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Scorebook Navigator™
service enables Examiners of Baldrige-based assessments to save 25% to 30%
of the time required to evaluate Award Applications.
Issaquah
,
WA
– February 25, 2009: The
Alliance
for Performance Excellence, a partner of The Foundation for the Malcolm
Baldrige National Quality Award, Inc., signed an agreement to purchase a
five-year license for the Scorebook Navigator™ software from the
designer/developer of the software, James Shaw of Shaw Resources. The
web-based service provided by the Scorebook Navigator™ software enables
examiners to quickly reference the Baldrige Criteria for Performance
Excellence and applicant Key Factors in order to complete the evaluation
in a secure web-based environment. Users
of the Scorebook Navigator are able to share the results of their review
in a collaborative real-time environment.
“Early users of the service claim it reduces their workload
by 25% to 30% or more. We are pleased to make this breakthrough service
available to all the men and women who volunteer their time to evaluate
Alliance
award applications,” said Paul Kuchuris, Chairman of the Alliance Board
of Directors. “We provide
the service via the Baldrige Enterprise web site for use by all
Alliance
member
State
and Local Baldrige-based award programs.
In 2007, as a Senior Alumni Examiner, Shaw became personally
committed to simplifying the task of scoring an award application via use
of software. As a result of his commitment, Scorebook Navigator™ was
developed as a subscription-based service. “As a Baldrige Examiner in
the mid-1990s, I knew the time commitment was extensive,” said James
Shaw, President and Founder of Shaw Resources. “Examiners are volunteers
and I wanted a way to alleviate some of the tedium inherent in evaluating
an application. The Scorebook Navigator™ service is a culmination of my
experience as an examiner coupled with my background in software.”
The Scorebook Navigator™ service is available at www.Baldrigepe.org
for examiners whose Award program is a member of the
Alliance
for Performance Excellence. Commercial and other entities are encouraged
to inquire about subscriptions or licenses by contacting Shaw Resources at
www.ShawResources.com or by
calling 888-Shaw-Res (888-742-9737).
About The
Alliance
for Performance Excellence
The
Alliance
, a partner of the Baldrige Foundation, is the national network of
Baldrige-based State and Local Quality Award Programs. Its member
organizations provide potential award applicants and examiners, promote
the use of the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence, and
disseminate information regarding the Baldrige Award process and concepts.
More information is available online at www.Baldrigepe.org.
About The Foundation for
the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Inc.
Congress established the Baldrige Award program in 1987 to recognize
U.S.
organizations for their achievements in quality and performance and to
raise awareness about the importance of quality and performance excellence
as a competitive edge. The award recognizes role model organizations in
all areas of the
US
economy including business, health care, education, and the
public/nonprofit sector.
The
Baldrige Foundation is a nonprofit, private-sector organization that
raises funds to endow the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. It is
the vehicle through which organizations and individuals support the
Baldrige program and its mission of improving the performance of
organizations in every sector of the
U.S.
economy. The Foundation’s
Board oversees the investment and disbursement of award funds, and
approves the funding plans and funding requirements to ensure a successful
award program. More information is available online at www.Baldrigepe.org.
About Shaw Resources
Shaw Resources, founded in 1990 by James Shaw, assists public sector,
healthcare, including hospitals and other healthcare delivery/service
organizations to identify and implement operational improvements in
quality and cost effectiveness utilizing a customer-focused analytical
methodology. More than half of the Shaw clients have been healthcare
providers, primarily large (200+ beds) California-based acute care
hospitals. Shaw provides consulting services and software to organizations
using the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence. James Shaw first
became a member of the Baldrige Board of Examiners in 1994.
During 1996/1997, he was a member of the Baldrige Healthcare Pilot
team, and was first named a senior Baldrige Examiner in 1997. Shaw’s
Scorebook Navigator™ software is used by many state and local
Baldrige-based award programs via partnership with the Baldrige
Foundation. More information is available online at www.ShawResources.com.
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