Boston Strategies International is pleased to announce the winners of its 2009 Supply Chain Excellence Awards.
The firm conducted an in-depth global supply chain benchmark study in which diverse companies responded from countries as widespread as Australia, Fiji, Germany, India, Italy, Nigeria, Norway, South Africa and the United States.
This year there were three categories: Oil, Gas & Petrochemicals, Process Industries, and General Industry. Winners were evaluated based on their demonstrated supply chain processes and performance on four dimensions: cost leadership, reliability, customer satisfaction and innovation.
The 2009 award winners are:
Oil, Gas & Petrochemicals:
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (India) won the Supply Chain Synchronization Award based on its superior order accuracy, inventory management and overall asset productivity.
FMC Kongsberg Subsea (Norway) won the Supply Chain Synchronization Award for its superior supplier management, order fulfillment reliability and overall asset productivity.
Process Industries:
Rea Magnet Wire Company (USA) won the Supply Chain Management Award for its superior performance in product customization, capacity flexibility, customer responsiveness and cost management.
Dangote Sugar Refineries (Nigeria) won the Supply Chain Cost Leadership Award for its superior performance in supplier integration, transaction efficiency and bottom-line profitability.
General Industry:
Herman Miller (USA) won the Supply Chain Synchronization Award based on its superior order cycle time consistency, supply management and return on capital employed.
Henkel's Laundry and Home Care business unit (Germany) won the Supply Chain Customization and Innovation Awards based on its superior customer segmentation, customer response time, capacity flexibility, customized order fulfillment and design for supply chain.