ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE QUALITY AWARD AND CREATING THE PHILIPPINE QUALITY AWARD COMMITTEE

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WHEREAS, the Philippines has adopted the National Action Agenda for
Productivity as a comprehensive strategy to sustain its economic growth,
further strengthen the global competitiveness of its products and services, and
accelerate its transformation into a Newly Industrialized Economy;

WHEREAS, there is a need to establish a national system of awards as a
specific strategy to promote quality excellence in private and public sector
organizations and provide a framework for assessing organizational performance
and recognizing quality excellence;

WHEREAS, award winners can serve as benchmarks and models of excellence for
other organizations to emulate, thereby building a culture of continuous
improvement in the country;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL
V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by
virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:

SECTION 1. Establishment
of the Philippine Quality Award. The
Philippine Quality Award (PQA) is hereby established to be conferred annually
to qualified organizations in the private and public sectors which have
demonstrated any of the four levels of performance, namely:

a. Platinum Award for Quality
(Excellence Award)

The organization should have
demonstrated management excellence by the purposefulness with which it
continues to improve and build upon outstanding results and excellence systems.
It should serve as a national and global model.

b. Gold Award for Quality
(Mastery Award)

The organization should have
demonstrated, though its practices and achievements, superior results clearly
linked to robust management systems. It should exhibit practices which other
organizations can learn from and should serve as a role model for other
organizations in the Philippines.

c. Silver Award for Quality
(Proficiency Level)

The organization should have
demonstrated, through implementation of quality and productivity management
principles, significant progress in building sound and notable processes. It
should have a documented and solid approach to system-level quality and
productivity management and has been implementing quality and productivity
improvement plans and procedures.

d. Bronze Award for Quality
(Commitment Level)

The organization should have
demonstrated its serious commitment to the PQA as a catalyst for improvement
and a means of promoting competitive and managerial excellence. It should have
planted the seeds of quality and productivity and is working towards reaping
long term benefits of its efforts.

SEC. 2. Objectives of
the Award. The Philippine Quality Award,
herein referred to as PQA, has three objectives:

a. To promote standards on
organizational performance comparable to those of leading businesses abroad
pursuant to the country’s effort to be globally competitive;

b. To establish a national
system for assessing quality and productivity performance, thus providing both
private and public sectors with criteria and guidelines for self-assessment to
guide continuous improvement efforts; and

c. To recognize organizations
which have achieved the highest level of quality and business excellence, thus
providing Philippine industries with benchmarks and models to emulate.

Sec. 3. Creation of a
Philippine Quality Award Committee. There is
hereby created a Philippine Quality Award Committee under the Philippine
Council for Productivity to oversee the PQA System to ensure the credibility of
all aspects of the award system, including the adequacy of the criteria and
processes for conferment of the awards, and to assess how well the award is
serving the national interest.

SEC. 4. Composition of
the Committee. The PQA Committee shall be
chaired by the Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry, with the
President of the Development Academy of the Philippines as Vice-Chair and the
President of the Philippine Quality and Productivity Movement as Co-Vice-Chair.
The heads of the following agencies/organizations shall serve as members of the
Committee:

a. Philippine Society for
Quality Control;
b. Department of Budget and Management;
c. Industry Development Council;
d. Management Association of the Philippines;
e. National Wages and Productivity Commission; and
f. Philippine Association for Technological Education.

The Chairman of the National
Wages and Productivity Commission shall designate, as member representing the
labor sector, a recognized labor leader actively working in the area of quality
management.

The Chairman of the Civil
Service Commission shall be invited to participate as member of the PQA Board.

SEC. 5. Functions of the
Philippine Quality Award Committee. The PQA
Committee shall have the following functions:

a. Serve as the steering and
policy-making body for the PQA;

b. Set up and review the
designation of the Award Administration including the institutional structure
and operational mechanisms of the PQA System;

c. Adopt a system of public and
private counterparting for the management of funds during the initial years of
the PQA implementation;

d. Contribute the initial seed
fund for the PQA and eventually establish an Endowment Fund;

e. Advocate legislative
proposals including appropriations for the PQA;

f. Initiate and coordinate the
necessary activities for the successful implementation of the PQA;

g. Set guidelines and criteria
for the evaluation of award applicants and the selection of the awardee;

h. Plan and implement
appropriate awarding ceremonies;

i. Submit regular reports to the
President through the Philippine Council for Productivity; and

j. Perform other functions as
may be deemed necessary and incidental to carry out the objectives of this
issuance.

SEC. 6. Scope of the Award. The PQA shall be conferred annually to
qualified organizations following eligibility categories:

a. Private Sector Awards

Manufacturing Companies
Service Companies
Agricultural Producers
Small and Medium Enterprises

b. Public Sector Awards

National Line Agencies
Government-Owned and Controlled Corporations
Local Government Units

SEC. 7. Method of
Selection. Awardees shall be selected using
the following major criteria:

a. Leadership
b. Information and Analysis
c. Strategic Planning
d. Human Resource Development and Management
e. Process Management
f. Business Results
g. Customer Focus and Satisfaction

SEC. 8. Implementing Agencies.
The following agencies/offices are hereby designated the following tasks:

a. The Award Manager shall be
the Department of Trade and Industry. As Award Manager, the DTI shall be
responsible for the conduct of the awards process. It shall validate and
endorse to the President the list of awardees selected by the Board of Judges.

b. The Award Administrators
shall be the Philippine Society for Quality Control for the private sector and
the Development Academy of the Philippines for the public sector. The Award
Administrators shall disseminate award application and information materials,
receive award applications and provide secretarial services for the Team of
Assessors.

c. The Team of Assessors and the
Board of Judges, the composition of which shall be chosen by the PQA Committee,
shall be a well-selected and specially trained group of business and quality
practitioners from industry, academe and government. The Team of Assessors
shall evaluate award applications and prepare feedback reports. The Board of
Judges shall review and recommend award recipients to the PQA Committee.

SEC. 9. Organization of
a Management Committee. – In the performance
of its duties and responsibilities, the PQA Committee shall organize a
Management Committee to serve as the implementing arm as well as administrative
secretariat of the Committee.

The PQA Committee shall invite
other organizations to undertake technical work and mobilize public support for
the PQA, as may be necessary.

SEC. 10. Funding. A seed money of one million pesos (P1M) shall be charged to the
budget of the Department of Trade and Industry. Member organizations of the PQA
Committee shall contribute additional funds necessary for the attainment of the
objectives of this issuance. Assistance from government and the private sector
shall be solicited to establish an Endowment Fund for the PQA System. The PQA
Committee shall be responsible for creating a Foundation which shall manage the
Endowment Fund.

SEC. 11. Trophy Design. The PQA trophy shall bear the Presidential Seal and the Logo of the
Philippine Quality Award. The PQA Committee shall prescribe the design
specifications of the trophy.

SEC. 12. Conferment of
the Awards. The Awards shall be conferred by
the President of the Philippines in appropriate ceremonies for this purpose.

SEC. 13. Implementing
Guidelines. The Department of Trade and
Industry shall issue the necessary guidelines for the effective implementation
of this Executive Order.

SEC. 14. Effectivity. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 3rd day of October, in the year of Our
Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Seven.

(Sgd.) FIDEL
V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) RUBEN D. TORRES
Executive Secretary

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