Spotlight shines on key suppliers
Companies with best-in-class purchasing practices work closely with their suppliers to develop innovations and increase value in their product offerings. And, they recognize their best suppliers through awards programs as a way of encouraging more innovation. Here are some recent awards. You'll find more on www.purchasing.com.
-- Purchasing, 11/19/2009 2:00:00 AM
Rockwell Collins
Rockwell Collins, a Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based developer of communication and aviation electronic technology for commercial and governmental applications, has a wide-ranging supplier-awards program that recognizes small businesses, companies with Lean practices and commodities suppliers who have demonstrated excellence.
The winner of the company's President's Award is Allegis Group Services (AGS), Hanover, Md. Among reasons why AGS received the award: collaboration that resulted in $2 million in savings for the company. "Superior supply chain management requires a team effort and AGS has embraced this concept," Roger Weiss, vice president for material and supply for Rockwell Collins, said in giving the award.
AGS also won the company's Indirect Supplier of the Year Award.
Rockwell Collins' design engineering staff selected Texas Instruments to receive the new Engineers' Choice Award. TI won for "excellent customer service, a wide variety of technology, innovation through enhanced plastic and the company's use of preferred lead finishes in products compliant with RoHS (Restriction on the Use of Hazardous Substances).
Rockwell Collins' Small Business Supplier of the Year winner was Modern Manufacturing and Engineering Co., Brooklyn Park, Minn. The company's Lean Supplier of the Year was Kaysun Corp., Manitowoc, Wis.
Commodity Award winners were: The antenna supplier of the Year, AeroAntenna, Chatsworth, Calif.; the crystal products Supplier of the Year, Rakon, Auckland, New Zealand; the discrete semiconductor supplier of the Year, Metelics, Inc., Sunnyvale, Calif.; the hardware supplier of the Year, Columbia Nut & Bolt, Moonachie, N.J.; the interconnect supplier of the year, Tri-Star, El Segunda, Calif.; the machined metal supplier of the year, Precise Products Corp., Minneapolis; the magnetic supplier of the year, Filter Research Corp., Palm Bay. Fla.; the plastic supplier of the year, Kaysun, Manitowoc, Wis.; the printed wiring board supplier of the year, Pho-Tronics, Milwaukee; the relay/switch supplier of the year, Teledyne Relays, Hawthorne, Calif.; the resistor/capacitor supplier of the year (co-winners), Bourns, Inc., Riverside, Calif. and AVX, Myrtle Beach, S.C.; the rotating equipment supplier of the year, Myonic, Ringwood, N.J.; the sheet metal supplier of the year, Stampings of Minnesota, Lakeville, Minn.; standard semiconductor supplier of the year, Linear Tech., Milpitas, Calif.; the subcontracts supplier of the year, DIT-MCO, Kansas City; and the wire and cable supplier of the year, Vermillion, Wichita, Kan.
Procter & Gamble
P&G, Cincinnati, Ohio, holds a supplier awards event annually as part of its overall Supplier Performance Management Program. P&G established its Supplier Performance Management System (SPMS) in 2008 to define, measure and collaboratively enhance the performance of its suppliers and external business partners to exceed business needs and enhance relationships. The SPMS focuses on metrics associated with the commercial, operational, innovation and relationship performance categories. In 2009, P&G added a parallel process to gather supplier feedback on P&G performance, including the use of an e-survey tool.
P&G says its program is based on "encouraging data-based, two-way feedback so that P&G and its suppliers can learn from each other, and translate capability and performance improvement into value for P&G and its suppliers." The 2009 P&G Supplier of the Year Award recipients: BASF; Evonik Industries; Havpak, Inc.; Jones Lang LaSalle; Novozymes; RockTenn; and The Cly-Del Manufacturing Co.
The company also named 55 companies recipients of its 2009 Corporate Supplier Excellence awards. They are: Accenture; BASF; Berman Printing; Bischof + Klein; CCL Label; Clevertech SRL; Cosmint; D. Cloostermans-Huwaert; Ernst & Young; Evonik Industries; Farm Frites International B.V.; Fastenal Company; Fibertex Nonwovens; FREJA Transport & Logistics; GoIndustry DoveBid; Havpak, Inc.; Hayco; Heinz-Glas, Germany; Hewlett-Packard; Hooven-Dayton Corporation; HPV Engineering; International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.; Interscope Mfg., Inc.; JC Fiolet; Jones Lang LaSalle; Lingemann; Millennium Specialty Chemicals; Nelson Packaging Company Inc.; Nippon Shokubai Company; Nordson Corporation; Novozymes; PAX Australia/One Asia; Pegas Nonwovens; Premiere Packaging, Inc.; Promotion Execution Partners; PT Ciptakemas Abadi; Quality Associates, Inc.; RKW SE; RockTenn; Sandler AGSchwarzenbach/Germany; Sasol Olefins & Surfactants; Schneider National Carriers, Inc.; Smith Transport, Inc.; Spedition Services; Superior Bulk Logistics; Tanax, Inc; Technimark; The Cly-Del Manufacturing Co.; The Oregon Potato Company; The Specialized Packaging Group, Inc.; Time Release Sciences Inc.; Toyo Aerosol Industry Co.; Transportadora Jolivan; and Zhongrong Products of Paper Printing.
Intel
Chipmaker Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has a long-standing two-tier supplier-awards program. The top award is for Supplier Continuous Quality Improvement (SCQI), and it recognizes suppliers who provide "consistently world-class performance," including strategic contributions to Intel's technology roadmap, cost reduction and manufacturing support.
The 2009 SCQI winners are: Daewon Semiconductor Packaging Industrial Company, for plastic injection mold trays and LGA covers (shipping media); DEK International, for printing machines; DISCO Corporation, for precision cutting, grinding and polishing equipment; Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation, for etchers, CD-SEM and defect inspection tools; Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc., for diffusion furnaces; ICOS Vision Systems, for automated visual inspection equipment; JSR Corporation, for advanced photoresists, packaging materials and adhesives; Kelly Services, Inc., for staffing services; Moses Lake Industries (Tama Chemicals), for ultra-high-purity process and performance chemicals; Munters Corporation, for VOC abatement equipment; Nikon Corporation, for lithography scanners for technology development and high volume manufacturing; STATS ChipPAC, for full packaging and test services; SUMCO Corporation, for 200mm and 300mm polished and epitaxial silicon wafers; and TXC Corporation, for supplies crystals and oscillators.
"We are delighted to recognize the outstanding achievements of the SCQI award winners," said Brian Krzanich, vice president and general manager of Intel's Manufacturing and Supply Chain. "These 14 suppliers lead the industry in commitment to innovation, agility, manufacturing support and sustainability."
Intel also recognizes suppliers through its Preferred Quality Supplier Award program (PQS). To qualify for PQS status, suppliers must score 80% on a report card that assesses performance and ability to meet cost, quality, availability, delivery, technology and responsiveness goals. This year's PQS award recipients also demonstrated basic compliance to the Electronic Industry Code of Conduct as well as Intel's Green Sustainability Program.
This year's PQS program winners are: AceCo Precision Manufacturing; Asyst Technologies, Inc.; Cisco Systems, Inc.; Dow Corning Corporation; FUJIFILM Electronic Materials; Ibiden Co.; KES System & Service (1993); Linde Electronics, a Member of the Linde Group; Murata Manufacturing Co.; Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board Corporation; Nippon Mining & Metals Co.; Praxair Electronics; Richtek Technology Corporation; Rofin-Baasel; Rosendin Electric; Securitas Security Services USA, Inc.; Senju Metal Industry Co.; Skanska; Tektronix, Inc.; Thermal Product Solutions, a Division of SPX Corporation; Tokyo Electron Limited; TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc.; Tyco Electronics; Verizon Business; VWR International; and Xstrata Recycling, Inc.
"The standard by which companies are measured to be considered world-class quality continues to rise," said Craig Brown, vice president of Intel's Technology and Manufacturing Group and director of Materials.
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