Philippine Quality Award | |
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Awarded for | Recognizing Filipino businesses for excellence in applying the principles of Total Quality Management |
Sponsored by | Philippine Quality Award Foundation |
Location | Malacañang Palace |
Country | Philippines |
First awarded | 1998 |
Website | www |
The Philippine Quality Award Program or PQA is the national quality award for Total Quality Management (TQM) in the Philippines.
The Philippine Quality Award is the centerpiece program of the National Action Agenda for Productivity, the blueprint for the Philippines integrated approach to improve economy-wide productivity during the term of President Fidel V. Ramos in response to the growing challenges of globalization. It was created through Executive Order 448 on October 3, 1997. It was institutionalized on February 28, 2001 through the signing of Republic Act 9013, also known as the Philippine Quality Award Act.
These are the three objectives of PQA:
These are the benefits for the application of PQA:
The applicant must comply these criteria: