To capture performance excellence, Ohio organizations will have to be more innovative, strategic, flexible, and results driven. OPE focuses on improving organizational performance. Benefits include increasing productivity, increasing customer and employee satisfaction, and achieving stronger financial performance. The Baldrige assessment process is results driven. The Baldrige assessment process is administered by the Ohio Partnership for Excellence. They are well positioned to act as a conduit to help Ohio's businesses, schools, hospitals, and governmental entities leverage strengths so they can respond quickly and effectively to the challenges that lie ahead. The success of the Baldrige assessment process is two-fold. It identifies the key components that create excellence within the organization, but more importantly, it defines how the process of creating excellence can be accomplished with predictable, reliable and repeatable results. The mission of an organization drives its goals. Set your goals high. Excellence can be achieved. For more information on becoming an OPE Examiner, click here “From the early days of our Baldrige journey, The Ohio Partnership for Excellence has been a valuable resource providing extraordinary learning, benchmarking, and feedback opportunities. Our first Ohio Award for Excellence (OPE) Conference inspired us to begin a performance excellence journey. The OPE has trained our associates to be examiners, it has taught our leadership team to write an application, and most important it has given our organization a blueprint to build a process-driven business model that links everything we do to what we believe. We are proud to be active members of the Ohio Partnership for Excellence and I would recommend the OPE to any organization interested in using the Baldrige criteria to drive innovation and build sustainability.” Paul Worstell, President, PRO-TEC Coating Company OPE Governor’s Award Recipient 2004 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Recipient 2007