Finalists Named in PEX Network's 2011 European Process Excellence Awards

London. UK. (March 22, 2011) – The first round of 2011 finalists for IQPC’s European arm of the Global Process Excellence Awards was announced today. The prestigious industry awards have recognized finalists in categories covering both program and project success across Lean, Six Sigma & BPM.

"PEX Network is proud to once again recognize the best in Business Process Excellence through the 2011 coveted Process Excellence Awards," said Megan James, Summit & Awards Director, IQPC. "This year we are excited to see the formal addition of the BPM, Lean Transformation and BPM categories. The expansion has been reflected in the breadth of entries and industries entering for this year, truly demonstrating how many businesses and evolving and adapting the Business Process Excellence programs in increasingly challenging market situations"

Each year the Process Excellence Awards are judged by a panel that is comprised of the most experienced Business Process Improvement executives and practitioners from across Europe. The judging panel and rigorous awards assessment forms a cross industry and globally recognized benchmark in Process Excellence best practice with finalists chosen carefully by hand selected industry leaders.

This year’s Process Excellence Award finalists include:

Best Project Contributing to Innovation

Best Process Improvement Project in Service & Transaction

Best Lean Transformation

Best BPM Project

Best BPM Program

Best BPO Program

Best Start Up Process Improvement Program

Best Process Improvement Program

Process Excellence Award winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on April 5th, 2011 during IQPC’s renowned European Process Excellence Week. Individuals interested in attending the ceremony and/or conference, which takes place at The Brewery, The Barbican – London the week of the Jan 4^th – 8^th April can register at www.ProcessExcellenceLondon.co.uk.

About Process Excellence Week

Running for 12 years, PEX Network’s Annual London Process Excellence Week is one of the most established events for networking, knowledge share and benchmarking within the Lean, Six Sigma & BPM industry. With the 2011 theme – Process to Performance – the meeting focuses on driving increased business results for business across Europe. Further information and registration options for the meeting can be found at www.ProcessExcellenceLondon.co.uk

About Process Excellence Network

Process Excellence Network: A division of IQPC, (formerly known as Six Sigma IQ) provides access to a treasure chest of relevant content for Process Excellence practitioners.

Providing critical knowledge on the development of Process Excellence including Business Process Management (BPM), Lean, Change Management, Operational Excellence, Six Sigma, Risk Management, Customer Experience and more, we provide the forum where key industry experts and organizations share their experience, knowledge and tools, and practitioner peers connect with one another all over the world, both face-to-face and online.

The Process Excellence Network is enhanced by an active online community of professional peers, as well and face-to-face Summits and events that take place across the globe. Collectively we help you discover what the best are doing to get measurable results through Process Excellence and to seek actionable solutions to specific process problems through worldwide mass collaboration.

In short, Process Excellence Network, (often known as PEX Network) enables individuals and organizations to advance their process excellence journey by increasing your idea sources, widening contacts and friendships and participating in ongoing formal and informal learning opportunities. www.PEXNetwork.com