Apply for the 2010 North American Maintenance Excellence (NAME) Award – Now Open Online

Applications for the 2010 North American Maintenance Excellence (NAME) Award are now available on the award’s website at www.nameaward.com. The NAME Award recognizes manufacturing, processing, and service industry sites that have achieved world‑class excellence in maintenance, reliability, and capacity assurance.

To qualify, a site must first meet a minimum level of accomplishment as determined by the award’s Board of Directors based on the information provided in the application. Qualified sites are then invited to an onsite audit conducted by award representatives and reviewed by the entire board. Any site that meets the award’s rigorous standards may be honored with the NAME Award, and all applicants receive detailed, expert feedback from the board.

The deadline for 2010 NAME Award applications is June 30. The initial application fee is $500 for 2010 entries. Fees for onsite audits of finalists are based on actual costs incurred.

Additional information, contact details, detailed instructions, and the application form are all available at www.nameaward.com.

The North American Maintenance Excellence (NAME) Awards are a program of the Foundation for Industrial Maintenance Excellence, a non‑profit, volunteer organization committed to advancing maintenance best practices.

For additional information, contact Richard Dunn at dunncomm@comcast.net.