Application categories and guidelines
1) Only one awards entry will be accepted per category, per company. In the case of multinational corporations with independent industry divisions to qualify you must have at least 3 of the following:
- Separate MD/CEO/leadership
- Stand alone Process Excellence division
- Separate P&L
- Separate product responsibility
2) Applications are open to practitioner entrants only. If you are a consultant or solution provider looking to submit client success stories this must be submitted by your client.
3) To ensure fairness in judging across all awards categories, BPO organizations looking to enter the program awards must enter as part of best BPO program only, due to the nature of the service delivery of the BPO.
4) Applications to previous year’s award programs will not be accepted
5) All project application must have been executed or completed within the last 18 months. Older projects will not be accepted to ensure that applications remain timely and relevant
Program Awards
Best Process Improvement Program
This award is to recognise the vision, business impact and sustainability of mature Lean Six Sigma and Process Excellence Programs. Entries will be judged on their strategy, capacity for delivery and also the extent to which they have created an environment for change.
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Best Start-up Program
This award will celebrate the achievements of new Lean Six Sigma and Process Excellence programs of up to 2 years in deployment. Entrants will be judged on their abilities in direction setting, delivering business benefits and initial culture change. Start-up programs that do not have previous experience drawn from related business divisions will be marked higher.
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NEW Best BPM Program
This award will celebrate the achievement of BPM in furthering enterprise-wide process improvement and performance. Entrants will be judged on the ability to further BPM implementation and sustainable frameworks (people process and IT) across the organization.
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NEW Best BPO Based Process Improvement Program
This award is design to specifically recognise the achievements of BPO organizations leveraging Process Improvement to support their potential for service delivery. BPO entrants will be assessed on both their depth of Process Improvement understanding in specific relation to how this aids the fundamental ability to deliver Business Transformation and Excellence in Service Delivery to the customer. It is highly recommended that BPOs support their entry with testimonials and case studies from clients.
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Project Awards
Best Process Improvement Project in Service & Transaction
This award category will be open to:
- Service and transactional companies
- Service and transaction projects delivered within a manufacturing or non-traditional service company
Marks will be awarded in relation to business impact, project execution and innovation. Separate winners and honorary mentions will be selected for both small to mid-size companies and multinational corporations to ensure fair comparison of projects submitted.
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Best Process Improvement Project in Manufacturing
This award is specifically dedicated to improvements in pure manufacturing functions using Lean, Six Sigma or any other recognised Process Excellence tool. Top entrants will be judged on the ability to prove their operational and business results as well as clarity in execution throughout the process. Separate winners and honorary mentions will be selected for both small to mid-size companies and multinational corporations to ensure fair comparison of projects submitted.
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Best Process Improvement Project Contributing to Innovation This category awards those projects that significantly drive innovation within a process or product through any process improvement methodology. Like the other project categories marks will be awarded for business impact and innovation, but with a 50% of the points awarded for innovative tool usage, solutions and outcomes.
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Best Process Improvement Project under 90 days (recommended for Lean projects)
This award is designed to recognise the business impact and scope of projects with short cycle times and quick wins for the business. Projects in this category are expected to be no more than 90 days in length and are usually more aligned with the Lean methodology. If your project exceeds this then please submit to one of the other project categories. Points will be awarded for business impact, project execution, speed and innovation.
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Best Green Improvement project
This award is designed to recognise successful improvement projects in the green, environmental and social responsibility space. Applicants will be judged on the business impact, ROI from green initiatives along with originality of project approach.
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NEW Best BPM Project
This award is designed to recognise the success in individual BPM projects in supporting the enterprise-wide value chain. As with the BPM program awards, applicants will be assessed on their ability to demonstrate successful BPM results across the People, process and IT. Project will be judged on initial implementation success and also future sustainability and governance.
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Individual Awards
MBB of the year
This award is intended to recognise the work of practicing MBBs involved in training and coaching teams, identifying and managing projects and reviewing project success. This award will assess divisional/site leadership and expertise focusing on personal attributes and skills as well as business impact. (If you are a MBB heading up company-wide initiatives please see the deployment leader criteria). MBB experience cited in the application must be drawn from the last 12 months prior to application to be applicable for assessment.
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Deployment Leader of the year
This award is intended to recognise the strategic input of Lean Six Sigma deployment professionals leading the company-wide improvement strategy. Finalists will be expected to demonstrate, vision, strategic leadership and influence at a company-wide level.
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(For both individual awards extra information can be submitted from your most recent performance review to support your application).
Rules regulations & procedures for entry submissions
To be considered for the 2011 Process Excellence Awards, your entry needs to meet the following requirements:
- All entries must be received by 15th October. We are unable to accept late entries. The contact person listed on the entry form will be notified upon receipt of entry.
- All entries must contain no more than 15 slides and follow the guidelines given in the application kit.
- All applications must be submitted electronically to be accepted at awards@iqpc.co.uk
- The admin form must be complete, contain the signature of the entrant and company size and details for judging.
- All entries must be submitted with an 100 words outline of the entry that can be used for public circulation. Guidelines can be found in the application kit.
- All applications must be made in English. For each category you wish to be considered, you must complete a specific category application.
- Individual projects can only be submitted into one category. Applications submitted into more than one category will be withdrawn from all but one category.
- Only one entry can be submitted per company in each category.
- BPO organization may only enter programs into the specified program BPO awards category
Entries should be emailed to awards@iqpc.co.uk. if you have any problems sending us your entry, please call Amanda Jenkins on tel: +44 (0) 207 368 9300.
All contents of each application are confidential. Each judge is required to sign a legal nondisclosure agreement and is required to return the entries to IQPC when they are finished.