AME was founded in 1985 and is the premier not-for-profit organization dedicated to the journey of continuous improvement and enterprise excellence. AME’s membership is comprised of a trusted network of individuals who are committed to leveraging the practitioner-to-practitioner and company-to-company shared learning experience. Through engaging workshops, seminars, plant tours and industry-leading conferences, AME members are continually discovering and implementing new continuous improvement strategies and best practices.

The Baldrige Performance Excellence web site functions as a point of access to information about the Baldrige Award community.

Improving organizational and individual thinking The Thinking Page, is your source for information on improving organizational and individual thinking. Contributed by: Duke Okes | Verified: 2 Jan 10

Juran Institute In 1979, Dr. Joseph M. Juran founded the Juran Institute, Inc., an organization aimed at providing research and pragmatic solutions to enable organizations from any industry to lead the tools and techniques for managing quality and performance excellence. Contributed by: Ron Meier Verified: 2 Jan 10

Malcolm Baldrige Award The Foundation for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award was created to provide the private sector a means of accomplishing the following Award objectives: raise sufficient funds to establish an endowment which, when supplemented by fees from Award applicants, would permanently fund the Program; oversee the investment of endowment funds; review Program accomplishments; disburse required funds to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); and review the plan and approve associated funds requirements for subsequent years to ensure a successful Award program. Contributed by: Ron Meier Verified: 2 Jan 10

The Alliance for Performance Excellence is a nonprofit network of international, national, state, and local Baldrige-based award programs. Members of The Alliance contribute over $30 million annually to economic competitiveness by assisting organizations in all industries on their journey to excellence.