IQPC Announces 2010 European Process Excellence Awards Winners.

Following the final face-to-face judging round last week at IQPC Process Excellence Summit, the chosen award winners and honorary mentions were unveiled at the annual awards cermony and gala dinner. With the highest amount and variety of entries to date all shortlisted applicants and winners were highly commended - I look forward to watching these chosen companies shape the landscape for Process Excellence as we move into a new era of business recovery.

Winners and honory mentions were:

Best Project Contributing to Innovation - sponsored by Accenture
Winner: Avon & Somerset Constabulary
Honorary Mention: Betfair

Best Process Improvement Project in Manufacturing - sponsored by Minitab
Winner: Areva-Cezus
Honorary Mention: British Airways Interior Engineering

Best Green Process Improvement Project
Winner: LSG Sky Chefs
Honorary Mention: British Airways

Best Process Improvement Project in Service & Transaction
Winner: Sutherland Global Services
Honorary Mention: Lloyd’s Register

Best Process Improvement Project Under 90 Days - sponsored by Catalyst
Winner: Shepherd Neame Ltd
Honorary Mention: BAA

Best Start Up Process Improvement Programme - sponsored by Six Sigma IQ
Winner: Standard Life
Honorary Mention: LSG Sky Chefs

Best Process Improvement Programme - sponsored by PMI
Winner: Deutsche Post DHL
Honorary Mention: Credit Suisse Group

"Does your company stand up to the competition? There’s only one way to find out…
IQPC’s industry renowned Process Excellence awards are the ideal way to publicly benchmark and recognize your Process Excellence business results as well as motivate and renew passion within your organisational team. Like no other award program, it’s for the community, judged by the community, so what better way to put your improvement program back on your CEO’s agenda and get it the recognition it deserves? So whether your discipline is Lean, Six Sigma or BPM it’s a sure-fire way to re-invigorate your program post recession and ensure you maintain passion and commitment over the next 12 months.
The 2011 Awards are now open for entry, submit your project by the 4th February 2011!"

Please click on the links below for more information:

• What are the Process Excellence Awards?
• Who can enter?
• Application categories and guidelines
• How to enter for an award
• 2010 Excellence Awards judging panel
• Rules regulations & procedures for entry submissions

What are the Process Excellence Awards?

Open to any company, the Process Excellence Awards have been established to honour, recognise and celebrate projects that demonstrate true best practices.

And celebrating is exactly what you'll be doing if you win one of 2010's Process Excellence Awards! The winners and honorary mentions will be announced at the dazzling Awards Ceremony and Gala Dinner at the 11th Annual Process Excellence Summit, 27th April 2010, Chelsea Football Club, London.

What better way to grab the attention of your CEO and maintain energy for your Continuous Improvement programmes despite the impact of the recession! So if you're looking for a way to captivate the minds of your senior management, or a way to motivate your team, look no further. And not only will they hear about it, but so will the rest of the business world. Winners will be highlighted and promoted across our events and in the quality media across the US, Europe and beyond.

What’s more, unlike other awards programmes they’re for community and judged by the community. To identify and assess your entries, IQPC has assembled a prestigious group of experts and leaders to represent the judging panel. All renowned for their years of experience and leadership, this independent judging panel is ideally placed to pick out the shining stars of Process Excellence and innovation.

The closing date for entries is the 19th February, so don't hesitate and get your application in early to stand the best chance of winning. Once the judges have gone through the difficult process of selection, the top 6 entries for each category will be announced as finalists the month before the event.

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Who can enter?

You can!

Whether you're a huge multinational corporation or a small-to-midsize business, a charity or a hospital, a small department or vast business unit, there’s an equal chance you could be one of the lucky winners.

Project categories also cover a vast range of Process Excellence disciplines, from Lean Six Sigma to BPM and design innovation projects to green focused improvements. No methodologies will be excluded and judges have experience all application areas.

So long as your project has had a significant impact on your business, we want to hear from you. European entrants are strongly encouraged, however the awards are open to projects in all countries. If you are based in the US, view our North American Awards programme.

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Application categories and guidelines

Please Ensure You Download The Judging Criteria (.xls) To Support Your Application.

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How to enter for an award

Entering couldn't be easier! This year you'll find the process smoother than ever before. There are only 3 simple steps between you and the chance to take home a prestigious Excellence Award.

3 Easy Steps To Apply

1. Fill out the administration form.
2. Gather your documents supporting your application. Download the correct application kit to help you put together the best entry for 2010.
   • Programme Awards - Application kit
   • Project Awards (excluding green) - Application kit
   • Green Project Award - Application kit
3. Email your admin form and supporting documents to awards@iqpc.co.uk. All documents should be less than 2MB

Any questions? Call us on +44(0)20 7368 9300 or email awards@iqpc.co.uk.

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Process Excellence Awards Judging Panel

IQPC is proud to work with a selection of some of the most experienced practitioners within the Lean, Six Sigma and Process Excellence community. These awards are judged by the industry for the industry. Selected 2010 judges include:

• Brenton Harder, MD COO Division, VP Operational Excellence, Credit Suisse
• Fabrizio Majorana, CQO, Unicredit
• Ravindra Rao, Director Operational Excellence, Honeywell
• Evin Kose, VP Process Management, Finansbank
• Adrian Dunn, Continuous Improvement Enablement Manager, Europe & Africa, BP
• Howard Miller, Lean Six Sigma Deployment Leader, HSBC
• Peter Evans, Director Quality & Operational Excellence, Virgin Media
• Ian Furness, Project Lead Process Excellence, Aviva
• Jeff Ayland, Customer Excellence, Novelis - Europe
• Paul Irish, Operational Excellence Manager, RSA
• Caroline Hollyhead, VP, Bank of New York Mellon
• Roger Cliffe, Director Quality, Vodafone
• Emmanual DeCroix, Global Deployment Leader, BNP Paribas
• Jay Banerjee, Head of Process Excellence and Innovation, Deutsche Bank

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The Judging Process

Judges will review power point presentation entries to select finalists according to the judging criteria (.xls). Before the 1st of April.

Selected finalists will be required to meet judges for a presentation and Q&A session on 26th April 2010, London. Please note attendance to this interview stage is necessary to win an Award.

A pair of judges will be allotted to each category. No judge may judge his or her own company.

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Rules regulations & procedures for entry submissions

To be considered for the 2009 Process Excellence Awards, your entry needs to meet the following requirements:

1. The entries must be received by 11.59 pm GMT, 19th February 2010. We are unable to accept late entries. The contact person listed on the application submission form will be contacted via email upon receipt of your entry.
2. All entries must contain no more than 15 slides and follow the guidelines given in the application kit.
3. All applications must be submitted electronically to be accepted at awards@iqpc.co.uk
4. The administration form must be complete, contain the signature of the entrant and 100 words outline of entry that can be used for public circulation. Guidelines can be found in the application kit
5. All applications must be made in English. For each category you wish to be considered, you must complete a specific category application.
6. Individual projects can only be submitted into one category. Applications submitted into more than one category will be withdrawn from all but one category.
7. Only one entry can be submitted per company in each category.
8. Each entry must be submitted via a separate email to ensure receipt of delivery.

Entries should be emailed to awards@iqpc.co.uk. If you have any problems sending us your entry do call Amanda Jenkins on Tel: +44 (0) 207 368 9300.

All contents of each application are confidential. Each judge has signed a nondisclosure agreement and is required to return the entries to IQPC when they are finished.

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2010 Awards Ceremony Date/Time

Winners of the 2010 Process Excellence Awards will be announced during a Awards ceremony and dinner on 27th April 2010 at approximately 7:30pm in London. The ceremony is held in conjunction with the 10th Annual Process Excellence Summit. Register to attend the conference and dinner.

If you haven’t attended one of IQPC's awards evening before then you’re in for a treat. To experience the highlights just take a look at last year’s dazzling entertainment – view the 2009 London Process Excellence Awards and Summit video

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