This handy pocket book is a quick reference guide to interpreting the criteria in the seven Baldrige categories. Whether a company is applying for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award or not, this can help employees at all levels as the work toward improving quality. Includes answers to frequently asked questions and quick tips indicating what excellent companies do in each category.

The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award is the highest level of national recognition for performance excellence that a U.S. organization can receive. Now in its 18th edition, Baldrige Award Winning Quality is still the most widely used and recognized book on the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. It provides readers with a simple, yet com

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This reference manual is designed to help those interested in passing the ASQ's certification exam for Six Sigma Green Belts and others who want a handy reference to the appropriate materials needed to conduct successful Green Belt projects. It is a reference handbook on running projects for those who are already knowledgeable about process improvement and variation reduction. The primary layout of the handbook follows the ASQ Body of Knowledge (BoK) for the Certified Six Sigma Green Belt (CSSGB) updated in 2015. The authors were involved with the first edition handbook, and have utilized first edition user comments, numerous Six Sigma practitioners, and their own personal knowledge gained through helping others prepare for exams to bring together a handbook that they hope will be very beneficial to anyone seeking to pass the ASQ or other Green Belt exams. In addition to the primary text, the authors have added a number of new appendixes, an expanded acronym list, new practice exam questions, and other additional materials

The Eighth Criteria, Market Focus, is the missing piece in the Baldrige Criteria for Performance excellence. The Eighth Criteria gives marketing professionals the means to improve productivity, overall performance, and helps you create strategic planning processes that lead directly to improvements in bottom line results. The Eighth Criteria can also help overcome the divide that exists between business owners and senior executives who often make critical strategic decisions that directly affect marketing but who fail to effectively communicate these decisions or fully appreciate the role that marketing plays in their own organization.