Philippine Quality Award

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Philippine Quality Award
Awarded forRecognizing Filipino businesses for excellence in applying the principles of Total Quality Management
Sponsored byPhilippine Quality Award Foundation
Location Malacañang Palace
Country Philippines
First awarded1998
Website www.pqa.org.ph

The Philippine Quality Award Program or PQA is the national quality award for Total Quality Management (TQM) in the Philippines. [1] [2]

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History

The Philippine Quality Award is the centerpiece program of the National Action Agenda for Productivity, the blueprint for the Philippines integrated approach to improve economy-wide productivity during the term of President Fidel V. Ramos in response to the growing challenges of globalization. It was created through Executive Order 448 on October 3, 1997. It was institutionalized on February 28, 2001, through the signing of Republic Act 9013, also known as the Philippine Quality Award Act.

Objectives

These are the three objectives of PQA: [3]

  1. To promote standards in organizational performance comparable to those of leading business abroad, pursuant to the country's effort to be globally competitive;
  2. To establish a national system for assessing quality and productivity performance, thus providing local organizations regardless of size, sector and maturity with criteria and guidelines for self-assessment to guide their quality and productivity improvement efforts; and
  3. To recognize organizations in both the private and public sector which excel in quality management and overall organizational performance, thus providing Philippine industries with benchmarks and models to emulate.

Recipients

YearRecipientAward
2014 Department of Science and TechnologyRegion II Commitment to Quality Management
Colegio de San Juan de Letran – Manila Commitment to Quality Management
Lyceum of the Philippines University – Laguna Commitment to Quality Management
ROHM Electronics PhilippinesProficiency in Quality Management
SMC Yamamura Fuso Molds CorporationProficiency in Quality Management
STMicroelectronicsProficiency in Quality Management
2013 Lyceum of the Philippines University – Manila Commitment to Quality Management
Zamboanga Polymedic HospitalCommitment to Quality Management
Philippine Association of Colleges & Universities Commission on AccreditationCommitment to Quality Management
Department of Science and Technology - Region XI Commitment to Quality Management
Philippine Information Agency Commitment in Quality Management
2012 Lyceum of the Philippines University – Batangas Commitment to Quality Management
Don Bosco Technical College Commitment to Quality Management
Optodev, IncCommitment to Quality Management
Thomson Reuters Corporation Pte. Ltd. Philippine Branch Commitment to Quality Management
San Miguel Yamamura Asia CorporationProficiency in Quality Management
2011Automotive Air-conditioning Technology PhilippinesProficiency in Quality Management
NYK-TDG eBusiness CorporationProficiency in Quality Management
Department of Science and Technology - Region IX Commitment to Quality Management
Metals Industry Research and Development CouncilCommitment to Quality Management
2010SunPower Philippines Manufacturing Ltd.Proficiency in Quality Management
Mariwasa Siam Ceramics Commitment to Quality Management
RCM ManufacturingCommitment to Quality Management
2009J.B. Lacson Colleges Foundation-ArevaloCommitment to Quality Management
National Economic and Development Authority Region I (NEDA-I)Commitment to Quality Management
Phil. Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and DevelopmentCommitment to Quality Management
2008 Unilab Philippine Quality Award for Performance Excellence
First Philippine Industrial CorporationProficiency in Quality Management
Sutherland Global ServicesProficiency in Quality Management
2007Airlift AsiaCommitment to Quality Management
2006First Sumiden CircuitsMastery in Quality Management
Johnson & Johnson Philippines (Consumer Division)Commitment to Quality Management
National Economic and Development Authority Region I (NEDA-I)Commitment to Quality Management
National Transmission Corporation Commitment to Quality Management
2005NYK Fil-Ship ManagementMastery in Quality Management
Centro Escolar University Proficiency in Quality Management
University of Santo Tomas Proficiency in Quality Management
J.B. Lacson Colleges Foundation-ArevaloCommitment to Quality Management
2004First Sumiden CircuitsProficiency in Quality Management
Unilab Proficiency in Quality Management
MOOG Controls CorporationCommitment to Quality Management
National Economic and Development Authority Region I (NEDA-I)Commitment to Quality Management
2003 Panasonic Philippines Mastery in Quality Management
Indo Phil Group of CompaniesCommitment to Quality Management
2002 PSi Technologies Proficiency in Quality Management
On Semiconductor (formerly AMI Semiconductor, Inc.)Commitment to Quality Management
2001 Integrated Microelectronics, Inc. Mastery in Quality Management
Intel Philippines Mfg.Mastery in Quality Management
Cypress Semiconductor PhilippinesCommitment to Quality Management
2000NXP Semiconductors (formerly Philips Semiconductor, Inc.)Proficiency in Quality Management
Texas InstrumentsProficiency in Quality Management
Astec Power Phils.Commitment to Quality Management
City Government of Makati Commitment to Quality Management
PSi Technologies Commitment to Quality Management
1999AMI SemiconductorProficiency in Quality Management
City Government of Marikina Proficiency in Quality Management
National Statistics Office Commitment to Quality Management
PSi Technologies Commitment to Quality Management
1998Acbel Polytech Philippines (Formerly Data General Philippines)Proficiency in Quality Management
Amkor TechnologyProficiency in Quality Management
AMI SemiconductorCommitment to Quality Management
City Government of Marikina Commitment to Quality Management
Electronic Assemblies, Inc. (EAI)Commitment to Quality Management
San Miguel Yamamura Asia Corp.Commitment to Quality Management
Yazaki-Torres Mfg.Commitment to Quality Management

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References

  1. "Philippine Quality Award (PQA)". dti.gov.ph. Makati, Philippines: Department of Trade and Industry (Philippines) . Retrieved 2014-05-10.
  2. "Philippine Quality Award". psq.org.ph. Makati, Philippines: Philippine Society for Quality. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
  3. The Quest for Global Competitiveness Through National Quality and Business Excellence Awards, Tokyo: Asian Productivity Organization, 2002, p. 121, ISBN   9789283323327, OCLC   51512238 , retrieved 2014-05-10