European Quality Award
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The European Quality Award is now referred to as the EFQM Excellence Award.
This distinction 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 UK
- 1999 Yellow Pages
- 2000 Nokia
- Refer to the EFQM Excellence Award page for the full listing
In the past, the award was given to organisations 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'.
See also EFQM, Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for the USA, and Deming Prize for Japan
