EQA meaning in General ?

What is European Quality Award mean?

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 historical winners are:

1992 Rank Xerox1993 Milliken Europe1994 D2D (Design to Distribution)1995 Texas Instruments1996 Brisa (Bridgestone)1997 SGS-Thomson1998 TNT UK1999 Yellow Pages2000 Nokia2001 St Mary's College Northern Ireland & Zahnarztpraxis2002 SAM Mouldings2003 Bosch Sanayi ve Ticaret AS & Runshaw College & Maxi Coco-Mat SA2004 Kocaeli Chamber of Industry & YELL2005 FirstPlus Financial Group & TNT Express2006 BMW Chassis and Driveline Systems & Grundfos2007 Lauaxeta Ikastola Sociedad Cooperativa & The Cedar Foundation & Villa Massa S.r.l. & Tobermore Concrete Products Ltd2008 Bosch Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. & Bursagaz & Council for the Curriculum, Examinations & Assessment2009 Prize Winners Only2010 Prize Winners Only2011 Bilim Pharmaceuticals2012 Robert Bosch GmbH Bamberg Plant2013 Alpenresort Schwarz2014 Bosch Bari Plant2015 BMW AG Werk Regensburg2016 Prize Winners OnlyRefer 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 UnitsOperating Units of CompaniesPublic Sector OrganisationsSmall and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME) in two categories, 'Independent SMEs' and 'Subsidiaries of Larger Organisations'.

European Quality Prizes are awarded each year by the EFQM. Recipients are organisations that have applied for but not won the European Quality Award; however, the application was of such a high standard that the European Quality Prize is appropriate.

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