Full Text of HR0483 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, In 1921, 3 young Japanese chemists in Tokyo laid | 3 | | the foundation for the GC Corporation; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, The GC Corporation is one of the world's largest | 5 | | manufacturers of dental products with nearly
2,600 associates | 6 | | and production sites in Japan, United States, China, and | 7 | | Europe; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, The GC Corporation's subsidiary in the United | 9 | | States is known as GC America; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, GC America works with dentists, technicians, | 11 | | hygienists, and other dental professionals around
the world to | 12 | | be a leader in providing quality dental care products that make | 13 | | a major contribution to
people's health; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, GC America constantly seeks to produce original | 15 | | products that consciously curtail the
environmental impact of | 16 | | the production process; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, The GC Corporation recently celebrated 94 years as | 18 | | a leader in innovation and technology of
dental materials; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, The Deming Prize was established in 1951 to honor |
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| 1 | | W. Edwards Deming who contributed
greatly to Japan's | 2 | | proliferation of statistical quality control after World War | 3 | | II; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, W. Edwards Deming's teachings helped Japan's | 5 | | industries become recognized as delivering
the highest quality | 6 | | in the world; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The Deming Prize is a global quality award that | 8 | | recognizes businesses that have successfully
implemented Total | 9 | | Quality Management (TQM); and | 10 | | WHEREAS, The Deming Prize is one of the oldest and most | 11 | | widely recognized quality awards in the world
according to The | 12 | | Management and Control of Quality (4th ed.), written by James | 13 | | Evans and William Lindsay
in 1993; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, GC America received the prestigious Deming Prize | 15 | | in 2014 for their continued quality; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, GC America is the first dental company in the | 17 | | United States to earn the Deming Prize; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, GC America is only the fourth company in the | 19 | | United States to earn the Deming Prize; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 3 | | congratulate GC America on receiving the prestigious and | 4 | | globally recognized Deming Prize for being a worldwide leader | 5 | | in Total Quality Management; and be it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to GC America as an expression of our esteem and | 8 | | respect.
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