WASHINGTON, April 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing [NYSE:
BA] is honoring 14 companies and one university with its 2014
Supplier of the Year awards, recognizing their superior performance
in delivering high-quality products and services on time and at the
promised cost.
Strong performance and close collaboration with these
award-winning suppliers helped Boeing exceed customers'
more-for-less expectations while also contributing to Boeing's
record $90.8 billion in revenue in
2014.
Each year Boeing recognizes its top-performing suppliers from
around the world. Winning organizations are selected based on
criteria that include quality of their products or services and the
value they create for Boeing and its global airline, U.S. and
allied government customers.
"Strong partnerships with our suppliers can make a difference
between winning and losing customers and competitions, or
determining the success of a development program," said Boeing vice
chairman, president and chief operating officer Dennis Muilenburg. "The best suppliers – like
the ones recognized with the Supplier of the Year Award – operate
as partners and differentiate themselves, and Boeing, from the
competition through close collaboration and a relentless commitment
to first-time quality, on-time delivery and affordability."
In 2014, Boeing spent $62 billion
with more than 13,000 suppliers from 47 countries.
Supplier-provided components and assemblies make up more than 60
percent of the cost of Boeing products. Suppliers also played a key
role for Boeing last year, enabling Boeing Defense, Space &
Security to win significant new contracts and helping Boeing
Commercial Airplanes set an industry record for deliveries in a
single year.
"Our success in 2014 was due in large part to the strong
performance of our supply chain," said Kent
Fisher, vice president and general manager, Supplier
Management, Boeing Commercial Airplanes. "We face an increasingly
competitive landscape across all of our businesses. To continue to
lead the market, we need supplier-partners who understand the
importance of creating a sustainable competitive advantage with
products, services and support that meet or exceed the expectations
of our customers."
Leader's Choice Awards
Advantage (provides competitive advantage by exceeding
cost performance goals)
Universal Alloy Corporation –
Canton, Ga.
Alliance (shares risks and advances Boeing strategic
objectives)
Avis Budget Group – San Francisco, Calif.
Innovation (outstanding performance in research and
development efforts)
California Institute of Technology
(CALTECH) – Pasadena, Calif.
Pathfinder (outstanding efforts and/or performance
improvements)
Rolls-Royce – Indianapolis, Ind.
Category Awards
Aerospace Support
Science and Engineering Services,
LLC – Huntsville, Ala.
Avionics
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. –
Westminster, Colo.
Common Aerospace Commodities
TW Metals – Woodinville, Wash.
Diversity
Anodyne, Inc. – Santa Ana, Calif.
Electronic/Hydraulic/Mechanical
Michelin Aircraft
Tires – Kent,
Wash.
Interiors
FELLFAB Limited – Hamilton, Canada
Non-Production
RB Enterprises – Mukilteo, Wash.
Non-Production – Safety
Zebra Technologies Corporation
– Vernon Hills, Ill.
Major Structures
ShinMaywa Industries, Ltd. –
Kobe, Japan
Outside Manufacturing
Onamac Industries – Everett, Wash.
Technology
Novator AB – Spanga, Sweden
Contact:
Larry Wilson
Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Office: 425-717-9895
Mobile: 425-879-4180
lawrence.r.wilson2@boeing.com
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SOURCE Boeing