• Why Apply
• Overview
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• 2008-09 Information Handout
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• Timeline
• Benefits of Participation
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• Criteria In Detail
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• Scoring Guidelines
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• Scoresheet Sample
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• Preliminary Round Judging Site Sponsors
• 2009 International Team Excellence Award Process Participants

International Team
Excellence Award

2009 International Team Excellence Award Finalists

Monday, May 18

10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

• Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd. – The Conqueror, Silvassa and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, India
• Humana, Inc. – Quality Audit Efficiency, Louisville, KY USA
• Anheuser-Busch Packaging Group – The Necker Wreckers: Metal Container Rome, St. Louis, MO USA
• The Boeing Company – Boeing C-17 Combat Lighting Team, Long Beach, CA USA

10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

• Alcoa Davenport Yield Improvement Bettendorf, IA USA
• North Broward Medical Center – A Powerful Culture of Safety, Deerfield Beach, FL USA
• U.S. Naval Ship Repair Facility and Japan Regional Maintenance Center, Yokosuka – Samurai Spirits, Yokosuka Japan
• Oshkosh Defense – S-Series Fender Alignment Project Team, Oshkosh, WI USA

3:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

• Alcoa Aluminio S.A. – Soda Loss Connection, Pocos de Caldas, Minas Gerais Brazil
• Healthways – Streamlining the Returned Mail Process, Franklin, TX USA
• The Boeing Company – Boeing C-17 PWIT Team, Long Beach, CA USA

4:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

• Allegheny Energy, Inc. – "Not by Chance" Safety Improvement Team, Greensburg, PA USA
• MWM INTERNATIONAL Motores – Moving Forward, São Paulo & Canoas, SP/RS Brazil
• MEDRAD, Inc. – The Customer Promoters, Warrendale, PA USA
• The Boeing Company – Boeing C-17 MI 553 Production Drill Team, Long Beach, CA USA

Tuesday, May 19

9:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

• Aldine Independent School District – Aldine ISD Peer Review Team, Houston, TX USA
• Alcoa, Inc. – Controlling Surface Roughness Using Visual Process Management, Alcoa, TN USA
• Continental Automotive Guadalajara México, S.A. de C.V. – Continental Guadalajara México Tlaquepaque, Jalisco Mexico
• Taranto San Juan S.A. – Teachers, Las Chacritas, San Juan, Argentina

10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

• Pershing LLC – Quality Management Office, Jersey City, NJ USA
• Barnes-Jewish Hospital – Barnes-Jewish Hospital Women and Infants Team, St. Louis, MO USA
• U.S. Naval Ship Repair Facility and Japan Regional Maintenance Center Detachment, Sasebo – Team 99, Sasebo Japan
• Littelfuse Phils., Inc. – Square Nano Quality Project Team, Lipa City, Malvar, Batangas, Philippines

11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

• Humana, Inc. – Medicare Billing and Recon SIO Team, Louisville, KY USA
• HD Supply – Facilities Maintenance – The Voice of the Customer Captains Team, San Diego, CA USA
• The Boeing Company – Boeing C-17 Stringers in Straps Team, Long Beach, CA USA
• Fabrinet Co., Ltd. – Fabrinet Team, Lamlookka, Patumthanee Thailand

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