BEST Criteria Overview

 

BEST ( #)

EQA  (see Fig. 1)

BNQA  (see Fig. 2)

JDP

Commence

1992

1989

1951

Website

www.efqm.org

www.quality.nist.gov

www.deming.org

 

 

 

 

 

Criteria Grouping

E1: Leadership (100)

M1: Leadership (120)

J2: Organisation & Operation

E2: Strategy (100)

M2: Strategic Planning (85)

J1: Policy

E3: People (100)

M5: Human Resource Focus (85)

J3: Education & Training

E4: Partnership & Resources (100)

M3: Customer & Market Focus (85)

M4: Measurement, Analysis & Knowledge Management (90)

J4: Collection & Use of Information

E5: Processes, Products & Services (100)

M6: Process Management (85)

J6: Standardisation

J8: Quality Assurance

E6: Customer Results (150)

 

 

M7: Business Results (450)

J5: Analysis

E7: People Results (100)

J7: Control

E8: Society Results (100)

J9: Effect

E9: Key Results (150)

J10: Planning for the Future

 

 

 

 

Total Checkpoints

32

19

63

Total Max. Score

1,000

1,000

N.A. ˇV As the organizer, JUSE*, believes all criteria are important.

Award Presented by

Prime Minister of each European Nation

President of USA

JDP ˇV Prime Minister

Quality Medal ˇV Emporer

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*        Japan Union of Scientists and Engineers

#        Another meaning of BEST is to ˇ§Bring Everybodyˇ¦s Strengths Togetherˇ¨.  Therefore, organisations should adopt and adapt the best criteria meeting the specific needs of their customers.


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Fig.1:  EQA Criteria

 

 

 

Fig. 2:  BNQA Criteria

 

 

From the Governance Metrics International (USA) research report based on 3,000 enterprises in 23 countries released in 3/2004, the top three countries with the best overall Corporate Governance measures are: UK, Canada & USA.  (Visit  http://www.gmiratings.com/).  This is a good reflection that the EQA & MBNQA criteria had contributed to the corporate governance best practices globally.