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Cost and Benefits

Costs

Benefits

  $ 1,000 Application Fee covers the cost to prepare your feedback document.
  For finalist, a $10,000 fee to cover on-site examiner visit and program expenses.
  Approximately one man-month of effort to complete the application.

  A feedback document that details metrics and practices to help your organization's continuous improvement.
  For winners, National recognition for your organization.
  For winners, an opportunity to interact and network with other leaders in maintenance.

Additional Benefits Experienced by Previous Winners

   "Just completing the application caused us to reexamine some things that we are doing."

   "The 'Goodwill' created by the award exceeded our cost by 10 times."

   "The total plant effort required created a tremendous amount of teamwork at our site."

   "The detailed benchmarking data we received was worth the cost of applying."

   "Getting positive reinforcement of our process from other industry practitioners was the biggest value."

   "The Award gave us good publicity in our industry."

   "The process helped us to develop our long range strategic plan."

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