A nonprofit serving manufacturers that has generously supported the Baldrige Enterprise is AME (Association for Manufacturing Excellence), which comprises 4,000 manufacturing members ranging from executives to senior and middle managers. I recently interviewed AME president and CEO Kim Humphrey, interested in knowing how she sees manufacturing and Baldrige, and how she thinks we can work together to support the U.S. economy.

Humphrey not only leads AME but also is a board member for the Baldrige-based U.S. Senate Productivity and Quality Award, which is a member of the Alliance for Performance Excellence, the network of Baldrige-based state and sector programs. Below are her responses to my questions.

Can you please describe your roles in AME and the Senate Productivity and Quality Award?

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