(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- Telefónica, based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, took top honors, winning the Gold Award in the 25th International Team Excellence Award Process at the 2010 ASQ World Conference on Quality and Improvement, held May 24–26, in St. Louis. A dynamic finalist competition included 28 teams from eight countries, which vied for international recognition and the ASQ Gold, Silver, and Bronze awards.

“Thank you to my team and to my country; and thank you, Telefónica,” said an emotional Luciana Mattioli Rodrigues de Barrera, Telefónica's team captain.

Telefónica’s project team used Six Sigma to achieve an annual $4 million in savings.

2010 International Team Excellence Awards

Gold winner

Company: Telefónica, Capital Federal, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Team: Cutting Cuts
Project: The project, which was developed by Telefónica and Movistar, works to meet the needs of telecommunications companies by solving transmission problems on mobile networks. The project included more than 2,300 base stations distributed all over the Argentine territory. To reach the goals, Six Sigma methodology and the DMAIC discipline were implemented.

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