Trophies will be awarded in each of the above categories.
Who Should Participate?
Teams that have worked on projects to continually improve their organization's processes by doing one or more of the following:
SIMPLIFYING - Stop doing unnecessary things
IMPROVING - Doing things better
using methodologies such as Six Sigma, Lean, Lean Six Sigma, TQM, etc.
Category 2: BestPrax Prize for Innovation
Green initiatives
Innovative managerial practices
Innovative processes
*By definition, a managerial practice is an umbrella term for operational and non-operational practice
Trophies will be awarded in each of the above categories
Who Should Participate?
Teams that have worked on projects to innovate their practices by doing one or more of the following:
BENCHMARKING - Doing things that others, across sectors, are doing
INNOVATING - Doing things no one else is doing
IMPOSSIBLE - Doing things that cannot be done
that deliver performance and green results.
Benefits of participating in the competition:
recognition of middle-level managers
benchmarking opportunities for wasteful costs reduction
benchmarking opportunities for process improvement
ideation opportunities for innovative practices
motivation to compete annually and win trophies
Project Submission Fee
- Regular: INR 25,000 + 10.3% Service Tax per project
- 10% Early Bird discount if payment is made before 31-Mar-12
- 10% discount on 5 projects from a single Business Unit
- 10% discount for 2011, 2010, 2009 competition participant
All discounts are mutually exclusive and cannot be combined
Each project entry is entitled to one complimentary registration to the event (one day)
Each project making it to the finals will be entitled to an additional complimentary registration for one presenter only (one day)
Once projects have been registered, in the event of cancellations, the organization will be liable to pay the cancellation fee, even if payment has not been made in advance.
Please click here to view the Substitution & Cancellation Policy
Project Submission Deadlines
Projects must be registered by 30-April-12
Projects must be submitted by 31-May-12
If you wish to submit a project for Qimpro Convention 2012, please click here to fill out the online project registration form.
NOTE: We take care to ensure that Examiners assessing projects are not competitors. We also provide a separate section for confidential information (if any) in the project report template. This information is shared only with the 5 examiner to whom the project is assigned.
Examiners Assessment Criteria
All entries received will be assessed by two independent panels of examiners who are subject matter experts. Scores will be collated. The 20 highest scoring improvement projects and 10 highest scoring innovation projects will be selected to compete at Qimpro Convention 2011.
