EFQM

EFQM (formerly known as the European Foundation for Quality Management) is a non-profit membership foundation based in Brussels. EFQM is the custodian of the EFQM Excellence Model, a non-prescriptive management framework that is widely used in public & private sector organisations throughout Europe and beyond. EFQM Membership is open to organisations, rather than individuals. Members include: BMW, EDF, Grundfos, Philips, Ricoh, Robert Bosch, Solvay and Trimo. EFQM runs the annual EFQM Excellence Award, which is designed to recognised organisations that have achieved an outstanding level of sustainable excellence. In the 1950s Quality Assurance was gaining ground in Europe. It was a well-developed discipline, practised by many companies...