Boeing is honouring 14 companies and one university with its 2014 Supplier of the Year awards, recognising their superior performance in delivering high-quality products and services on time and at the promised cost.
Strong performance and close collaboration with these suppliers helped the company exceed customers' more-for-less expectations while also contributing to their record US$90.8 billion in revenue in 2014.
Each year the company recognises its top-performing suppliers from around the world. These are selected based on criteria that include quality of their products or services and the value they create for the company and its global airline, US 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 recognised with the Supplier of the Year Award – operate as partners and differentiate themselves from the competition through close collaboration and a relentless commitment to first-time quality, on-time delivery and affordability."
In 2014, Boeing spent US$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 company products. Suppliers also played a key role last year, enabling Boeing Defense, Space & Security to win significant new contracts and helping their commercial airline 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."
The awards are listed below:
Leader's Choice Awards
Advantage (provides competitive advantage by exceeding cost performance goals)
Universal Alloy Corporation – Canton, Georgia.
Alliance (shares risks and advances Boeing strategic objectives)
Avis Budget Group – San Francisco, California.
Innovation (outstanding performance in research and development efforts)
California Institute of Technology (CALTECH) – Pasadena, California.
Pathfinder (outstanding efforts and/or performance improvements)
Rolls-Royce – Indianapolis, India.
Category Awards
Aerospace Support
Science and Engineering Services, LLC – Huntsville, Alabama.
Avionics
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. – Westminster, Colorado.
Common Aerospace Commodities
TW Metals – Woodinville, Washington.
Diversity
Anodyne, Inc. – Santa Ana, California.
Electronic/Hydraulic/Mechanical
Michelin Aircraft Tires – Kent, Washington.
Interiors
FELLFAB Limited – Hamilton, Canada
Non-Production
RB Enterprises – Mukilteo, Washington.
Non-Production – Safety
Zebra Technologies Corporation – Vernon Hills, Illinois.
Major Structures
ShinMaywa Industries, Ltd. – Kobe, Japan
Outside Manufacturing
Onamac Industries – Everett, Washington.
Technology
Novator AB – Spanga, Sweden
