Business Initiative Directions (B.I.D.) is accepting entries for its Awards Competition.


Call for Entries - ImarPress, sponsor of the B.I.D. Awards since 1986, is calling for companies of all sizes and industries to enter the Quality and Excellence BID Awards competition.

With awards ranging from “Best of Brand” and “Best of Industry” to “Outstanding Services” and “Standards of Excellence,” the BID Quality recognition program offers several awards in each of this year’s total of 12 categories. With many opportunities for companies to be honored, the BID Awards recognize the individual and team achievements of professionals who create and maintain outstanding companies.

“The goal of Business Initiative Directions (B.I.D.) is to provide a forum to establish the standards of excellence for quality development and to honor the people and organizations responsible for developing the most effective actions that exemplify that excellence,” says Jose E. Prieto, president of BID. “The WQC International Star Award provides companies of all sizes and market segments an opportunity to earn a reputable seal of approval and leverage the marketing opportunities that come with winning an award. Additionally, many entrants receive quality feedback from industry professionals that can help them increase their effectiveness.”


Judging and Award Categories

Known to be the most comprehensive business quality competition, the B.I.D. Awards benchmark based on the seven criteria that contribute to Quality marketing success:

1) Excellence
2) Innovation
3) Customer satisfaction
4) Technology
5) Leadership
6) Strategic planning
7) Business results

Each entry is judged against other entries in its industry category and then against an overall standard of excellence.

The top honors of the 2010 World Quality Commitment Awards will include:

• “Best of the Sector,” awarded to the company that the judges believe represents the pinnacle of outstanding achievement in industry standards. Last year’s Best of the Sector award went to China Pacific Insurance Group.

• “Best of Industry” given to one company in each of the business categories:

Agriculture, forestry and fishing

• Agriculture Farming and farming support services

Arts, sports and recreation

• Arts and entertainment
• Gambling facilities operation
• Sports and recreation

Catering and accommodation

• Accommodation
• Bars
• Catering

Construction

• Architectural and other building services
• Building construction
• Building trades

Education

• Adult and other education

Health and social care services

• Complementary therapy services
• Health services
• Social care services

IT and telecommunications services

• Computer services
• Internet services
• Telecommunications services

Manufacturing

• Clothing, footwear and accessories manufacturing Includes leather products
• Printing and printing support activities
• Textiles and furniture manufacturing

Media and creative services

• Design and photographic services
• Film production and distribution
• Music production and publishing Includes all sound recordings
• Publishing

Personal services

• Personal care services
• Personal services

Professional and business services

• Advertising and marketing services
• Business support services
• Financial services
• Legal services
• Management consultancy
• Real estate services
• Insurance services

Retail, hire and repair

• Arts, antiques and second-hand goods retail
• Books, stationery and gifts retail
• Clothing, footwear and accessories retail and hire
• Electric and electronic appliance retail, hire and repair
• Food, drink and tobacco retail
• Home and garden products retail and hire
• Jewellery, watch and clock retail and repair
• Motor vehicle and fuel retail, hire and repair
• Sports and recreation goods retail, hire and repair

Transport and distribution

• Cargo distribution
• Passenger transport

Wholesale

• Agricultural materials wholesale
• Clothing, footwear and accessories wholesale
• Cosmetics, medicinal and chemical products wholesale
• Electric and electronic equipment wholesale
• Machinery wholesale
• Metal and metal ores wholesale
• Petroleum and fuel products wholesale
• Textiles, furniture and furnishings wholesale Includes garden furnishings
• Timber and timber products wholesale
  
  
  
  

Entry, Application for Candidates

BID Quality Award recipients are elected through the selection process described in Regulations. However, BID allows those companies who invest in quality models and systems to make an entry for BID Quality Awards. Its candidacy can be presented on the basis of the QC100 protocol.

A Reputation for Quality

Judges will consist of a select group of professionals who have direct experience in quality management – including engineers, executives, economists, business administrators – with an in-depth understanding of the current state-of-the-art standards in company’s development and technology.

“The BID Quality Award is different from other awards because it is not just a contest focused on the biggest brand or the most extravagant marketing strategy,” adds Mr. Prieto. “Companies of all sizes have an equal opportunity to compete and will receive similar evaluation from judges who survey companies from using the criteria of the QC100 Total Quality Management model for judging all candidate companies. We consider the BID awards to be a kind of business equivalent of an Oscar or Nobel Prize.”

Marketing Benefits of Winning the BID Quality Award

As previous winners can attest, winning a BID Quality Award generates many marketing opportunities to increase winners’ visibility and publicity with the media, to help distinguish award-winning companies from its competitors.

Business Initiative Directions (B.I.D.) offers various services to WQC International Star Award winners. It provides a logo, the trophy itself and the World Quality Commitment certificate for winners to use in their business communication and in marketing collateral. The statement of Quality Commitment signed by the CEO of your company allows award recipients to exhibit their adherence to the 100 points of quality which make up the QC100 TQM. BID will also put winners in contact with Imarpress to appear in its media.