2009 Supply Chain Excellence Awards
Thursday November 5, 2009
Herman Miller and Rea Magnet Wire were America's award winners in the 2009 Supply Chain Excellence Awards given by Boston Strategies International. The company conducted an in-depth global supply chain benchmark study and awards were given in three categories; Oil, Gas & Petrochemicals, Process Industries, and General Industry. The winners were those who scored highly in their demonstrated supply chain processes and performance on four dimensions: cost leadership, reliability, customer satisfaction and innovation. Herman Miller won the Supply Chain Synchronization Award in the General Industry category based on its superior order cycle time consistency, supply management and return on capital employed. Rea Magnet Wire Company won the Supply Chain Management Award in the process industries category for its superior performance in product customization, capacity flexibility, customer responsiveness and cost management.
Other winners included Bharat Petroleum Corporation of India, FMC Kongsberg Subsea of Norway, Dangote Sugar Refineries of Nigeria and Henkel's Laundry and Home Care of Germany.
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supply chain is the most important (frm my point of view) but the most ignored part of most of the companies. it is important to generate sales but efficient deliver of that sales can bring far more customer satisfaction and repeat business