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International Team Excellence Award Silver Winner: The Transportation Tracking Team from Boeing C17 Program in Long Beach, CA., USA, flanked by John Jones of the Green Bay Packers on the left and Mike Levenhagen, chair of the International Team Excellence Awards Committee, on the right.

Team Competition

Meet the 2007 winners and learn more about the 2008 Team Competition

Demonstrate Your Team's Dedication To Excellence!

Participate in ASQ’s International Team Excellence Award competition. It’s the only international team-recognition process of its kind in the United States. Since 1985, 775 teams from the United States, Canada, China, Costa Rica, India, Japan, Mexico, Singapore and South Korea have competed in this outstanding process!

Team finalists will be selected to participate in the LIVE presentations at ASQ's World Conference on Quality and Improvement April 30-May 2, 2007, in Orlando, Florida.

2007 Site Sponsor Recognition

2007 International Team Excellence Award finalists

2007 Team Presentation Schedule

Documents for Judges

Scoring Guidelines (DOC, 140 KB)
Scoresheet Sample (XLS, 42 KB)
Scoresheet Template (XLS, 32 KB)
Sample Feedback Report (DOC, 57 KB)
Feedback Report Template (DOC, 34 KB)

Enter your Team!

Documents for Teams

Frequently Asked Questions (DOC, 127 KB)
Online Entry Form
Overview (PDF, 191 KB)
Criteria Overview (PDF, 22 KB)
Criteria In Detail (PDF, 163 KB)
Scoring Guidelines (DOC, 140 KB)
Preliminary Round Requirements and Tips (DOC, 55 KB)
Benefits of Participation (DOC, 47 KB)

Case Studies/Team Presentations

2005 Gold Winner - Baxter International Case Study (PDF, 575 KB)
2005 Silver Winner - Reliance Industries Case Study (PDF, 288 KB)
2005 Bronze Winner - United Space Alliance Case Study (PDF, 137 KB)

2006 Gold Winner - Reliance Industries Presentation (PDF, 6 MB)
2006 Silver Winner - The Boeing Company Presentation (PDF, 2 MB)

Competition Timeline

August 2006 - Criteria guidelines and judges application available.
October 2, 2006 - Judges' applications due.
November 3, 2006 - Judges notified of selection for judging the preliminary round entries.
December 15, 2006 - Video/DVD entries and entry materials due from teams.
January 2007 - Judging of all team video/DVD entries (preliminary round).
February 2, 2007 - Entry materials due from Partner Awards.
March 2, 2007 - Teams notified of selection for final round at ASQ's World Conference.
March 2007 - Registration fees due for final round competition and World Conference.
April 30 – May 2, 2007 - FINAL ROUND LIVE COMPETITION at ASQ's World Conference on Quality and Improvement in Orlando, FL
May 2, 2007 - Gold, Silver, and Bronze team award recipients selected.
June 2007 - Final round scores and feedback e-mailed to teams.

Questions?

For more information regarding the 2006-07 process, please contact Geetha Balagopal, the Team Excellence process administrator, at gbalagopal@asq.org 1-800-248-1946 x 7303.