Munchee receives highest honour for quality and performance excellence

Ceylon Biscuits Ltd. (Munchee) was awarded "National Quality Award - 2005" in large scale - Manufacturing category by the Sri Lanka Standards Institute recently on the occasion of this year's "World Standards Day".

This award is considered to be the nation's highest honour given to business for "quality and performance excellence".

Ceylon Biscuits Ltd. (Munchee) which is a fully owned Sri Lankan enterprise and a leading force in the local food industry is honoured to have received this award as it simply means "to become a role model" and "Standard-setter" for organizations of every kind. The National Quality Award promotes excellence in organizational performance, recognizes the quality and performance achievements of Sri Lankan organisations thus making "Quality" a national priority.

The selection process for the award is highly detailed and is carried out by an independent board of examiners and judges chaired by a retired Judge of the Supreme Court/Court of Appeal.

Secretary, Ministry of Trade, Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Chairman of The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, President of Federation of Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Sri Lanka (FCCISL), Chairman of SLSI, Executive Director of SLSI, Director General of SLSI, Deputy Directors General of SLSI.

The recipients of NQA undergo intense review and scrutiny to ensure that their organizations are the best in the country. Final stage applicants are visited by teams of examiners to clarify questions and verify information given in the application report.