The Malcolm Baldrige Award Selection Process Helps Improve Quality and Productivity

question 4

Multiple Choice

The Malcolm Baldrige Award selection process helps improve quality and productivity by which of the following means?

• A) Stimulating foreign-based suppliers of American companies to improve quality
• B) Reporting quality levels among American firms
• C) Identifying American firms with the most difficult quality problems
• D) Providing feedback to applicants by the examiners
• E) Helping Baldrige award winners increase their sales

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