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The fundamental concepts of excellence
UK Excellence Award 2015 finalists
EFQM Excellence Award 2015 nominees
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Congratulations!
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We are delighted to congratulate all the 2015 UK Excellence Award finalists, who include our customer Virgin Trains.  

 

These are organisations who are fully committed to the fundamental concepts of excellence, as defined in the EFQM Excellence Model (see the article below) and are using these to maximise their performance.

 

Well done!

 

For a full list of the finalists for this award and the nominees for the EFQM Excellence Award, see our articles to the right.  

The fundamental concepts of excellence

   

In deciding on the winners of both these awards, the judges will be looking for those organisations who are not only performing well in all nine areas of of the model (see above right), but who can also demonstrate commitment to the following fundamental concepts of excellence

 

 Adding value for customers

  

Creating a sustainable  future

  

Developing organisational capability

  

Harnessing creativity and innovation

  

Leadering with vision, inspiration and integrity

  

Managing with agility

  

Succeeding through the talent of people

  

Sustaining outstanding results

Sustaining outstanding results
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Newsletter - August 2015
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Following on from our June Newsletter, which outlined some of the most widely recognised excellence awards, below we list the successful candidates who have reached the final stage for two of these - the UK Excellence Award and the EFQM Excellence Award.

Excellence awards are popular across the globe as a way of rigorously assessing all aspects of an organisation's performance.and as you can see from the lists below, a wide variety of organisations, not only commercial companies,
can achieve this recognition of being world class,
 
Applying for an award provides an excellent opportunity to focus improvement where it will be most effective and to recognise and celebrate those areas where you are doing well. If you would like to know more about applying for an award, do contact us.   
 UK Excellence Award finalists  

The UK Excellence Award, managed by The British Quality Foundation (BQF), recognises organisations which have demonstrated excellence in all areas of operation, based on assessment against the nine areas of the  EFQM Excellence Model (see diagram below),

This year's finalists are -



The winner will be announced at the 2015 UK Excellence Award Ceremony on the 15th of October.

Follow these links to find out more about the ceremony, the organisations who are finalists, the award itself or the model on which the award assessment is based.




The nine areas of the EFQM Excellence Model

 
 
EFQM Award nominees

The EFQM Excellence Award is designed to recognise Europe's best performing organisations, whether private, public or not-for-profit. As with the  UK Excellence Award, assessment is based on the nine areas of the EFQM Excellence Model (see above).  

 

This year's nominees for the award are - 

 

BMW AG Werk Regensburg
Bosch Car Multimedia SA
Cabinet d'Orthodontie Becker & Associes
Coca-Cola Icek as Bursa Plant
General Directorate of IETT Enterprises
Geriatrische Gesundheitszentren der Stadt Graz
Metsa Fibre OY
Pierburg SA
Robert Bosch France - Usine de Rodez
Robert Bosch GMBH, Blaichach Plant (BHP)
Sakarya University Esentepe Campus Serdivan
Sanitas Hospitales
SCLE SFE
Vamed-KMB Krankenhausmanagement
Wakefield and District Housing (WDH)

 
The winner will be announced at the end of the first day of the EFQM Forum, taking place this year on the 22nd and 23rd of October. Follow these links to find out more about the forum, the nominees, the award itself or the model on which assessment is based.

Sincerely,
 
Graham Hull
ley hill solutions limited
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