What a great idea!
How about a spin off a treasure hunt? In advance plant 1 thing in each department that is wrong - and award the first person/team that finds it! This would take some control measures so as not to affect the product, but the planted item can range from forms used, control charts, unmarked (but truely calabrated) equipment, uncontrolled document (of course all depending on your policies)...etc
What can I say? I'm all for work, but like to have fun too!
I think keeping the lines of communication open between all levels of employees is key. You don't say what the 'environment' of your company is. Will anyone ask a question? Are they afraid to voice their opinions? Are they a valued part of the process and know they play a roll in process input? When I started here there was a complaciency that was very discouraging "why say something, they just ingore it/me and keep doing what they want or tell us to". The new plant mgr had a time of it but after 3 years it's quite different now. Our processes have improved, and production capabilities increased (along with decrease scrap).
Do you have customer visits (with any frequency)? Are your operators a part of the presentation, being the ones walking the visitors through their portion of the process? Doing this has helped us a lot. It was done gradually, educating along the way...but boy do the customers love it! And many operators see it as a 'feather' in their cap and vie for a chance to present.
When you put this even together, I would love to hear what was done and the results. It sounds like an effective tool to not only improve quality awareness but maybe initiate quality competetiveness and boost morale/relieve stresses.
Other ideas -
* Quality challenge - review current metrics, add to them if need be, and measure the occurances of rework/scrap, etc... associated with the processes/product
* Put up a 'hall of fame' that would carry over year to year (or whatever frequency you've chosen)
* Add a periodic walk-through asking pertinent questions randomly and annoucing what the best (most accurate and complete) responses and respondants were.
* Find out what your associates value most about their jobs and offer a long term award system, so they know this isn't just another 'flavor of the month' idea that will come and go.