ActiveStrategy Client Receives 2007 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
ActiveStrategy, Inc., the leading provider of Enterprise Strategy Execution software and consulting, announced that its client, the City of Coral Springs was recognized with the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, a Presidential honor that recognizes U.S. companies for organizational performance excellence. Coral Springs selected ActiveStrategy Enterprise software in February of 2006 to help the City automate and accelerate their already sophisticated performance excellence efforts.
East Norriton, PA (PRWEB) November 25, 2007 -- ActiveStrategy, Inc., the leading provider of Enterprise Strategy Execution software and consulting, announced that its client, the City of Coral Springs was recognized with the prestigious Baldrige Award, a Presidential honor that recognizes U.S. companies for organizational performance excellence.
The Baldrige Award is the top honor a U.S. company can receive for quality achievement and performance excellence. Criteria for the award include: leadership; strategic planning; customer and market focus; measurement, analysis, and knowledge management; human resource focus; process management; and business results.
Coral Springs is one of only five recipients of the 2007 awards and is the first state or local government in the nation to receive the award. This is the first year non-profit organizations could apply for the award, after testing a pilot program in 2006. Of 84 total applicants, Coral Springs was one of 13 nonprofits to apply and one of only four to receive a site visit in its category. The awards will be presented at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. early next year.
"We are proud to be the first local government in the nation to win the Baldrige Award," City Manager Mike Levinson said. "We are even prouder of the business improvements and results that have earned us this most prestigious award."
The City's commitment to quality and customer satisfaction goes much deeper than just preparation for the Baldrige application process. In 1993, Coral Springs began using a business model that takes customer input and data analysis into consideration before mapping initiatives in the Strategic and Business Plans. The City develops process improvements while comparing results to Fortune 500 businesses and top local governments. Throughout the past fourteen years, the quest for performance excellence has been guided by the principles and practices of the Florida Sterling Council and the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Program.
Coral Springs selected ActiveStrategy Enterprise software in February of 2006 to help the City automate and accelerate their already sophisticated performance excellence efforts. Mr. Levinson explained how ActiveStrategy Enterprise software fits into the City's performance excellence journey: "ActiveStrategy was the best fit for our business model and it will help our organization improve deployment in the future."
Jack Steele, ActiveStrategy Chairman and CEO, said "I send enthusiastic congratulations to the entire team at Coral Springs on their huge achievement of winning the Baldrige. Having been a Baldrige examiner myself, I know how difficult it is to even receive a site visit, let alone win the award. We at ActiveStrategy are proud to have Coral Springs as a client and wish them the very best as their journey continues."
This latest award adds to ActiveStrategy's rich history of helping clients dramatically improve business results and be recognized for doing so. In 2007 alone, ActiveStrategy clients have received the following:
- Kaiser Permanente: Operational Performance Management Leadership Award winner (by Ventana Research)
- Miami-Dade County: Overall Performance Management Leadership Award winner (by Ventana Research)
- Miami-Dade County: Overall Performance Management Award winner (by The Performance Institute and The Council for Excellence in Government)
- Palomar Pomerado Health: Bronze CAPE Award (by the California Council for Excellence - a program based upon the Baldrige Award)
Over the years, the ActiveStrategy team has helped clients win four Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Awards, two Deming Prizes, one CAPE Award, six Florida Sterling Awards, and countless dramatic performance improvements.
About The City of Coral Springs:
Chartered in 1963, the City of Coral Springs is located in Broward County, Florida. Already a two-time Florida Governor's Sterling Award winner, Coral Springs has achieved national recognition as a leader in government management, including Money magazine's Best Places to Live, 100 Best Communities for Young People by America's Promise in 2006 and 2007, and the tenth safest city in the nation according to Morgan Quitno Press.
About ActiveStrategy, Inc.:
Based in East Norriton, PA, ActiveStrategy, Inc. helps clients improve business results through a combination of strategic consulting and web-based software that facilitates and accelerates Enterprise Strategy Execution.
Enterprise Strategy Execution is a management methodology that encompasses strategic planning, objective and measure deployment, business process alignment, performance reporting, and improvement initiative management.
ActiveStrategy applications support all major performance management methodologies including the Balanced Scorecard, Malcolm Baldrige Criteria, Six Sigma, and Management by Objectives. ActiveStrategy clients include leading organizations in healthcare, government, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, non-profit, and high-technology sectors. For more information, visit www.activestrategy.com
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