Excellence in Missouri Foundation
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The Excellence in Missouri Foundation was established in 1992 to administer the Missouri Quality Award program and to promote quality principles in business, education, government and health care throughout Missouri. Based in Jefferson City, Missouri
, it is a 501 (c)(3) not-for-profit educational organization funded entirely by contributions from the private sector and income-generating activities. The Foundation is led by a Board of Directors, chaired by Dennis DeGroodt, and is composed of key business, education, government, and health care leaders from across the state.
The foundation provides a variety of services to assist businesses in achieving excellence in all areas of the Baldrige Model (leadership, customer focus, and process management among others) including seminars to teach concepts, such as balance score cards and also lessons in strategic planning.
Businesses who have taken advantage of the foundation have greatly benefited and the results show financially as well as increasing overall productivity. Recent testament to the success of the foundation can be seen in three of the 2009 Missouri Quality Award Winners (Heartland Health, Midway USA, and Honeywell FM&T) going on the win the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
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To date, the Foundation has distributed over 38,000 copies of the Award Criteria, certified over 1,400 men and women as MQA Examiners, presented 51 organizations, 28 teams, and 19 individuals with Awards, and educated over 11,000 people through public offerings. In its 16th year, the Foundation anticipates much continued success.
Modeled after the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award, the Excellence in Missouri Foundation's program offers an educational process through which Missouri companies can learn and implement quality techniques and assessment tactics.
Any organization located in Missouri is allowed to participate in the Missouri Quality Award program, however there are separate awards for education, health care, service, public sector, and manufacturing and are divided into small, medium, and large company categories.
Each application is reviewed by the volunteer Board of Examiners with special attention taken to prevent conflict of interest.
After the application is reviewed the Excellence in Missouri foundation provides feedback reports aimed at helping the company further improve.
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Jefferson City, Missouri
Jefferson City is the capital of the U.S. state of Missouri and the county seat of Cole County. Located in Callaway and Cole counties, it is the principal city of the Jefferson City metropolitan area, which encompasses the entirety of both counties. As of the 2010 census, the population was 43,079...
, it is a 501 (c)(3) not-for-profit educational organization funded entirely by contributions from the private sector and income-generating activities. The Foundation is led by a Board of Directors, chaired by Dennis DeGroodt, and is composed of key business, education, government, and health care leaders from across the state.
The foundation provides a variety of services to assist businesses in achieving excellence in all areas of the Baldrige Model (leadership, customer focus, and process management among others) including seminars to teach concepts, such as balance score cards and also lessons in strategic planning.
Businesses who have taken advantage of the foundation have greatly benefited and the results show financially as well as increasing overall productivity. Recent testament to the success of the foundation can be seen in three of the 2009 Missouri Quality Award Winners (Heartland Health, Midway USA, and Honeywell FM&T) going on the win the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality 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 only formal recognition of the performance excellence of both public and private U.S. organizations given by...
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To date, the Foundation has distributed over 38,000 copies of the Award Criteria, certified over 1,400 men and women as MQA Examiners, presented 51 organizations, 28 teams, and 19 individuals with Awards, and educated over 11,000 people through public offerings. In its 16th year, the Foundation anticipates much continued success.
Missouri Quality Award
The Excellence in Missouri Foundation offers the official state recognition for excellence in quality leadership known as the Missouri Quality Award.Modeled after the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award, the Excellence in Missouri Foundation's program offers an educational process through which Missouri companies can learn and implement quality techniques and assessment tactics.
Any organization located in Missouri is allowed to participate in the Missouri Quality Award program, however there are separate awards for education, health care, service, public sector, and manufacturing and are divided into small, medium, and large company categories.
Missouri Quality Process
The application package consists of three parts:- An Eligibility Determination Form showing that eligibility has been approved
- A completed Application Form
- An application report consisting of a Business Overview and responses to the Award Criteria
Each application is reviewed by the volunteer Board of Examiners with special attention taken to prevent conflict of interest.
After the application is reviewed the Excellence in Missouri foundation provides feedback reports aimed at helping the company further improve.
Past Missouri Quality Award Winners
2009:- Concordia Publishing HouseConcordia Publishing HouseConcordia Publishing House , founded in 1869, is the official publishing arm of The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod. Headquartered in St Louis, Missouri at 3558 S. Jefferson St. Louis, MO, CPH publishes the Synod's official magazine, The Lutheran Witness and the Synod's hymnals, including...
(St. Louis) - Park Hill School DistrictPark Hill School DistrictThe Park School District encompasses most of southern Platte County, Missouri, in the Northland region of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. There are eight cities and towns that are partly or entirely within the district boundaries, including Parkville, Riverside, Weatherby Lake, Platte Woods,...
(Kansas City) - St. Mary's Health Center (Jefferson City)
2008
- Northwest Missouri State UniversityNorthwest Missouri State UniversityNorthwest Missouri State University is a state university in Maryville, Missouri. Founded in 1905 as a teachers college, it offers both undergraduate and graduate programs. The campus, based on the design for Forest Park at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, is the official Missouri State Arboretum....
(Maryville) - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
- MidwayUSAMidwayUSAMidwayUSA is a privately-held American retailer and wholesaler of various hunting and gun-related products. The company is headquartered in Columbia, Missouri, and sells in the continental United States and internationally, through a separate division. The company markets online and through...
(Columbia) - SSM Integrated Health Technologies (St. Louis)
- SSM St. Francis Hospital and Health Services (Maryville)
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- Missouri Department of Transportation (Jefferson City)
- Honeywell FM&T (Kansas City)