Lebanese Excellence Award

LEBANESE EXCELLENCE AWARD

LEBANON EXCELLENCE

- APPLICATION FORM -

1/8 LEA Application Form Thank you for applying to the Lebanese Excellence Award- LEA.

Full Information on the Lebanese Quality Management Model, the requirements for participation in the award process and the assessment method can be found in our Lebanese Excellence Award Informative Brochure which is available on QUALEB website www.qualeb.org Please read it carefully before filling this application form.

If any query or question arises during the preparation of the application, do not hesitate to contact or visit the LEA Office:

LEBANESE EXCELLENCE AWARD OFFICE QUALEB – Sustaining Quality Programme MINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND TRADE Azarieh Building, Bloc A1, 8th Floor Down Town Beirut - Lebanon TEL: +961 – 1 – 982360/5; Ext: 1817, 1820, 1822 or 1802. Fax: 961 – 1 – 982299. Email: [email protected] www.qualeb.org

This Application Form should be electronically filled and sent to [email protected]

2/8 LEA Application Form PART 1 Information of Applicant Organisation

Organisation:

Address:

Postcode / City:

Contact person:

Position:

Telephone: Fax: e-mail: Information necessary (if different from above):

Total number of employees

The sector the organisation belongs to: Public Sector Private Sector

Please enter the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code closest to your organisation’s activities (SIC codes are detailed in the Appendix).

3/8 LEA Application Form PART 2 In this present part of the application, you are asked to give information about your organisation relevant to quality management issues

An overview: Please describe the main functions, operations and activities of the organisation as well as products and services. Please, present briefly your organisation history, including a detailed organisation chart: (Maximum 100 Words )

Please provide an organisation chart:

4/8 LEA Application Form Customers and Environment: Please describe the external environment, your customers and the markets and in which the organisation functions, as well as any additional information considered important for the competition: (Maximum 50 Words)

Quality Standard Certification: Please indicate if your organisation has acquired a certified quality standard. In detail the following should be briefly described: relevant steps taken to the final certification to an approved quality Management system/standard such as, but not limited to, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 18001, ISO 22001, ISO 27001, CoBiT, ISM code, TMSA, IIP, or other standard relevant to your organisation’s specialisation. This certified management standard, should furthermore, incorporate at least one documented procedure which will demonstrate sufficient aspects of environmental and safety management

Principal Venues and Installations: Offices, production site, warehouses, etc.

If your organisation belongs to a group or is owned by another company or group, please name that company or group and define the relationship:

5/8 LEA Application Form Please provide an organisation chart:

PART 3 Confirmation and Agreement

On behalf of my organisation, I confirm to observe the rules and conditions of the Lebanese Excellence Award and accept as final, the decisions of the Award process. I accept that the LEA Office/QUALEB is entitled to reject applications that do not comply with the requirements of the Award process. I hereby confirm that information contained herein is correct and accurate, along with the eligibility of my organisation for participation in the Award process.

Location Date

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Name, Position Signature and official stamp

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PART 4 Fees and Invoicing

6/8 LEA Application Form 1. The process begins when the Application Form is electronically sent to the LEA Office to [email protected] 2. The organisations are then welcome to retrieve a package containing the following:  The Lebanese Quality Management Model  The Scoring Matrices  The Submission Document (Blank)  The Self-Assessment Proforma Document. [For the time being, applying to the LEA is free of charge. The price of the package and a modest Application Fee may be determined and communicated at a later stage] 3. The organisations have then to send the Submission Document electronically to the LEA Office at [email protected] 4. A selection of applicant organisations is then executed by the LEA Office. This task consists of going through the Submission Document and making sure that all relevant contents and information are clearly stated.

A fee may be also disbursed only by the organisations that will be granted the ‘Lebanese Excellence Award Winner’ status, right before the ceremony.

Application fees are not refundable once the submission document has been received or an induction workshop for applicants has been held.

7/8 LEA Application Form ANNEX - Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Codes

Sectors of Organisations Manufacturing and Products Code Sector Code Sector 01 Agriculture production - crops 25 Furniture and fixtures 02 Agriculture production - livestock 26 Paper and allied products 08 Forestry 27 Printing and publishing 09 Fishing, hunting and trapping 28 Chemicals and allied products 10 Metal mining 29 Petroleum and coal products 12 Coal Mining 30 Rubber and misc. plastics products 13 Oil and gas extraction 31 Leather and leather products 14 Non-metallic minerals, except fuels 32 Stone, clay, glass & concrete products 15 General building contractors 33 Primary metal industries 16 Heavy construction, exc. building 34 Fabricated metal products 17 Special trade contractors 35 Industrial machinery and equipment 20 Food and kindred products 36 Electronic & other electric equipment 21 Tobacco products 37 Transportation equipment 22 Textile mill products 38 Instruments, clocks, optical goods 23 Apparel and other textile products 39 Miscellaneous manufacturing industries 24 Lumber and wood products Services Code Sector Code Sector 07 Agriculture services 61 Credit agencies 40 Railroad transportation 62 Security & commodity brokers 41 Local & interurban passenger transit 63 Insurance carriers 42 Trucking and warehousing 64 Insurance agents 44 Water transportation 65 Real estate 45 Transportation by air 67 Holding & other investment offices 46 Pipelines, except natural gas 70 Hotels and other lodging places 47 Transportation services 72 Personal services 48 Communications 73 Business services 49 Electric, gas & sanitary services 75 Auto repair, services & parking 50 Wholesale trade – durable goods 76 Miscellaneous repair services 51 Wholesale trade – non-durable goods 78 Motion pictures 52 Building materials & garden supplies 79 Amusement and recreation services 53 General merchandise stores 80 Health services 54 Food stores 81 Legal services 55 Automotive dealers & service stations 82 Educational services 56 Apparel and accessory stores 83 Social services 57 Furniture and home furnishing stores 84 Museums, botanical, zoological gardens 58 Eating and drinking places 86 Membership organisations 59 Miscellaneous retail 87 Engineering & management services 60 Banking 89 Miscellaneous services Public Sector Code Sector Code Sector 91 Executive, legislative & general 96 Administration of economic programmes 92 Justice, public order & safety 97 National security and Int’l affairs 93 Finance, taxation & monetary policy 98 Local & regional governments 94 Administration of human resources 99 Non classifiable establishments 95 Environmental quality and housing

8/8 LEA Application Form