Location
Radisson Resort at the Port, Jamaica Room
Start Date
28-4-1999 2:00 PM
Description
The purpose of this paper is to describe a process for successful space business ventures - a methodology used by highly successful commercial ventures, but relatively new to space business enterprises. What do highly successful commercial business ventures have in common? How do these companies differ from most commercial space ventures? The answer is the implementation of a state-of-the-art customer satisfaction process. Take the case of the latest winners of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. What did they do that helped to achieve this performance? The answer is they implemented an effective process that measures and achieves the highest possible level of customer satisfaction. The same process can be implemented by space enterprises to achieve comparable commercial results. This paper describes three recent Baldrige winners and the six-step process, including examples of each step. It concludes with the strong recommendation that this process be implemented to assure success in the commercial space world.
Paper Session II-A - A Process to Help Assure Successful Commercial Space Ventures
Radisson Resort at the Port, Jamaica Room
The purpose of this paper is to describe a process for successful space business ventures - a methodology used by highly successful commercial ventures, but relatively new to space business enterprises. What do highly successful commercial business ventures have in common? How do these companies differ from most commercial space ventures? The answer is the implementation of a state-of-the-art customer satisfaction process. Take the case of the latest winners of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. What did they do that helped to achieve this performance? The answer is they implemented an effective process that measures and achieves the highest possible level of customer satisfaction. The same process can be implemented by space enterprises to achieve comparable commercial results. This paper describes three recent Baldrige winners and the six-step process, including examples of each step. It concludes with the strong recommendation that this process be implemented to assure success in the commercial space world.
