Awards procedure-and-guideline

CSI-KINDUZ Lean Six Sigma International Awards

Recognizing Sustainable Improvements and Excellence

Nomination Guidelines

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Award Categories

Organizational Excellence

Team Excellence

Individual Excellence

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CSI-KINDUZ Lean Six Sigma International Awards The CSI-KINDUZ Lean Six Sigma International Awards are given to the most outstanding Organizational, Team and Individual achievements through the deployment of improvement programs. The Awards present an opportunity for Organizations, Teams and Individuals to win recognition for the outcomes delivered to Customers, Shareholders and other Key Stakeholders.

Who can apply? Organizations, Teams and Individuals around the world can apply for the awards.

Award Categories Nominations for the Awards are being accepted for the following three categories:

Awards for Sustained Excellence – Organization Category

Organizations can apply or be nominated for these awards in the fields of:

Organizational Profitability Growth

Organizational Revenue Growth

Delivering Customer Value

New Product Development

Environmental Protection

Employee Nurturing

Awards for Sustained Excellence – Team Category

Teams can apply or be nominated for these awards in the fields of:

Delivering Customer Value






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Innovations that add Direct Value to the Organizations

Managing Crisis Situations

Black Belt Project

Green Belt Project

Teams can apply or be nominated for the Kaizen Hall of Fame

Awards for Sustained Excellence – Individual Category

Individuals can apply or be nominated for these areas:

Six Sigma Hall of Fame

Lean Hall of Fame

Note: Depending on the number of entries, Winner/runner-up may be chosen in each category.

The committee may take a special note of effort taken by an organization, in addition to the

above listed awards. The decision of the Awards Committee will be final.

Conditions for Entry

Entry for sending nominations is open to everyone around the world including

organizations, teams and individuals from the manufacturing, educational, defense,

educational and other industries.

Awards for this year will consider the work done after April 1st 2005 to November

31st 2010.

Judging Process

Nomination to each category will be judged by the Awards Committee, consisting of

members from the Industry and Academia.

The judging process shall be based on:






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On-line nomination submission

Discussions over various media between the Awards Committee and

Nominated Members

Field Visits if required by a few members of the Awards Committee

Presentations by Short Listed Entries to the Awards Committee

Final Award list is generated based on the combined evaluation at different

stages as above

The Awards Committee reserves the right to seek additional information from the

nominated entries during the evaluation process

The final recommendation of awards will be made by the Awards Committee on the

basis of the information available to them in the nomination form, discussions, field

visits (if required) and presentations made by the applicants.

Evaluation Criteria for the Awards

The evaluation criterion is based on two indicators i.e.:

Results, and

Enablers

The attributes considered for Result indicator are mainly in terms of outcomes

The attributes considered for Enabler indicator are in terms of the processes in place so as to

achieve the desired results.

The quality of content submitted by the applicants for the nominations will be of most

important part of the evaluation process. The information should be as per format and

restricted to the prescribed page length defined in the respective “Nomination Submission

Template”. The information provided in the nomination form should contain the crucial

and important aspects only.

The quantity of content submitted will play NO ROLE in the evaluation process.






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The key indicators and attributes being used for evaluation under each award category are

given in subsequent pages. A brief explanation of each of them is given in the respective

“Nomination Submission Template”.

Each nomination entry should accompany a “Statement of Intent” stating the reasons for

nominating the entry to CSI-KINDUZ Lean Six Sigma International Awards 2010. This

should not be of more than half page.

Nomination process opens on 30th April 2010 and closes on 31st December 2010.

Judging process will take place from 1st January 2011 to 15th February 2011

Award Winners will be felicitated during that the 2011 Lean Six Sigma International

Convention to be held in Hyderabad, India.

Awards for Sustained Excellence - Organization Category Evaluation Criteria

Result Indicators & Critical Attributes (400 marks)

Enabler Indicators & Critical Attributes (600 marks)

1. Sustained Direct Benefits in the areas of

a. Profitability Growth

b. Revenue Growth

c. Delivering Customer Value

d. New Product Development

e. Environmental Protection

f. Employee Nurturing

g. Other

2. Sustained Qualitative Benefits, e.g. a. Customer Satisfaction

b. Employee Satisfaction

c. Community Satisfaction

d. Shareholder Satisfaction

e. Organizational Knowledge

Enhancement

3. Intellectual Property Creation, e.g.

a. Patents

1. Leadership Commitment and

Involvement 2. Strategy Creation and Deployment

a. Strategy Creation and Priority Setting

b. Strategy Deployment

3. Human Resource Management a. Workforce Engagement and Change

Management

b. Workforce Environment

4. Process Management a. Process Improvements

b. Process Governance

5. Measurement and Analysis a. Return on Investment

b. Other Measurements

6. Knowledge Management 7. Innovations

a. Innovations in Policies, Practices,

Processes and Technology 8. Rewards and Recognitions






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Awards for Sustained Excellence - Team Category Evaluation Criteria





b. Revenue Growth





g. Other






Enhancement


a. Patents

1. Team Commitment and Involvement 2. Strategy Creation and Deployment

a. Strategy Creation and Priority Setting

b. Strategy Deployment

3. Team Management a. Team Engagement and Change

Management

b. Team Environment

4. Process Management a. Process Improvements

b. Process Governance

5. Measurement and Analysis a. Return on Investment

b. Other Measurements

6. Knowledge Management 7. Innovations


Processes and Technology 8. Rewards and Recognitions 9. References

Awards for Sustained Excellence - Individual Category Evaluation Criteria





b. Revenue Growth





g. Other






1. Individual Competencies and

Development 2. Services Delivered in Human Resource

Development a. Coaching

b. Capacity Building

c. Change and Culture Management

3. Services Delivered in Process Improvement and Governance

4. Knowledge Sharing with Community at Large

5. Innovations






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Enhancement


a. Patents


Processes and Technology 6. Rewards and Recognitions 7. References

How to Apply

Visit the Lean Six Sigma International Convention website at

http://www.leansixsigmaconvention.org/ for nominating your entries

Entry nomination should be done through the following link:

http://leansixsigmaconvention.org/global-html/register-for-awards.html

One the nomination has been sent, download respective award template, enter the required

details and send an email to [email protected]

Entries for Organization and Team Category should be supported by an “Authorization

Certificate” as per prescribed format, duly signed by the respective head of the

Organization or Team. A scanned copy of the same should be e-mailed along with the

online nomination process

Entries will be accepted, strictly as per the respective category “Nomination Submission

Template” and general guidelines, and entries with deviations will not be accepted.

It should be ensured that the entries are submitted as MS-Word or Open Office Word

file of not more than 15 A4 pages, as per prescribed format given in the respective

category nomination template.

Anytime before the close date of nomination 31st December 2010, the entry information can

be modified by the authorized official. After the said date provision for editing will not be

available to the users. The Awards Committee if desires necessary may make changes in the

dates and inform on the website.

Please ensure complete contact details for all further communication related to awards

As part of the awards, the selected entries are published online to be released during the

Awards function; therefore it will be desirable that the correctness of language in the entries

is checked by the nominees before the close date.


http://leansixsigmaconvention.org/global-html/register-for-awards.html

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In case of any problems faced during the online nomination process, please contact us at

[email protected]

Important Dates

On-line Nomination submission 30th April – 31st December 2010

Preliminary Short Listing 1st January – 15th January 2011

Presentation, Discussions and Field Visits if Required

15th January – 15th February 2011

Awards function Last Day of Lean Six Sigma International Convention

Note: The Awards Committee if necessary may extend dates and the same shall be published on the website.

To Nominate visit: http://www.leansixsigmaconvention.org/

Address all correspondence/email regarding Lean Six Sigma International Awards 2011 Mr. Pavan Kota Program Committee Chair

Lean Six Sigma International Convention Secunderabad – 500 025 Mobile: +91-9246185183 Email: [email protected] and copy to [email protected]

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