List of national quality awards

A national quality award is typically part of a larger effort by a government to make its country's businesses more competitive in the world economy.

[c] Candidate companies compete in award-specific assessments of business quality and excellence criteria.

[2] The assessments are annual and firms who wish to be considered for the awards file applications with the organization that conducts the competition in their home country.

Several examiners separately evaluate company submissions against award criteria after which they meet to discuss their findings and to agree on a consensus score.

The highest scoring firms advance to the next phase where examiners perform site visits to compare actual practices against those reported in the company submission and finally, awards are given to companies whose practices best fulfill the criteria of the award models.