Gold Award for Business Excellence
The Gold Awards for Business Excellence recognise and encourage organisations whose leadership and innovations have progressed them beyond Management System Certification to leading examples of best practice.

Gold Award 2007
Gold Award 2006
Gold Award 2005
Gold Award 2004
Gold Award Pre 2004

National Laboratory Management Award
The National Laboratory Awards are available to laboratories which stand out above other laboratories for their exemplary, sustainable management activities.

The Australian Organisation for Quality (Queensland) Incorporated (AOQ-QLD™) is a stand alone member based not-for-profit association registered under the Queensland Associations Incorporation Act 1981 Section 15, Incorporation Number IA16979.

AOQ-QLD™ has always purported to be what it is, ie a networking organisation for quality management and Business Improvement individuals and organisations providing training, networking, consulting and auditing services.

The AOQ-QLD™ rescinded its membership of the Australian Organisation for Quality Inc (the National Body) in September 2007 because, in the short term, the Council could not see a reasonable return on investment for the dues that were levied and for the time spent in participating in the activities of the National Body.

AOQ-QLD™ is a very responsible and forward looking organisation, being at the forefront of improvement strategies for business and now has ventured into the energy conservation field, as this activity impinges on the sustainability of enterprises.

AOQ-QLD™ operates six Divisions: Aerospace, Aged Care, Entrepreneur, Regulated Research Development and Manufacturing (Pharmaceutical), Six Sigma and Software Systems Engineering. Regional Groups operate in Townsville and Rockhampton.

AOQ-QLD™ sponsors and mentors student academic activities at The University of Queensland and Griffith University and provides specialist external lecturers in all three Brisbane based universities. Conferences are co-hosted with The University of Queensland, Griffith University, QUT and Monash University.

AOQ-QLD™ conducts training in related fields on a regular basis, both in Queensland and other States. During 2008, the various Divisions of the Organisation will have co-hosted four conferences in Aged Care, Six Sigma, Pharmaceutical and general business. Plans are in place for six conferences in 2009. Conferences and Forums are conducted in a number of States.

AOQ-QLD™ owns the copyright to the Gold Award for Business Excellence, which it has developed over a decade and which is conducted as a State-by-State and National Event.

Books

Campanella, J, Principles of Quality Costs-Principles, Implementation and Costs, 2nd Edition, ASQC Quality Costs Committee, Milwaukee, 1990

Standards

Go to www.sai-global.com.au, click on Publications,go to search and type in quality or the topic for which you require information.

Some previous Member Evening presentations

May 20, 2003
How Easily Managed Document Control Is A GoldMine For Business, Wendy Collett, Principal, Seahorse Data

February 16, 2005
Quality & Safety in Health, Elizabeth Garrigan, Team Leader, Quality Strategy Team, Innovation Branch, Queensland Health.

23rd March, 2005
How Quality Management Helps Small Innovative Companies! From Conformance to performance, Richard Long, Quality Manager, Ai Scientific

21 April, 2005
Development of New Pharmaceuticals: Opportunities and Challenges for Quality Assurance Andrew King, Q-Pharm Pty Limited, about 1.3Mb file

20th July, 2005
American Aviation (Industry) Standard AS9100 'Fact or Fable' - Kevin D Mulholland, Chairman Aerospace Division, about 1 Mb file

19th April, 2006
Leadership and Consciousness - The Mysteries of Great Leadership Explained, Narelle Stratford and Dennis McMahon, Sales Champions

17th May, 2006
Quality is an Element of Risk Management, Bruce Johnston, Maunsell Australia

19th July, 2006
Condition Monitoring and the RAAF TF30 RAM Program, John Hall & Greg Mason, Engine Business Unit, RAAF

20th September, 2006
Performance Improvement at Sims Metal, MBA Best Project Prize, Carola Ando, Nick Boswell, Matthew Harrison, Justin Sanderson and Vivian Wang, The University of Queensland

18th April, 2007
Aged Care: At the Coal Face, Heather Douglas, Speech Pathologist

3rd May, 2007
Governance Systems; Towards an Integrated Approach, Professor Peter Little, Executive Dean, Faculty of Business, Queensland University of Technology.

27th June, 2007
I Measure, Therefore I'm in Control, Aren't I?, Richard Ponsonby, 451 Consulting (1Mb file)

2nd August, 2007
Building Quality into Highly Regulated Industries, Mario Pennisi - Chief Executive Officer, QCTN (This is 1.2 Mb file)

29th August, 2007
Aviation Safety: Oh No!!!-Not Another Business Initiative, Bill Mattes, Boeing Australia

6th September, 2007
How Quality has Become Part of My Work, Bernard Holland, Brisbane Catholic Education (1.3 Mb file)

3rd April, 2008
What it Takes to Achieve Successful Improvement, Dan Jackson, Founder Calm Consulting

23 April, 2008
Risk Management, Mike Harris, Quality Manager, Maunsell Australia

16th April, 2008
Some Measurement Models that have been Useful to Us! Richard Ponsonby, Director, 451 Consulting

13th May, 2008
Six Sigma - Where Does it Fit in Today's Process Improvement World Anita Cunningham, Director, Quality Business Services Pty Ltd

1st July, 2008
Theme: Safety in Design
I ntroduction to OHS Obligations Commencing 1 July 2007, Aldo Raineri Director - Strategic Policy Workplace Health and Safety Queensland

Designing Safer Buildings & Structures : An Australian Perspective, Mike Straughton, Leader, Geotechnical Team, ARUP (3.5Mb File

4th September, 2008
Contracting Laboratory Services- What you need to know!, Jeffery Smith, President and CEO, BioAssayLINK Pty Ltd

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