Six Sigma & Process Excellence IQ announces the 2010 European Process Excellence Award Winners

Online, April 30, 2010 (Newswire.com) - LONDON, UK - 30th April, 2010 - Following 6 months of applications, short-listing and judging interviews, the winners of the 2010 European Process Excellence Awards have been announced. This year's final judging round took place at the 11th Annual Process Excellence Summit, London, and winners were announced on 27th April 2010 at the annual awards ceremony and gala dinner.

Vanessa Lovatt, Director, Six Sigma & Process Excellence IQ said "This year we received entries from an incredibly diverse range of organisations, from Fortune 100 organisations to local public sector organisations. Thanks to our judges' help developing the Awards criteria, we are able to pick out crucial elements of each entry and select those that stand out above the rest. These Awards help both winners and finalists to gain continued support and engagement for their improvement programmes as they strive for even greater results over the next 12 months".

The 2010 winners are:

Best Project Contributing to Innovation - sponsored by Accenture
Winner: Avon & Somerset Constabulary
Honorary Mention: Betfair

Best Process Improvement Project in Manufacturing - sponsored by Minitab
Winner: Areva-Cezus
Honorary Mention: British Airways Interior Engineering

Best Green Process Improvement Project
Winner: LSG Sky Chefs
Honorary Mention: British Airways

Best Process Improvement Project in Service & Transaction
Winner: Sutherland Global Services
Honorary Mention: Lloyd's Register

Best Process Improvement Project Under 90 Days - sponsored by Catalyst
Winner: Shepherd Neame Ltd
Honorary Mention: BAA

Best Start Up Process Improvement Programme - sponsored by Six Sigma IQ
Winner: Standard Life
Honorary Mention: LSG Sky Chefs

Best Process Improvement Programme - sponsored by PMI
Winner: Deutsche Post DHL
Honorary Mention: Credit Suisse Group

200 Process Excellence professionals joined the awards ceremony to witness the announcement of the winners and celebrate the success stories with their teams. Official photographs of the winners were taken and celebrations continued long into the evening.

For more information on the winners and awards photos contact the Six Sigma & Process Excellence IQ Team.

Contact:
Amanda Jenkins
Head of Awards
11th Annual Process Excellence Summit and Awards
[email protected]

About Six Sigma & Process Excellence IQ
Six Sigma & Process Excellence IQ, a division of IQPC, is the leading networking, information and research portal for Process Excellence. The portal offers the most up to date industry information and insights from worlds leading industries, practitioners and solutions providers across the glove. As well as conferences and awards, Six Sigma & Process Excellence IQ also hosts an interactive Lean Six Sigma specific online networking portal, aimed at linking information resources and industry leaders. For free membership and news links visit www.sixsigmaiq.com.