ASQ’s International Team Excellence AwardASQ is a global community of people passionate about quality, who use the tools, their ideas, and expertise to make our world work better. ASQ: The Global Voice of Quality.

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Customer SatisfactionInnovationProfitability Increased Employee MotivationTeamwork

“ASQ’s International Team Excellence Award process provides an excellent opportunity for organizations such as General Motors to showcase ‘Best of the Best’ quality improvement projects in a global platform. This forum also provides a great read-across and benchmarking opportunity for organizations. General Motors will continue to participate and leverage the ASQ ITEA process.”Kush K. ShahManager, Global Electrification QualityGeneral Motors

“By participating in the ASQ International Team Excellence Award process, ABInBev Metal Container has been able to benchmark our teams against some of the best in the world. As a result, we have been able to identify and implement improvements to our team systems. In addition, the ITEA process has become an important form of recognition for our employees who make significant contributions to our business through their participation on improvement teams.”Don MacGavin, Zone Management Systems SpecialistAnheuser-Busch InBev/Metal Container Corp.

“Continuous improvement through people engagement and problem solving, at all levels, is a very important part of what we do within Alcoa. The ITEA process structure as well as review of the criteria helps us to evaluate our team approach and improve this approach to optimize effectiveness of our team efforts. By participating in the ITEA competition, we afforded the opportunity to experience, firsthand, the success of others and benchmark various methods and techniques that may help us to improve our own processes.”Bud Newton, Quality ConsultantAlcoa Corporate Quality

“The ASQ ITEA process criterion and sub-criterion are utilized as a foundation means to establish a high-level project management template. The ASQ ITEA template is also utilized to measure and document project results. Ultimately, our project results have been outstanding.” Ron Gill, Technical Lead Manufacturing EngineerC-17 Fuselage, The Boeing Company

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To Learn More, Contact:Geetha BalagopalPhone: 800-248-1946 x7303 (USA and Canada) +1-414-298-8789 x7303 (all others locations)Email: gbalagopal@asq.orgWeb: wcqi.asq.org/team-award

How Much Does Participation Cost?$600 entry fee per team—this fee goes toward the cost of administering the award process.

$650 conference registration per team presenter—this fee includes attendance at ASQ’s World Conference on Quality and Improvement.

Recognizing and celebrating high-performance teams that epitomize the ASQ vision of a global community using quality concepts, technology, and tools to improve themselves and their world.

Final RoundStep 1. Qualifi ed teams (from the preliminary-round entry process) are notifi ed in early December of selection for the fi nal round.

Step 2. Teams confi rm their participation to present live at ASQ’s World Conference.

Step 3. Teams receive scoresheet/feedback report from ASQ.

Step 4. Live presentations, recognition, benchmarking, learning, and sharing best practices at ASQ’s World Conference on Quality and Improvement in May.

ASQ’s International Team Excellence Award process is the world’s premier team recognition program—awarding teams from companies large and small for their achievements in improving business performance.

Since 1985, more than 1,100 teams worldwide have participated in this leading process, saving their companies and organizations millions by creating effi ciencies and reducing waste.

Teams from Argentina, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United States, and many more have been recognized and celebrated for epitomizing the use of quality concepts, technology, and tools to improve themselves and their world!

Preliminary RoundStep 1. Identify project(s) completed in the last two years that achieved measurable results for submission. This award process is open to teams from all over the world.

Step 2. Select up to fi ve entries from any participating site or location and complete the Intent to Submit form—due in early July.

Step 3. Create a PowerPoint presentation that describes your completed project and ensure that it is aligned with ASQ’s International Team Excellence Award criteria.

Step 4. Complete the online entry form and submit payment—due in early September.

Why Get Involved• Improves business performance.• Reinforces organizational values.• Supports self-assessment and improvement.• Provides insight into achievement levels relative to the ASQ team excellence award criteria.• Exposes your team’s strengths and opportunities for improvement through the feedback report. • Encourages workgroups to excel through organized, fact-based analysis and structured decision-making practices.• Stimulates participation and provides opportunities for meaningful contribution in the success of the enterprise.• Strengthens relationships with partners/customers.• Makes work fun!

Why Your Team Should Participate in ITEALearn – Study other teams and benchmark your team’s efforts.Share – Showcase and gain recognition for your organization’s continuous improvement process.Benchmark – See how your team measures up against the best of the best in quality processes from around the world!Recognition – Promote employee recognition and motivate staff to embrace quality practices throughout your organization.

Why Get Involved• Improves business performance.• Reinforces organizational values.• Supports self-assessment and improvement.• Provides insight into achievement levels relative to the ASQ team excellence award criteria.• Exposes your team’s strengths and opportunities for improvement through the feedback report. • Encourages workgroups to excel through organized, fact-based analysis and structured decision-making practices.• Stimulates participation and provides opportunities for meaningful contribution in the success of the enterprise.• Strengthens relationships with partners/customers.• Makes work fun!

Why Your Team Should Participate in ITEALearn – Study other teams and benchmark your team’s efforts.Share – Showcase and gain recognition for your organization’s continuous improvement process.Benchmark – See how your team measures up against the best of the best in quality processes from around the world!Recognition – Promote employee recognition and motivate staff to embrace quality practices throughout your organization.

ASQ’s International Team Excellence Award process is the world’s premier team recognition program—awarding teams from companies large and small for their achievements in improving business performance.

Since 1985, more than 1,100 teams worldwide have participated in this leading process, saving their companies and organizations millions by creating effi ciencies and reducing waste.

Teams from Argentina, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United States, and many more have been recognized and celebrated for epitomizing the use of quality concepts, technology, and tools to improve themselves and their world!

Preliminary RoundStep 1. Identify project(s) completed in the last two years that achieved measurable results for submission. This award process is open to teams from all over the world.

Step 2. Select up to fi ve entries from any participating site or location and complete the Intent to Submit form—due in early July.

Step 3. Create a PowerPoint presentation that describes your completed project and ensure that it is aligned with ASQ’s International Team Excellence Award criteria.

Step 4. Complete the online entry form and submit payment—due in early September.

Final RoundStep 1. Qualifi ed teams (from the preliminary-round entry process) are notifi ed in early December of selection for the fi nal round.

Step 2. Teams confi rm their participation to present live at ASQ’s World Conference.

Step 3. Teams receive scoresheet/feedback report from ASQ.

Step 4. Live presentations, recognition, benchmarking, learning, and sharing best practices at ASQ’s World Conference on Quality and Improvement in May.

To Learn More, Contact:Geetha BalagopalPhone: 800-248-1946 x7303 (USA and Canada) +1-414-298-8789 x7303 (all others locations)Email: gbalagopal@asq.orgWeb: wcqi.asq.org/team-award

How Much Does Participation Cost?$600 entry fee per team—this fee goes toward the cost of administering the award process.

$650 conference registration per team presenter—this fee includes attendance at ASQ’s World Conference on Quality and Improvement.

Recognizing and celebrating high-performance teams that epitomize the ASQ vision of a global community using quality concepts, technology, and tools to improve themselves and their world.

Customer SatisfactionInnovationProfitability Increased Employee MotivationTeamwork

“ASQ’s International Team Excellence Award process provides an excellent opportunity for organizations such as General Motors to showcase ‘Best of the Best’ quality improvement projects in a global platform. This forum also provides a great read-across and benchmarking opportunity for organizations. General Motors will continue to participate and leverage the ASQ ITEA process.”Kush K. ShahManager, Global Electrification QualityGeneral Motors

“By participating in the ASQ International Team Excellence Award process, ABInBev Metal Container has been able to benchmark our teams against some of the best in the world. As a result, we have been able to identify and implement improvements to our team systems. In addition, the ITEA process has become an important form of recognition for our employees who make significant contributions to our business through their participation on improvement teams.”Don MacGavin, Zone Management Systems SpecialistAnheuser-Busch InBev/Metal Container Corp.

“Continuous improvement through people engagement and problem solving, at all levels, is a very important part of what we do within Alcoa. The ITEA process structure as well as review of the criteria helps us to evaluate our team approach and improve this approach to optimize effectiveness of our team efforts. By participating in the ITEA competition, we afforded the opportunity to experience, firsthand, the success of others and benchmark various methods and techniques that may help us to improve our own processes.”Bud Newton, Quality ConsultantAlcoa Corporate Quality

“The ASQ ITEA process criterion and sub-criterion are utilized as a foundation means to establish a high-level project management template. The ASQ ITEA template is also utilized to measure and document project results. Ultimately, our project results have been outstanding.” Ron Gill, Technical Lead Manufacturing EngineerC-17 Fuselage, The Boeing Company

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ASQ’s International Team Excellence AwardASQ is a global community of people passionate about quality, who use the tools, their ideas, and expertise to make our world work better. ASQ: The Global Voice of Quality.

Get the feedback you can use. Get the recognition you deserve.