Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award | |
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Awarded for | Recognizing 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 |
Country | United States |
First awarded | November 14, 1988 [1] |
Website | www |
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.
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.
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:
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:
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]
The Baldrige Award is supported by a public-private partnership. The following organizations and entities play a key role:
Year | Award Recipient | Sector |
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2024 [16] | Freese and Nichols Inc., Fort Worth, TX | Service |
Alamo Colleges District, San Antonio, TX | Education | |
Chickasaw Nation Department of Health, Ada, OK | Health Care | |
City of Henderson, Henderson, NV | Nonprofit | |
Northeast Delta Dental, Concord, NH | Nonprofit | |
2021 [17] | MidwayUSA 2021 | Service |
The Charter School of San Diego 2021 | Education | |
Mid-America Transplant 2021 | Nonprofit | |
2020 [18] | MESA 2020 | Small Business |
GBMC HealthCare, Inc. | Health Care | |
Wellstar Paulding Hospital | Health Care | |
AARP | Nonprofit | |
Elevations Credit Union 2020 | Nonprofit | |
2019 [19] | Howard Community College | Education |
Adventist Health White Memorial | Healthcare | |
Mary Greeley Medical Center | Healthcare | |
Center for Organ Recovery & Education | Nonprofit | |
City of Germantown, TN | Nonprofit | |
Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund | Nonprofit | |
2018 [20] | Integrated Project Management Company, Inc., Burr Ridge, IL | small business |
Donor Alliance, Denver, CO | nonprofit | |
Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center, Jasper, IN | health care | |
Alamo Colleges District, San Antonio, TX | education | |
Tri County Tech, Bartlesville, OK | education | |
2017 [21] | Adventist Health Castle, Kailua, Hawaii | health care |
Bristol Tennessee Essential Services, Bristol, TN | small business | |
Stellar Solutions, Palo Alto, CA | small business | |
Southcentral Foundation, Anchorage, AK | health care | |
City of Fort Collins, Fort Collins, CO | nonprofit | |
2016 [22] [23] | Don Chalmers Ford, Rio Rancho, New Mexico | small business |
Momentum Group, Irvine, California | small business | |
Kindred Nursing and Rehabilitation Center – Mountain Valley, Kellogg, Idaho | health care | |
Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital, Sugar Land, Texas | health care | |
2015 [24] | MidwayUSA, Columbia, Mo | small 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 [25] | PricewaterhouseCoopers Public Sector Practice, McLean, VA | service |
Hill Country Memorial Hospital, Fredericksburg, TX | health care | |
St. David’s HealthCare, Austin, TX | health care | |
Elevations Credit Union, Boulder, CO | nonprofit | |
2013 [26] | Pewaukee School District, Pewaukee, WI | education |
Sutter Davis Hospital, Davis, CA | health care | |
2012 [27] | Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Grand Prairie, TX | manufacturing |
MESA Products Inc., Tulsa, OK | small business | |
North Mississippi Health Services, Tupelo, MS | health care | |
City of Irving, Irving, TX | nonprofit | |
2011 [28] | Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, MO | nonprofit |
Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI | health care | |
Schneck Medical Center, Seymour, IN | health care | |
Southcentral Foundation, Anchorage, AK | health care | |
2010 [29] | MEDRAD, Warrendale, PA | manufacturing |
Nestlé Purina PetCare Co., St. Louis, MO | manufacturing | |
Freese and Nichols Inc., Fort Worth, TX | small business | |
K&N Management, Austin, TX | small business | |
Studer Group, Gulf Breeze, FL | small business | |
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove, IL | health care | |
Montgomery County Public Schools, Rockville, MD | education | |
2009 [30] | Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, Kansas City, MO | manufacturing |
MidwayUSA, Columbia, MO | small business | |
AtlantiCare, Egg Harbor Township, NJ | health care | |
Heartland Health, St. Joseph, MO | health care | |
VA Cooperative Studies Program Clinical Research Pharmacy Coordinating Center, Albuquerque, NM | nonprofit | |
2008 [31] | Cargill Corn Milling North America, Wayzata, MN | manufacturing |
Poudre Valley Health System, Fort Collins, CO | health care | |
Iredell-Statesville Schools, Statesville, NC | education | |
2007 [32] | PRO-TEC Coating Co., Leipsic, OH | small business |
Mercy Health System, Janesville, WI | health care | |
Sharp Healthcare, San Diego, CA | health care | |
City of Coral Springs, Coral Springs, FL | nonprofit | |
United States Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC), Picatinny Arsenal, NJ | nonprofit | |
2006 [33] | MESA Products, Inc., Tulsa, OK | small business |
Premier Inc., San Diego, CA | service | |
North Mississippi Medical Center, Tupelo, MS | health care | |
2005 [34] | Sunny Fresh Foods, Inc., Monticello, MN | manufacturing |
DynMcDermott Petroleum Operations, New Orleans, LA | service | |
Park Place Lexus, Plano, TX | small business | |
Richland College, Dallas, TX | education | |
Jenks Public Schools, Jenks, OK | education | |
Bronson Methodist Hospital, Kalamazoo, MI | health care | |
2004 [35] | The Bama Companies, Tulsa, OK | manufacturing |
Texas Nameplate Company, Inc., Dallas, TX | small business | |
Kenneth W. Monfort College of Business, Greeley, CO | education | |
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton, Hamilton, NJ | health care | |
2003 [36] | Medrad, Inc., Indianola, PA | manufacturing |
Boeing Aerospace Support, St. Louis, MO | service | |
Caterpillar Financial Services Corp., Nashville, TN | service | |
Stoner Inc., Quarryville, PA | small business | |
Community Consolidated School District 15, Palatine, IL | education | |
Baptist Hospital, Inc., Pensacola, FL | health care | |
Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City, Kansas City, MO | health care | |
2002 [37] | Motorola Inc. Commercial, Government and Industrial Solutions Sector, Schaumburg, IL | manufacturing |
Branch-Smith Printing Division, Fort Worth, TX | small business | |
SSM Health Care, St. Louis, MO | health care | |
2001 [38] | Clarke American Checks, Incorporated, San Antonio, TX | manufacturing |
Pal's Sudden Service, Kingsport, TN | small business | |
Chugach School District, Prince William Sound, AK | education | |
Pearl River School District, Pearl River, NY | education | |
University of Wisconsin–Stout, Menomonie, WI | education | |
2000 [39] | Dana Corp.-Spicer Driveshaft Division, Toledo, OH | manufacturing |
KARLEE Company, Inc., Garland, TX | manufacturing | |
Operations Management International, Inc., Greenwood Village, CO | service | |
Los Alamos National Bank, Los Alamos, NM | small business | |
1999 [40] | STMicroelectronics, Inc.-Region Americas, Carrollton, TX | manufacturing |
BI Performance Services, Minneapolis, MN | service | |
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C., Atlanta, GA | service | |
Sunny Fresh Foods, Monticello, MN | small business | |
1998 | Boeing Airlift and Tanker Programs, Long Beach, CA | manufacturing |
Solar Turbines Inc., San Diego, CA | manufacturing | |
Texas Nameplate Company, Inc., Dallas, TX | small business | |
1997 | 3M Dental Products Division, St. Paul, MN | manufacturing |
Solectron Corp., Milpitas, CA | manufacturing | |
Merrill Lynch Credit Corp., Jacksonville, FL | service | |
Xerox Business Services, Rochester, NY | service | |
1996 | ADAC Laboratories, Milpitas, CA | manufacturing |
Dana Commercial Credit Corp., Toledo, OH | service | |
Custom Research Inc., Minneapolis, MN | small business | |
Trident Precision Manufacturing Inc., Webster, NY | small business | |
1995 | Armstrong World Industries’ Building Products Operation, Lancaster, PA | manufacturing |
Corning Telecommunications Products Division, Corning, NY | manufacturing | |
1994 | AT&T Consumer Communications Services, Basking Ridge, NJ | service |
GTE Directories Corp., Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX | service | |
Wainwright Industries Inc., St. Peters, MO | small business | |
1993 | Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN | manufacturing |
Ames Rubber Corp., Hamburg, NJ | small business | |
1992 | AT&T Network Systems Group/Transmission Systems Business Unit, Morristown, NJ | manufacturing |
Texas Instruments Inc. Defense Systems & Electronics Group, Dallas, TX | manufacturing | |
AT&T Universal Card Services, Jacksonville, FL | service | |
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co., Atlanta, GA | service | |
Granite Rock Co., Watsonville, CA | small business | |
1991 | Solectron Corp., Milpitas, CA | manufacturing |
Zytec Corp., Eden Prairie, MN | manufacturing | |
Marlow Industries, Dallas, TX | small business | |
1990 | Cadillac Motor Car Division, Detroit, MI | manufacturing |
IBM Rochester, Rochester, MN | manufacturing | |
Federal Express Corp., Memphis, TN | service | |
Wallace Co. Inc., Houston, TX | small business | |
1989 | Milliken & Co., Spartanburg, SC | manufacturing |
Xerox Corp. Business Products and Systems, Rochester, NY [41] | manufacturing | |
1988 | Motorola Inc., Schaumburg, IL | manufacturing |
Commercial Nuclear Fuel Division of Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA | manufacturing | |
Globe Metallurgical Inc., Beverly, OH | small business |
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