Entrepreneurs promoting quality culture in RD

After twelve years encouraging the quality of the industry in the country, the national prize in the Dominican Republic Industrial Excellence services extends his arm in the sector and becomes the national award to the excellence of the private Sector of Dominican Republic.

As reported by the former President of the Association of industrial enterprises of Herrera and Santo Domingo province (AEIH), Manuel Cabrera, institutions are evaluated by an independent institution, Council consists of 26 private and public entities, which certifies the management of the companies participants.

For the big companies will apply model Malcolm Baldrige thousand points, used in the awards for the quality of United States, Europe and some countries of Latin America.

"The transformation in the tenth third installment is due to that I understand that excellence should not only be products, but in a country as ours are required to stimulate" u000a"the quality of services in tourism, communication, education, health and other sectors which we are going to go including little by little," said Cabrera.

The award will be divided into categories Industrial and services, which are separated in subrenglones the small, medium and large enterprises. Likewise, it shall be the employer of the year.

Every company has to make a report of application with all its parameters, according to the requirements, and then the assessment you corresponding.

Requirements
reported the also ex-President of the AEIH, César Nicolás Penson, the bases of the contest have been modified and they have become more stringent to encourage companies to seek excellence in their operations.

Also said has been a process of much more hard work with evaluators to promote team work and achieve more consensual results. "We want to contribute to that" u000a"the culture of quality that we promote is based on a real outcome," expressed.

"Over the years we have made awards we realize that we have influenced transcending way companies that did not dare to participate but are autoevaluaban, and located in position were against others in the same sector", said Penson.

The official pointed out that the transformation of the award initiative aims to encourage further companies while foreign capital operating with personal dominicano.

"The award has an intention that goes beyond simple recognition;" "it's transforming the culture of the Dominican business quality, for what we understand that may not be exclusive of the industry," said Penson.

Fact we
one of the main objectives of the award is to stimulate the consumption of products and national services, provided that they comply with the u000arequired standards, by which in the eleventh third installment will remain the motto "Done for us, made with quality".

Cabrera highlighted that the homeland by Dominican products good sense has helped many national companies export ethnic products that Creole residents abroad prefer and appreciate so special.

"It is no longer a question of encouraging people to consume but that the same product would conquer". "You have Dominican products even with a massive presence of competitors continued acceptance of the public because they have quality," said the businessman.

Cabrera stressed that a big difference in prices of up to 60% between criollos articles and imported, can be seen in the market even though the quality is very similar. However, he recognized the need to improve the presentation of the majority of locally made products.

Said that in the industrial sector u000aThere has been a major change with regard to excellence in production. "Six years ago when the AEIH start the process of developing the culture of quality, the only country there were about five companies certified with the ISO 9001 standard and today exceed the hundred", assured.

The commitment of excellence in quality
the former President of the Association of industrial enterprises of Herrera, Manuel Cabrera, noted that during the years of operation of the entity manufacturers have done quality requirements to the State, so have ausumido commitment to demonstrate that the private sector is on the same line. "When we speak of increasing the consumption of domestic products speak also increase the quality, because the consumer has in the market Creole product and the imported, and has the possibility of buying the most convenient", emphasized Cabrera.

The leader stressed that the national award for the quality of the u000aState institutions has yielded extraordinary results. "Most of people don't know what has made this award for excellence in the public sector;" "all the institutions recognized by its efficiency in the country have been awarded, and this has been a stimulus for these entities are adapted to work with the required methodology," he noted.

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