QPR Integrated Management System promoted Bosch to win the EFQM Excellence Award “Management by Processes and Facts” special prize


QPR INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PROMOTED BOSCH TO WIN THE EFQM EXCELLENCE AWARD
“MANAGEMENT BY PROCESSES AND FACTS” SPECIAL PRIZE  
                          
Bosch Bursa drives its Quality Management with a dynamic Performance Measurement
System based on QPR's performance management software. The work is awarded by   
the European Foundation for Quality Management, EFQM Excellence Award and prizes
in the Management by Processes and Facts and Partnership Development categories.
QPR system has made executing corrective actions faster and increased the       
efficiency of the company wide management of performance measures and quality   
related documents.                                                              

Today one third of all passenger cars running on Diesel Systems are using Common
Rail Injectors produced in Bosch Bursa plant in Turkey. With the implementation 
of QPR ScoreCard at the beginning of 2008, an integrated management system was  
created in Bosch Bursa plant to monitor and control performance at once by      
linking parameters from process to functional controlling. The system has       
replaced the previously used environment of non-linked parameters which was     
based on Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel. Hence, efforts for data collection,    
presentation, formatting and distribution were reduced by 60%.                  

“We are delighted with our customer's success in the prestigious EFQM Award     
competition. It is an excellent example of how our products can help customers  
to meet the EFQM goals of promoting and supporting the implementation of        
Sustainable Excellence“, says Antti Ainasoja, Vice President for Software Sales 
International at QPR Software Plc.                                              

Introducing QPR ScoreCard to Bosch Bursa has made executing corrective actions  
faster. In addition it has helped to increase the efficiency of the company wide
management of parameters by making a large number of different documents        
obsolete. At the same time various isolated parameter tracking environments     
running parallel in the company were integrated.                                

Implementation of QPR's performance management software, QPR ScoreCard, was     
executed and assisted by QPR's German partner, PROTEMA Unternehmensberatung     
GmbH.                                                                           

“The Bosch Bursa case shows how well QPR ScoreCard suits in the demanding       
quality needs of high-tech manufacturing industry. Implementation of QPR        
ScoreCard was easy and fast as the software allowed us to easily create the     
needed hierarchies, KPI settings and aggregations. The QPR software had a       
material role for us to combine the classical functional oriented view to the   
organization with the process oriented approach to run business”, says Christoph
Vetter, QPR Project Leader of PROTEMA.                                          

With the introduction of QPR, Bosch Bursa has now linked its strategies,        
processes and results to achieve the highest standards of production.           
Nevertheless Bosch Bursa seeks to exploit more benefits. As a further step, the 
application of QPR is expanded by integrating Key Performance Indexes and       
Individual Success Evaluation (ISE) parameters to the system.
                                     
Read the Bosch Bursa Success Story on QPR Software's web site at:               
http://www.qpr.com/customers.html  
                                             
The EFQM Excellence Award                                                       

EFQM's membership base of 600 organizations actively exchanges experience on    
issues ranging from quality and risk management, to leadership and supplier     
development programs.                                                           

The EFQM Excellence Award is Europe's most prestigious award for organizations: 
the highest form of recognition an organization could receive, discerned from   
among its own peers. The Award recognizes industry leaders with an indisputable 
track record of success in turning strategy into action and continuously        
improving their organization's performance.                                     

Top executives from leading businesses and public service organizations study   
and visit the candidates, and after extensive examination select the few        
outstanding achievers. Previous Award winners include e.g. BMW, Bosch, Grundfos,
Nokia, TNT Express and Volvo.                                                   

Exceptional performance in a specific area or subject is rewarded with a prize. 
If a true role model is identified, or if an organization clearly stands out    
from all the others as an example to learn from and to aspire to, they receive  
the ultimate recognition, the Excellence Award (more at www.efqm.com). The Bosch
Bursa Plant has received the EFQM Excellence Award twice, in 2003 and 2008.     

Read the EFQM award presentation on Bosch Bursa:                                
http://ww1.efqm.org/en/Portals/0/Bosch[1].pdf                                   

About Bosch Group and Bosch in Turkey                                           

Founded in 1886 Bosch Group is an international leading technology and service  
company with more than 300 subsidiaries in over 150 countries and its           
headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany. With 282,000 employees worldwide and a      
turnover of 45 billion Euro in 2008 it is one of the world's most successful    
manufacturers of automotive, industrial, consumer goods and building technology.
The biggest business sector with 59% of total sales in 2008 is Bosch's          
Automotive Technology.                                                          

In Turkey the Bosch Group is one of the biggest multinational industrial        
employers with a total work force of more than 8,000 associates. The Bosch Bursa
Plant, Bosch Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (RBTR), was the first of today seven        
companies of Robert Bosch GmbH in Turkey. In addition to receiving the EFQM     
Excellence Awards in 2003 and 2008, the plant is the winner of the 2007 Turkey  
Sustainable Excellence Award.                                                   

About QPR Software                                                              

QPR Software Plc is an international, highly regarded partner for enterprises   
and public sector in process development and business performance improvement.  
QPR's mission is to help people and organizations to take control of their      
business processes and achieve their goals. QPR software has been implemented in
more than 1,500 organizations across the globe and is provided in more than 20  
languages. QPR was founded in 1991, has its headquarters in Helsinki, Finland   
and co-operates with an extensive network of talented partners in over 50       
countries worldwide. QPR Software's share is listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd  
(ticker: QPR1V), www.qpr.com.                                                   

QPR - Quality. Processes. Results.                                              

For more information, please contact:                                           

QPR Software Plc:                                                               
Antti Ainasoja, Vice President, Software Sales International                    
Tel. +358 (0) 400 692 344                                                       
antti.ainasoja(at)qpr.com                                                       

PROTEMA Unternehmensberatung GmbH:                                              
Michael Mezger                                                                  
Tel. +49-711-900 15 - 75                                                        
mezger(at)protema.de
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