President of the United States. It is administered by the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, which is based at and managed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce.

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The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program and the associated award were established by the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Improvement Act of 1987 (Public Law 100–107). The program and award were named for Malcolm Baldrige, who served as United States Secretary of Commerce during the Reagan administration, from 1981 until Baldrige's 1987 death in a rodeo accident. [3] The first award was given November 13, 1988. [1] By 1991, The New York Times opinionated that the criteria should be broader and "tougher to win." [4] In 2010, the program's name was changed to the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program. [5]

The award is not given for specific products or services.

Baldrige Excellence Framework

Overview

The Baldrige Excellence Framework has three parts: the Criteria for Performance Excellence, core values and concepts, and scoring guidelines. The framework serves two main purposes: (1) to help organizations assess their improvement efforts, diagnose their overall performance management system, and identify their strengths and opportunities for improvement and (2) to identify Baldrige Award recipients that will serve as role models for other organizations. In addition, the framework and its Criteria help strengthen U.S. competitiveness by • improving organizational performance practices, capabilities, and results • facilitating communication and sharing of information on best practices among U.S. organizations of all types • serving as a tool for understanding and managing performance and for guiding planning and opportunities for learning • The framework provide organizations with an integrated approach to performance management that results in • delivery of ever-improving value to customers and stakeholders, contributing to organizational sustainability • improved organizational effectiveness and capabilities • organizational and personal learning

The following three sector-specific versions of the Baldrige framework are revised every two years:

Framework details

The framework provides organizations with an integrated approach to performance management that results in delivery of ever-improving value to customers and stakeholders, contributing to organizational sustainability improved organizational effectiveness and capabilities organizational and personal learning

The criteria for performance excellence are based on a set of core values:

The questions that make up the criteria represent seven aspects of organizational management and performance:

History of the Baldrige Program

In the early and mid-1980s, many U.S. industry and government leaders saw that a renewed emphasis on quality was necessary for doing business in an expanding and competitive world market.

The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Improvement Act of 1987, signed into law on August 20, 1987, was developed through the actions of the National Productivity Advisory Committee, chaired by Jack Grayson. The nonprofit research organization APQC, founded by Grayson, organized the first White House Conference on Productivity, spearheading the creation of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in 1987. The Baldrige Award was envisioned as a standard of excellence that would help U.S. organizations achieve competitive quality.

In the late summer and fall of 1987, Dr. Curt Reimann, the first director of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Program, and his staff at the National Institute of Standards and Technology developed an award implementation framework, including an evaluation scheme, and advanced proposals for what is now the Baldrige Award. In its first three years, the Baldrige Award was jointly administered by APQC and the American Society for Quality, which continues to assist in administering the award program under contract to NIST.

Up to 18 awards may be given annually across six eligibility categories—manufacturing, service, small business, education, health care, and nonprofit. As of 2016, 113 awards have been presented to 106 organizations (including seven repeat winners). [10]

Program impacts

Public-private partnership

The Baldrige Award is supported by a public-private partnership. The following organizations and entities play a key role:

Baldrige Award Recipients

YearAward RecipientSector
2021 [16] MidwayUSA 2021Service
The Charter School of San Diego 2021Education
Mid-America Transplant 2021Nonprofit
2020 [17] MESA 2020Small Business
GBMC HealthCare, Inc.Health Care
Wellstar Paulding HospitalHealth Care
AARPNonprofit
Elevations Credit Union 2020Nonprofit
2019 [18] Howard Community CollegeEducation
Adventist Health White MemorialHealthcare
Mary Greeley Medical CenterHealthcare
Center for Organ Recovery & EducationNonprofit
City of Germantown, TNNonprofit
Illinois Municipal Retirement FundNonprofit
2018 [19] Integrated Project Management Company, Inc., Burr Ridge, ILsmall business
Donor Alliance, Denver, COnonprofit
Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center, Jasper, INhealth care
Alamo Colleges District, San Antonio, TXeducation
Tri County Tech, Bartlesville, OKeducation
2017 [20] Adventist Health Castle, Kailua, Hawaiihealth care
Bristol Tennessee Essential Services, Bristol, TNsmall business
Stellar Solutions, Palo Alto, CAsmall business
Southcentral Foundation, Anchorage, AKhealth care
City of Fort Collins, Fort Collins, COnonprofit
2016 [21] [22] Don Chalmers Ford, Rio Rancho, New Mexicosmall business
Momentum Group, Irvine, Californiasmall business
Kindred Nursing and Rehabilitation Center – Mountain Valley, Kellogg, Idahohealth care
Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital, Sugar Land, Texashealth care
2015 [23] MidwayUSA, Columbia, Mosmall business
Charter School of San Diego, San Diego, Calif.education
Charleston Area Medical Center Health System, Charleston, W.V.health care
Mid-America Transplant Services, St. Louis, Mo.nonprofit
2014 [24] PricewaterhouseCoopers Public Sector Practice, McLean, VAservice
Hill Country Memorial Hospital, Fredericksburg, TXhealth care
St. David’s HealthCare, Austin, TXhealth care
Elevations Credit Union, Boulder, COnonprofit
2013 [25] Pewaukee School District, Pewaukee, WIeducation
Sutter Davis Hospital, Davis, CAhealth care
2012 [26] Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Grand Prairie, TXmanufacturing
MESA Products Inc., Tulsa, OKsmall business
North Mississippi Health Services, Tupelo, MShealth care
City of Irving, Irving, TXnonprofit
2011 [27] Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, MOnonprofit
Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MIhealth care
Schneck Medical Center, Seymour, INhealth care
Southcentral Foundation, Anchorage, AKhealth care
2010 [28] MEDRAD, Warrendale, PAmanufacturing
Nestlé Purina PetCare Co., St. Louis, MOmanufacturing
Freese and Nichols Inc., Fort Worth, TXsmall business
K&N Management, Austin, TXsmall business
Studer Group, Gulf Breeze, FLsmall business
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove, ILhealth care
Montgomery County Public Schools, Rockville, MDeducation
2009 [29] Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, Kansas City, MOmanufacturing
MidwayUSA, Columbia, MOsmall business
AtlantiCare, Egg Harbor Township, NJhealth care
Heartland Health, St. Joseph, MOhealth care
VA Cooperative Studies Program Clinical Research Pharmacy Coordinating Center, Albuquerque, NMnonprofit
2008 [30] Cargill Corn Milling North America, Wayzata, MNmanufacturing
Poudre Valley Health System, Fort Collins, COhealth care
Iredell-Statesville Schools, Statesville, NCeducation
2007 [31] PRO-TEC Coating Co., Leipsic, OHsmall business
Mercy Health System, Janesville, WIhealth care
Sharp Healthcare, San Diego, CAhealth care
City of Coral Springs, Coral Springs, FLnonprofit
United States Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC), Picatinny Arsenal, NJnonprofit
2006 [32] MESA Products, Inc., Tulsa, OKsmall business
Premier Inc., San Diego, CAservice
North Mississippi Medical Center, Tupelo, MShealth care
2005 [33] Sunny Fresh Foods, Inc., Monticello, MNmanufacturing
DynMcDermott Petroleum Operations, New Orleans, LAservice
Park Place Lexus, Plano, TXsmall business
Richland College, Dallas, TXeducation
Jenks Public Schools, Jenks, OKeducation
Bronson Methodist Hospital, Kalamazoo, MIhealth care
2004 [34] The Bama Companies, Tulsa, OKmanufacturing
Texas Nameplate Company, Inc., Dallas, TXsmall business
Kenneth W. Monfort College of Business, Greeley, COeducation
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton, Hamilton, NJhealth care
2003 [35] Medrad, Inc., Indianola, PAmanufacturing
Boeing Aerospace Support, St. Louis, MOservice
Caterpillar Financial Services Corp., Nashville, TNservice
Stoner Inc., Quarryville, PAsmall business
Community Consolidated School District 15, Palatine, ILeducation
Baptist Hospital, Inc., Pensacola, FLhealth care
Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City, Kansas City, MOhealth care
2002 [36] Motorola Inc. Commercial, Government and Industrial Solutions Sector, Schaumburg, ILmanufacturing
Branch-Smith Printing Division, Fort Worth, TXsmall business
SSM Health Care, St. Louis, MOhealth care
2001 [37] Clarke American Checks, Incorporated, San Antonio, TXmanufacturing
Pal's Sudden Service, Kingsport, TNsmall business
Chugach School District, Prince William Sound, AKeducation
Pearl River School District, Pearl River, NYeducation
University of Wisconsin–Stout, Menomonie, WIeducation
2000 [38] Dana Corp.-Spicer Driveshaft Division, Toledo, OHmanufacturing
KARLEE Company, Inc., Garland, TXmanufacturing
Operations Management International, Inc., Greenwood Village, COservice
Los Alamos National Bank, Los Alamos, NMsmall business
1999 [39] STMicroelectronics, Inc.-Region Americas, Carrollton, TXmanufacturing
BI Performance Services, Minneapolis, MNservice
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C., Atlanta, GAservice
Sunny Fresh Foods, Monticello, MNsmall business
1998Boeing Airlift and Tanker Programs, Long Beach, CAmanufacturing
Solar Turbines Inc., San Diego, CAmanufacturing
Texas Nameplate Company, Inc., Dallas, TXsmall business
19973M Dental Products Division, St. Paul, MNmanufacturing
Solectron Corp., Milpitas, CAmanufacturing
Merrill Lynch Credit Corp., Jacksonville, FLservice
Xerox Business Services, Rochester, NYservice
1996 ADAC Laboratories, Milpitas, CAmanufacturing
Dana Commercial Credit Corp., Toledo, OHservice
Custom Research Inc., Minneapolis, MNsmall business
Trident Precision Manufacturing Inc., Webster, NYsmall business
1995Armstrong World Industries’ Building Products Operation, Lancaster, PAmanufacturing
Corning Telecommunications Products Division, Corning, NYmanufacturing
1994AT&T Consumer Communications Services, Basking Ridge, NJservice
GTE Directories Corp., Dallas/Ft. Worth, TXservice
Wainwright Industries Inc., St. Peters, MOsmall business
1993 Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TNmanufacturing
Ames Rubber Corp., Hamburg, NJsmall business
1992 AT&T Network Systems Group/Transmission Systems Business Unit, Morristown, NJmanufacturing
Texas Instruments Inc. Defense Systems & Electronics Group, Dallas, TXmanufacturing
AT&T Universal Card Services, Jacksonville, FLservice
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co., Atlanta, GAservice
Granite Rock Co., Watsonville, CAsmall business
1991Solectron Corp., Milpitas, CAmanufacturing
Zytec Corp., Eden Prairie, MNmanufacturing
Marlow Industries, Dallas, TXsmall business
1990Cadillac Motor Car Division, Detroit, MImanufacturing
IBM Rochester, Rochester, MNmanufacturing
Federal Express Corp., Memphis, TNservice
Wallace Co. Inc., Houston, TXsmall business
1989Milliken & Co., Spartanburg, SCmanufacturing
Xerox Corp. Business Products and Systems, Rochester, NY [40] manufacturing
1988Motorola Inc., Schaumburg, ILmanufacturing
Commercial Nuclear Fuel Division of Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PAmanufacturing
Globe Metallurgical Inc., Beverly, OHsmall business

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