Baldrige is Building an Even Better Future

Baldrige is Transitioning to a Sustainable, Enterprise Model

While Baldrige transitions to a sustainable business model, the program will continue to promote excellence and serve the community and economy by:

• administering the 2012 Award Program
• demonstrating its widespread impact by showing results
  
• streamlining processes and re-allocating resources to new efforts (see Criteria Guide the Transition section below)
  
• developing and executing a business plan utilizing the expertise of the Baldrige community
• communicating, speaking, sharing, demonstrating, and advocating its national mission
• celebrating the Baldrige Program's 25th anniversary
  
  

The Baldrige Enterprise Creates Value for Organizations and the Economy

Read how it creates value in the Baldrige Talking Points (MS-Word)

The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program promotes quality within the U.S. economy by setting a national standard for excellence in the workplace in a number of industries.

• Baldrige Award winners create more jobs.
• Baldrige hospitals save more lives and are stronger financially.
• Baldrige small businesses demonstrate increasing sales, profits, and market share.
• Baldrige manufacturers' revenues improved 48% annually, on average.
• Baldrige education organizations effectively improve reading and mathematics proficiency and graduation rates.
• The Baldrige Program's benefit-to-cost ratio is 820-to-1.
• The Baldrige-based state and other programs demonstrate great ROI.
  
  

The Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence Are Our Guide

The Criteria for Performance Excellence have guided numerous organizations to greater success, and we will be using our own criteria as we evolve. Read the taskforce descriptions (MS-Word).