Virginia Business Excellence Consortium

The mission of the Virginia Business Excellence Consortium is to provide a vehicle to help companies identify and obtain support in implementing advanced business practices to improve processes, operations and worker skill levels in Virginia.

The consortium achieves its mission through: site visits at member companies to see first hand how they are implementing a particular improvement initiative; training workshops or round-table discussions on topics of interest to members; speaker events; and sharing ideas, resources, and information on training and educational opportunities and to assist with member problem-solving.

There are three to four learning events per quarter and companies can send anyone in their company to any event. When space is limited, the director allocates spaces to ensure the broadest participation by interested member companies.

Being a member of VBEC provides member companies with the opportunity to:

Ø Develop a network of individuals in a variety of companies and industries that you can call on for advice and assistance in implementing business improvements
Ø Go behind the scenes of other businesses and see how they operate, how they are implementing improvements, what their challenges are and how they are addressing them
Ø Take advantage of expertise in other companies and leverage resources for training, learning and problem-solving
Ø Access to various external educational and training resources and speakers
Ø Discounts on training/educational programs offered by affiliate members, i.e., VPMEP and SPQA
Ø Dues Structure

For more information on the consortium and how to become a member visit their website at www.vbec.org