2023 Alabama Performance Excellence Award Pre-Application Question Title * 1. Applicant Name Question Title * 2. Address Name Company Address Address 2 City/Town State/Province ZIP/Postal Code Country Email Address Phone Number Question Title * 3. Is the applicant a for-profit organization? Yes No Question Title * 4. Number of employees Question Title * 5. Number of salaried employees Question Title * 6. Number of hourly employees Question Title * 7. Total sales / income from the preceding year? Question Title * 8. Industrial classification (two-digit SIC Code) Question Title * 9. Award Category Manufacturing Service Small business Healthcare Education Non-profit Other (please specify) Question Title * 10. Application Tier Introductory Tier – Pathway to Performance Excellence – This tier is for organizations that have just made the decision to begin their journey toward Performance Excellence using the Baldrige Framework for Performance Excellence. Application at this tier requires completion and submittal of the five-page Organizational Profile. Also included should be an organizational chart and a glossary of terms, which are not a part of the page count. Tier 1 – Commitment to Performance Excellence – This tier is for organizations that have made a serious commitment to use and implement performance excellence concepts and principles. Tier 2 – Progress Toward Performance Excellence – This tier is for organizations that have demonstrated sustained commitment to and application of performance excellence principles and practices. They have made progress in building sound and notable systematic processes that have improved results in key portions of the organization Tier 3 – Alabama Performance Excellence Award – This highest tier of recognition is presented to organizations that have demonstrated through their practices and achievements sustained performance excellence. Award of Excellence for Continuous Productivity and Quality Improvement – This award is for recipients of the top Tier 3 Alabama Performance Excellence Award and must wait three years before they can re-apply for the top tier award. Question Title * 11. Please describe the nature of the applicant's business (products, services and technologies). Who are your major competitors? Question Title * 12. Please describe the nature of major markets (local, regional, national, and international). List all major customers. Question Title * 13. Is the applicant a subsidiary, business unit, or division of another Alabama organization? Yes No Question Title * 14. If yes, please complete the following for your parent organization: Name Address City State ZIP Highest Official Title Number of employees (of parent organization) Question Title * 15. For subsidiary organizations of parent organizations, does the applicant comprise over 25% of the employees of the parent organization? Yes No Question Title * 16. For subsidiary organizations of parent organizations, does the applicant consist of more than 50% of the sales of the parent organization? Yes No Question Title * 17. For subsidiary organizations of parent organizations, has the subunit been in existence for at least three year? Yes No Question Title * 18. For subsidiary organizations of parent organizations, is the applicant's parent organization or another subunit of the parent organization intending to apply? Yes No Unsure Question Title * 19. Briefly describe the organizational structure and management links to the parent organization. (if applicable) Question Title * 20. For subsidiary organizations of parent organizations, do other units within the parent organization provide similar products or services? Yes No Question Title * 21. For subsidiary organizations of parent organizations, briefly describe the major business support functions provided to the applicant by the parent organization or by other units of the parent organization. Question Title * 22. Primary Contact Person Name Title Mailing Address City State ZIP Phone Fax E-mail Are you the authorizing official (yes/no) Question Title * 23. Authorizing Official (if different from above) Name Title Mailing Address City State ZIP Phone Fax E-mail Question Title * 24. Submission of this form requires payment of the pre-application fee of $150.00. Please mark below how you would like to pay this fee. Mail payment Pay online Pay over the phone Done