Dedicated to Excellence

Dedicated to Excellence

Dedicated to Excellence is an ideal and practical starting point for any organisation with multiple operating divisions or departments and are at the very start of implementing a quality improvement programme.

Achieving EIQA Dedicated to Excellence certification will demonstrate to your staff and customers that you are serious about continuous improvement and that you are on a journey towards business excellence.

The Benefits

Dedicated to Excellence will help you:

• create a cost effective approach to business improvement
• provide a holistic view of your organisation, its strengths and areas for improvement
• prioritise and plan improvement activities
• identify a starting point to plan or the opportunity to embed your continuous improvement activities on your journey towards excellence
• demonstrate to existing and potential customers that you have achieved independent recognition for your commitment to continuous improvement

How to Apply for EIQA Dedicated to Excellence Certification

1. Complete the on-line registration form
2. On receipt of your application and fee payment, you will receive your registration certificate from Excellence Ireland Quality Association (EIQA) along with your copy of EIQA Dedicated to Excellence framework and self-assessment documentation.
3. Using the dedicated to excellence framework, create a checklist of areas in your business that do, and do not comply with the requirements.
4. Complete the self-assessment questionnaire
5. When you are ready for your desk top review send your documentation to EIQA and they will contact you to confirm a date to complete your onsite audit.

The Q Mark team will be happy to support your preparation for your audit and will answer any queries that you may have about the requirements of the framework.

Three steps involved to achieve Dedicated to Excellence:

This programme consists of three steps:

1. Step One:
   Conduct a self-assessment in compliance with the EIQA business excellence model, then identify a minimum of three improvement projects (dependent on how many operating divisions) and an action plan for their implementation.
2. Step Two:
   Complete the projects and implement. Send the self-audit documents to EIQA. They will conduct a desk top review and arrange a site-visit with you.
3. Step Three:
   An EIQA Auditor will validate the improvement projects during a one day site visit. (this may include visiting more than one location)

If your organisation, department or company demonstrates that it has managed the improvement projects in a structured fashion and you have made clear progress, the organisation will be awarded EIQA dedicated to Excellence certification which is valid for two years.

How to Apply for EIQA Dedicated to Excellence Certification

1. Complete the on-line registration form Here
2. On receipt of your application and fee payment, you will receive your registration certificate from Excellence Ireland Quality Association (EIQA) along with your copy of EIQA Dedicated to Excellence framework and self-assessment documentation.
3. Using the dedicated to excellence framework, create a checklist of areas in your business that do, and do not comply with the requirements.
4. Complete the self-assessment questionnaire
5. When you are ready for your desk top review send your documentation to EIQA and they will contact you to confirm a date to complete your onsite audit.

The Q Mark team will be happy to support your preparation for your audit and will answer any queries that you may have about the requirements of the framework.