European Quality Award

The European Quality Award is awarded annually by the European Foundation for Quality Management to the organisation that is the best proponent in Europe of Total Quality Management.

The first award was made in 1992 to Rank Xerox. Subsequent winners are:

• 1993 Milliken Europe
• 1994 D2D
• 1995 Texas Instruments
• 1996 BRISA (Bridgestone)
• 1997 SGS-Thompson
• 1998 TNT
• 1999 Yellow Pages
• 2000 Nokia
• 2001 No overall Award was made

For the first few years, only one award was made, but the 'rules' have developed over the years, and several awards are now made each year in the following categories:

• Large Organisations and Business Units
• Operating Units of Companies
• Public Sector Organisations
• Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME) in 2 categories, 'Independent SMEs' and 'Subsidiaries of Larger Organisations'.

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See also European Quality Prize, Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for the USA, and Deming Prize for Japan