WALTHAM, Mass., April 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/
-- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) recognized 15 suppliers
for their exceptional performance at the inaugural Supplier
Excellence Conference in Boston,
Mass., March 31. The award
winning suppliers distinguished themselves through superior
performance on several specific key customer-focused metrics
including affordability, technical capability, business management,
and partnership.
"Suppliers play a critical role in our ability to deliver
affordable, quality solutions on-time, every time," said
David Wilkins, vice president of
Supply Chain and Contracts for Raytheon. "The Supplier Excellence
awards give us an opportunity to recognize and honor the suppliers
who share our focus on customer success."
Suppliers were recognized with performance-based platinum, gold
and silver awards, as well as special awards for exceptional
performance in the categories of affordability, technical
capability, business management, and partnership. Award winners are
as follows:
Performance awards:
- Platinum
- Advanced Electronics Company, Ltd.
- Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace
- Milton CAT
- Gold
- EMC Corporation
- Flexible Circuits, Inc. (an FCG Company)
- Orient Construction Company
- Qorvo, Inc.
- Silver
- Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
- Cree, Inc.
- Qioptiq
- RTI Remmele Engineering, Inc.
Special awards:
- Aerojet Rocketdyne for excellence in affordability
- BAE Systems Bofors for excellence in technical capability
- Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. for excellence in
business management
- Jabil Defense and Aerospace Services for excellence in
affordability
- Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace for excellence in
affordability
- Nammo AS for excellence in partnership
A facet of Raytheon's strategic sourcing programs, the Supplier
Excellence Program identifies mission critical suppliers for better
engagement and communication; provides quantitative and qualitative
measurement of supplier performance; and recognizes and rewards top
performers who contribute to Raytheon's business success.
Additional information about Raytheon's strategic sourcing process
and the Supplier Excellence Program can be found at
www.raytheon.com/suppliers.
About Raytheon
Raytheon Company, with 2014 sales of $23 billion and
61,000 employees worldwide, is a technology and innovation leader
specializing in defense, security and civil markets throughout the
world. With a history of innovation spanning 93 years, Raytheon
provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration
and other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; and
command, control, communications and intelligence systems, as well
as cyber security and a broad range of mission support services.
Raytheon is headquartered in Waltham, Mass. For more
about Raytheon, visit us at www.raytheon.com and follow
us on Twitter @raytheon.
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