Purchasing magazine Medal of Professional Excellence
2008 Purchasing Medal of Professional Excellence
By Purchasing Staff -- Purchasing, 9/11/2008 2:00:00 AM
Welcome to the online home of the most prestigious award in the procurement field, the Purchasing magazine Medal of Professional Excellence. Since 1984 Purchasing has conducted an intensive search annually to identify and recognize those procurement operations that epitomize the best in purchasing professionalism. Our Medal winners are role models for best practices in activities ranging from strategic sourcing to supplier selection and management, global sourcing, strategic planning and risk management, among other critical purchasing functions.
How to apply for the Medal of Professional Excellence:
First read Purchasing’s Medal of Professional Excellence criteria.
Then, send us a detailed letter on how your operation meets those criteria, including documentation on results. Send to pteague@reedbusiness.com.
And the 2008 winner is....
Procter & Gamble
P&G is king of collaboration
ARCHIVE OF PAST WINNERS
Want to learn about past winners? Read the stories on past winners of the Purchasing Medal of Professional Excellence:
2007
Eaton wins Purchasing's Medal of Professional Excellence
2006
Supply management is core of success at UTC
2005
Lean but not mean, Rockwell Collins excels
2004
Hewlett-Packard wins for the 2nd time
2003
2002
Lucent’s supply chain focus fattens margins
2001
2000
Harley-Davidson wins by getting suppliers on board
1999 (IBM)
Reinventing purchasing wins the medal for Big Blue
1998
(For stories on winners prior to 1998, please visit the Purchasing.com bookstore to order the Book of Winners)
1997
Allied Signal
1996
Sun Microsystems
1995
Honda
1994
Tennant
1993
Intel
1992
Hewlett-Packard
1991
Motorola
1990
Ford Motor Co.
1989
NCR
1988
Black & Decker
1987
Chrysler Corp.
1986
Alcoa
1985
Xerox
1984
General Electric
Eaton gets the Medal
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07/04/2001Congrats to P&G
09/15/2008What constitutes a Medal winner?
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