Quality Chekd's award programs recognize its member dairies that go above and beyond their peers in a variety of categories. Recipients gain prestige within the organization and their service areas, highlighting their achievements in production, products, marketing and quality. The awards are named after notable Quality Chekd leaders.
All of the awards are presented at the QCS Leadership Conference and are based off the previous calendar year’s activities. See who won the 2009 Quality Chekd Awards for more details and for a full list of winners, view 2009 Awards.
The Irving B. Weber Award
Patterned after the Malcolm Baldridge Award, the Weber is the highest honor for overall quality throughout the organization, based on effective implementation of a quality focus in all areas, from process and product to customer service and satisfaction. See who won the 2009 - Irving B Weber
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The Wayne Gingrich Award
This Award recognizes the best single production plant within the organization. All plants within the Quality Chekd organization are eligible to win this award. The Gingrich award highlights superior performance in finished product quality, plant appearance, cleanliness, efficiency, overall management leadership, and process control. Criteria include laboratory test scores, and evaluation of a plant's process systems for assuring product quality. The evaluation stops at the dock and does not include sales, distribution, or marketing. See who won the 2009 - Wayne Gingrich
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The Harlie F. Zimmerman Award
Honors the company with the greatest marketing achievements, an essential part of any brand-building program. Scores are based off of outlines, annual marketing plans, objectives, creativity, implementation and collateral materials utilized. See who won the 2009 - Harlie F. Zimmerman
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2009 Zimmerman Winner
Production Merit of Excellence Awards: The program is used by Quality Chekd to recognize those plants which have achieved outstanding quality performance based on results from the Silliker/Quality Chekd Laboratory throughout the year.
Plant Assessment Award: This award goes to member plants reaching 95 percent or higher on the annual plant audit
Marketing Merit of Excellence Awards: Awarded to dairy processors for excellence in individual marketing program efforts. |
