Directory of Related Links
Below is a list of our favorite websites. Some will be able to provide additional information about our services, while others are customers of ours, or partner organizations. Others are for your edification and growth. And some, are just for fun!
Links
Partners
Great Companies
LINKS:
The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Program . Surely the greatest contribution to the success of American business in our lifetime. This program has provided the impetus to change thousands of company's and thus provide a better work life for millions of people. We love you folks! www.quality.nist.gov
The Texas Award for Performance Excellence Program. Proclaimed by many to be one of the best (if not absoulutely the best) State Award program of all time. The Texas program has contributed more Baldrige award recipients than any state program in the country.
Don't mess with Texas: www.quality-texas.org
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PARTNERS:
The Bill Priest Institute. 2002 TAPE winner. A great partner for reaching performance minded companies in the Dallas area.
www.rlc.dcccd.edu
Mr. Barry Johnson , Knowledge Engineers. A great partner who brings a great wealth of knowledge to our customers. Call for his contact information or you can email him at - keusa@comcast.net
Superior Graphics. A great partner (whom we actually trust) to help us with binding and graphics for many of our clients – thanks Vicki (by the way, check out this awesome website!). www.superiorgraphics.com
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GREAT COMPANIES (Customers, Friends, Baldrige Recipients, TAPE Recipients)
( Note: We only listed award recipients that we had some knowledge of and only going back for 5 years unless we knew that they had kept up with their systems. If someone is not included on this list it means that we haven't had much contact with them and therefore can't recommend them for benchmarking – we don't mean to exclude any great companies. Let us know if there is someone we really need to have on this list and why. )
Park Place Lexus - 2003 TAPE recipient – you just gotta love the car … and the dealerships too! They are great friends and we are their biggest fans! Classy, comfortable, and very business savvy – there is no one who can ever hope to catch them -
www.parkplacetexas.com
Branch Smith Printing – 1999 TAPE and 2003 Baldrige recipient – and besides being a great small business example of business excellence (with an awesome website), they understand how to bring decency and ethical values into the workplace – everyone loves them, especially us… www.branchsmith.com
Richland College – 2005 TAPE recipient - how many ways can you say “wow” – these people know how to bring the fun into learning and have the biggest hearts we have ever seen. We think they are one of the greatest community colleges… ever!
www.rlc.dcccd.edu
TDIndustries – 1998 TAPE recipient. This is one remarkable group of people from whom we learned what Servant Leadership REALLY is. Very humbling and uplifting. We learn something new every time we are around these folks!
www.tdindustries.com
Defense Acquisition University – a great example of a government organization doing the right things for the right reasons.
www.dau.mil
STMicroelectronics – 1999 Baldrige recipient - terrific group of people who are outstanding in business, community, regulatory, and friendship – best practices in many, many areas.
www.st.com
Texas Education Service Center – Region IV – the best at what they do and they have the biggest heart for kids! AIM is a “raving fan”.
www.esc4.net
Medical City Dallas – Outstanding organization, lots of best practices, and a magnet organization for outstanding nursing. On the way to be better than the best of the most excellent … www.medicalcityhospital.com
Northwest Vista College – Another outstanding organization of the greatest magnitude. This organization, while still pretty young for a community college, just runs circles around their competitors. And you can't go wrong with a group whose president is named Jackie – right? Get ‘em kids!
www.accd.edu/nvc
Tempo Air – (was part of TDIndustries when they won the TAPE award in 1998) – a great little employee-owned organization who is learning and growing everyday. Haven't seen a single sling or arrow yet that can hurt ‘em. My bet is on THEM!
www.tempoair.com
Mesquite Independent School District – you want to see a story about David and Goliath where the good guy always makes it work – watch these guys. They are just always on the “get ‘er done” side of the fence. Lots of respect from us to them…
www.mesquiteisd.org
Granite Properties – Outside of their industry, not many people know about this little gem, but they are great. What we like so much about them is that they are good, they know it, and they are all over the idea of being better still. Outstanding in customer satisfaction – outperforming some of our Baldrige recipients …
www.graniteprop.com
Mary Kay Cosmetics – everyone, but everyone knows that this group is a great benchmark for a lot of things. And they have a great product too – trust Jackie! They also have a great website. AIM's a real fan.
www.marykay.com
Texton – On many levels, this company is wonderful. They have been terrific friends to us, and we have been a customer of theirs. All we can say is that they are All Heart.
www.texton.com
Richardson Regional Medical Center – 2004 TAPE winner – great group of people doing great things for others. They just keep getting better and better.
www.richardsonregional.com
TNC – 1996 TAPE and two-time (1998 & 2004) Baldrige recipient – they have awesome technology for driving their manufacturing processes.
www.nameplate.com
Dyn McDermott Big Hill Strategic Petroleum Reserve – 2005 TAPE winner.
http://spr.doe.gov
Clark American Checks – 2001 TAPE recipient, 2001 Baldrige recipient. A strong and very giving organization – very involved in contributing to the TAPE organization.
www.clarkeamerican.com
Motorola CGIS – 2002 Baldrige recipient. While they are a really BIG organization, they have a mission that everyone buys into. We are more impressed every time we hear more about these guys. www.motorola.com
Baptist Hospital – 2003 Baldrige recipient. These folks are really “wow” of the first magnitude. We can ALL learn a lot from them.
www.bhcpns.org
SSM Healthcare – 2002 Baldrige recipient. These folks made us cry at their Quest presentation – they are the “real deal”.
www.ssmhc.com
BI – 1999 Baldrige winner. Amazing, simply amazing (cool website too).
www.biworldwide.com
Sunny Fresh Foods – 1999 Baldrige winner. Some nice people and some great, no-nonsense practices. www.cargill.com
