Honeywell Receives Prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
December 08 2009 - 7:23AM
PR Newswire (US)
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Honeywell has
been selected to receive the prestigious 2009 Malcolm Baldrige
National Quality Award for its Federal Manufacturing &
Technologies. The award is the nation's highest honor for
innovation and performance excellence. Honeywell FM&T manages
and operates the National Nuclear Security Administration
facilities in Kansas City, Missouri and Albuquerque, New Mexico
under contract for the Department of Energy. "This is a very proud
moment for Honeywell," said Honeywell Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer Dave Cote. "Our employees are committed to doing a superb
job every day for our customers in quality, delivery, value and
technology. Receiving the highest honor for organizational
innovation and performance excellence is validation of this work. I
congratulate Honeywell's employees at our FM&T facilities for
their hard work and high standards." "The Malcolm Baldrige National
Quality Award is a great honor for both Honeywell and the
Department of Energy," said Tony Brancato, President, Honeywell
Federal Manufacturing and Technologies. "We use the Baldrige
criteria to show our commitment to the customer as we continue to
integrate the Honeywell Operating System for continuous improvement
and validate the Management Assurance System we use to run our
business. The Honeywell Operating System helped us raise our
manufacturing, quality and purchased product delivery performance
while reducing the cost of operations." Honeywell FM&T
submitted its application in May, which was assessed by a group of
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality examiners. In October, a team of
examiners interviewed over 300 Honeywell employees to verify
information in the application and identify Honeywell's strengths
and opportunities for improvement in its performance excellence
journey. Of applicants who applied for the 2009 award, Honeywell
FM&T was the only manufacturing organization to receive the
award. Each year, companies and organizations striving for
excellence pursue the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award as a
measure of their efforts and continuously improve their quality and
productivity. Companies are examined in seven categories:
leadership; strategic planning; customer focus; measurement,
analysis, and improvement of organization performance; workforce
focus; process management; and results. Honeywell FM&T and the
other four recipients of the 2009 Baldrige Award will be honored at
a ceremony in Washington, D.C. next year. About Honeywell FM&T
Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC (FM&T)
is a management and operating contractor for the National Nuclear
Security Administration's Kansas City Plant contract. The
facilities under management are multi-disciplinary engineering and
manufacturing operations specializing in electrical, mechanical and
engineered material components. They are one of the nation's most
diverse low-volume, high reliability production facilities serving
government agencies, national laboratories, universities, and U.S.
industry. FM&T employs approximately 2,700 employees at
facilities in Kansas City, Missouri and Albuquerque, N.M. Honeywell
International (http://www.honeywell.com/) is a Fortune 100
diversified technology and manufacturing leader, serving customers
worldwide with aerospace products and services; control
technologies for buildings, homes and industry; automotive
products; turbochargers; and specialty materials. Based in Morris
Township, N.J., Honeywell's shares are traded on the New York,
London, and Chicago Stock Exchanges. For more news and information
on Honeywell, please visit http://www.honeywellnow.com/. This
release contains certain statements that may be deemed
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 21E of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements, other than
statements of historical fact, that address activities, events or
developments that we or our management intends, expects, projects,
believes or anticipates will or may occur in the future are
forward-looking statements. Such statements are based upon certain
assumptions and assessments made by our management in light of heir
experience and their perception of historical treads, current
condition, expected future developments and other factors they
believe to be appropriate. The forward-looking statements included
in this release are also subject to a number of material risks and
uncertainties, including but not limited to economic, competitive,
governmental, and technological factors affecting our operations,
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statements are not guarantee of future performance, and actual
results, developments and business decisions may differ from those
envisaged by such forward-looking statements. Media Contact: Tanya
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