Member Benefits

The mission of the Virginia Business Excellence Consortium is to provide a vehicle to help companies identify and obtain support in implementing advanced business practices to improve processes, operations and worker skill levels in Virginia.  The consortium achieves its mission through: site visits at member companies to see first hand how they are implementing a particular improvement initiative; training workshops or round-table discussions on topics of interest to members; speaker events; and sharing ideas, resources, and information on training and educational opportunities and to assist with member problem-solving.  We have three to four learning events per quarter and companies can send anyone in their company to any event.  When space is limited, the director allocates spaces to ensure the broadest participation by interested member companies.

Being a member of VBEC provides member companies with the opportunity to:

• Develop a network of individuals in a variety of companies and industries that you can call on for advice and assistance in implementing business improvements
• Go behind the scenes of other businesses and see how they operate, how they are implementing improvements, what their challenges are and how they are addressing them
• Take advantage of expertise in other companies and leverage resources for training, learning and problem-solving
• Access to various external educational and training resources and speakers
• Discounts on training/educational programs offered by affiliate members, i.e., VPMEP, SPQA and AME 

Dues Structure

The Virginia Business Excellence Consortium has established a graduated dues structure as follows:

• Companies with 50 employees or less (per site in Virginia) pay $500 annually
• Companies with 51-500 employees pay $1000 annually
• Companies with more than 500 employees pay $1875 annually

Agreements

Member companies agree to adhere to established by-laws and to host other member companies at their site once every two years.

Click on the following links to access the consortium by-laws and a membership application.