The Ludwig Erhard price is an honor for maximum performances in the competition, which is lent since 1997 once a year in Germany. It is carried by the initiative Ludwig Erhard price (iLEP).

iLEP by an executive committee, that up to 15 members from the central associations of the German economy, per a representative of the German society for quality (DGQ) and association of German engineers (VDI) is led, a representative the Ludwig Erhard price donation, which managing directors belong and representative of the remaining iLEP members. As promotion members itself all organizations, not however individuals, know which iLEP attach.

become holistic management achievements, which on the basic ideas of the Excellence - customer orientation, process optimization and innovation - to develop and the lasting development of enterprises in the competition to promote. The Ludwig Erhard price ties thereby to the internationally recognized honors for comprehensive quality management like the Malcolm Baldrige national quality Award (MBNQA) into the USA, the Japanese Demingpreis or the European quality price.

A "Assessmentprozess" precedes the award of the prize.

As the first step of this process the applicant submits a 75-seitige, written application document to yearly beginning during the direction of the project. Applicants at the Ludwig Erhard price consider the requirements in your application from the European Foundation for quality management (EFQM) developed EFQM Excellence of model. This application document is evaluated of a team from five to six EFQM Assessoren first individually and during the so-called Konsensmeetings as a team. If the applicant achieves a minimum score specified before, then the team goes to two to three days a lasting suburb attendance to the applicant. With the suburb attendance the team verifies the application and forms a locking judgement and writes the final report with the point evaluation. The Assessmentberichte of all teams is submitted to a jury from representatives of the economy and the science. This falls the locking decision over the honors.

The award of the prize takes place usually in the middle of November, mostly in Berlin. There are three kinds of prices: The acknowledgment as finalist, an honor and the price. While the number of the finalists and distinguishing can vary, the Ludwig Erhard price is only once assigned, since 2003 however in three categories: Large, middle and small enterprises (GU, MU, KU).

The winners from 1997 to 2004 were:

1997: a price do not assign, honors for cent RA Honeywell AG and Otis GmbH, no finalists

1998: Ludwig Erhard price for maximum performances in the competition at Schindlerhof, Finalistenanerkennung at Dr. Reinold Hagen donation and Vaillant GmbH

1999: Winners Vaillant GmbH, honors, as finalists were not honoured Honeywell monitoring systems, OBI market Nuremberg and TQU Steinbeis transfer centers quality in the enterprise

2000: Winner AUBI was not distinguished, OBI market Nuremberg, finalists

2001: no price assignment, no honor, honour as finalists at OBI dark forest, Philips Semiconductors and TQU Steinbeis transfer centers quality in the enterprise

2002: no price assignment, honor for twisting box George garlic, as finalists Lufthansa town center LINE and Endress+Hauser Wetzer were honoured

2003: again Ludwig Erhard price for maximum performances in the competition at Schindlerhof (KU) as well as at TNT express (GU), honors for Philips Semiconductors Hamburg (MU), Kautex Textron work knowledge (MU), Endress+Hauser Wetzer (MU), Lufthansa town center LINE (GU); as finalists TQU Steinbeis transfer centers quality in the enterprise (KU) were honoured and Philips automotives (GU)

2004: Ludwig Erhard price for maximum performances in the competition on T-system development center southwest (GU) and Endress+Hauser Wetzer (MU). BMW Group were distinguished - production chassis and drive components (GU), Homag of wood processing system AG (GU), REWE central AG address Hungen (GU), Kautex Textron work knowledge (MU). Honour as finalist achieved Philips Semiconductor (GU)

2005: Ludwig Erhard price for maximum performances in the competition at BMW Group, range "production chassis and drive components "(GU). The shrub hunters electrical GmbH (GU) was distinguished as well as in the group of the MU the emz Hanauer GmbH & CO. KGaA, again the KAUTEX TEXTRON GmbH & CO. Kg (work knowledge), and T-system the Multimedia Solutions GmbH, address Dresden. As enterprise of the small group (KU) practice for tooth, mouth and Kieferheilkunde Dirk & Dr. Holger Rapsch received the honor in the context of the Ludwig Erhard price. As finalists those became point of blue GmbH in the group of the MU and the Herth+Buss GmbH & CO. Kg, (KU) honoured.

These "resound to OF Fame" reflects the basic idea of this honor: The honor at the basis lying management model of the Businesses Excellence is a fastidious model, which aims at the lasting development of organizations. Finalists, distinguishing and winners can prove in their application that them developed a lasting management system in their enterprise, the result, process and customer-oriented put on are. Proceedings such as results follow the radar method (Results, Approach, Deployment, Assessment and Review), an extended form of the Deming or Shewhart circle.

Excellente of management systems draw by strategy orientation, clearly defined and measurable business processes as well as results out, which are assessably represented as trend over at least three years, in the comparison with class-best or other models. Therefore the Ludwig Erhard price, the honor for maximum performance differs in the competition, from prices for quality or novelty from products or the achievement of a person. Who applies for the Ludwig Erhard price, places itself as organization to the direct comparison with other organizations, which convert the EFQM Excellence model in their organizations. A goal is rapid learning from each other and with one another, in order to secure the competitive ability of Germany and Europe in the world.

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