Quality Award for Army Center

Army engineering center is recognized for its Lean Six Sigma achievements with a Malcolm Baldrige Award. ...

... "Rowland said ARDEC had competed in the President's Quality Award process and used that as an incentive for implementing management programs like Total Quality Management and Lean Six Sigma. Donelle Denery, who manages ARDEC's performance excellence programs, said the agency was able to promote new management programs by getting almost total participation from managers. " ...

Via Government Executive: Army Quality

Via ARDEC: Malcolm Baldrige Award: "The Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center here today became the first Department of Defense organization in history selected to receive the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. President George W. Bush and Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez announced ARDEC's selection this morning in a joint news release. "