IMEC Announces 8 Recipients of the 2018 ILPEx Recognition Program Awards for Excellence

PEORIA, Ill., Nov. 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- IMEC has announced eight organizations as recipients of the ILPEx Recognition Program's 2018 Awards for Excellence. The high-performing organizations were evaluated against the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence by the ILPEx Board of Examiners as part of the annual application process. Application scores and award determinations are made by the ILPEx Panel of Judges.

"The 2018 Awards for Excellence recipients exemplify dedication to the ongoing journey of performance improvement and the achievement of excellence. This is a never-ending cycle, and these organizations are true believers of that commitment," said Ben Krupowicz, Executive Director of the ILPEx Recognition Program.  "We are pleased to celebrate organizations learning and implementing this proven system for organizational improvement."

The ILPEx Bronze Award for Commitment to Excellence is granted to those organizations that demonstrate systematic approaches that respond to the basic requirements of the Baldrige Framework for Performance Excellence criteria.

2018 Bronze Award recipients:

HSHS St. Anthony Memorial Hospital – Effingham

Meridian CUSD 223 – Stillman Valley

The ILPEx Interest in Excellence Awards is presented to those organizations who complete the Baldrige Framework for Performance Excellence organizational profile, demonstrating interest in improvement to accelerate change and drive continual improvement throughout the organization. 

2018 Interest in Excellence recipients:

Alternatives – Moline

Graycor – Oakbrook Terrace

NormaLeah Ovarian Cancer Initiative – Rock Island

QCAIR – Davenport, IA

River Bend Foodbank – Davenport, IA

Watchfire Signs – Danville

For recipient organization descriptions, visit www.imec.org/about/news/. 

The 2018 ILPEx Board of Examiners – 52 experts in business, education, healthcare and government – volunteered over 7,500 hours assessing applicants. The ILPEx Panel of Judges validates the integrity of the ILPEx Awards for Excellence recognition cycle and determining recognition levels for each applicant.

Learn more about the ILPEx Recognition Program at www.ilpex.org.

For more information on the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, visit www.nist.gov/baldrige/.

About the ILPEx Recognition Program

IMEC leverages the Baldrige Excellence Framework as a foundation for driving organizational improvement and innovation across the state of Illinois. By providing a range of hands-on, goal-oriented solutions in the areas of leadership; strategy; customer engagement; measurement, analysis, and knowledge management; operations; and workforce, IMEC leads organizations in their mission to improve business results and to create sustainable competitive futures. Through the ILPEx Recognition Program, IMEC celebrates the organizations committed to achieving enterprise excellence and sets them apart as a true class of distinction.

SOURCE IMEC