26 Jan 2008

Siemens Medical Solutions secures UK Business Excellence Award

Siemens Medical Solutions secures UK Business Excellence Award

United Kingdom, 2006-Oct-27

Siemens Medical Solutions has been declared overall winner of the UK Business Excellence Award 2006 in the large commercial category by the British Quality Foundation.

The business received the accolade for its application of criteria and methodology for the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) excellence model , following an independent assessment in the summer.

In addition to the main award, the business also won special awards for Process Improvement and Employee Excellence. Last year it won a special award for Customer Excellence.

The EFQM excellence model describes organisational excellence regardless of sector, size, structure or maturity. It is the most widely used organisational excellence model inEurope and is the basis for many national and regional quality awards. To be successful, it states that organisations need to establish an appropriate management system.

EFQM is a practical tool to help organisations do this, by measuring where they are on the path to excellence, helping them understand the gaps and stimulating solutions.

It comprises nine elements: leadership; policy and strategy; people; partnerships and resources; processes; customer results; people results; society results; and key performance results.

Notes to editors:

About Siemens in the UK

Siemens was established in the United Kingdom 163 years ago. The company employs 21,122 people in the UK, including about 5,000 in the manufacturing sector. Last year’s revenues were £3 billion, including exports of £500 million. Siemens provides innovative, high-quality services and solutions to customers in a diverse range of industry sectors, including power, automation and control, information and communication, medical, transportation, lighting, and household. Siemens has offices and factories throughout the UK, with its headquarters in Bracknell, Berkshire. The company’s global headquarters is in Munich, Germany. For more information, visit www.siemens.co.uk

Mr. Richard Lyons
Marketing & Communications Manager

For more information, contact:

Siemens Medical Solutions

Tel: +44 (0)1344 396462


About Siemens

Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich) is a leading technology company focused on industry, infrastructure, transport, and healthcare.

From more resource-efficient factories, resilient supply chains, and smarter buildings and grids, to cleaner and more comfortable transportation as well as advanced healthcare, the company creates technology with purpose adding real value for customers.

By combining the real and the digital worlds, Siemens empowers its customers to transform their industries and markets, helping them to transform the everyday for billions of people.

Siemens also owns a majority stake in the publicly listed company Siemens Healthineers, a globally leading medical technology provider shaping the future of healthcare.

In fiscal 2023, which ended on September 30, 2023, the Siemens Group generated revenue of €77.8 billion and net income of €8.5 billion.

As of September 30, 2023, the company had around 320,000 employees worldwide.

Further information is available on the Internet at www.siemens.com.