Dresser-Rand Group Inc. is pleased to report that the Supplier Excellence Alliance (SEA) has awarded its prestigious Richard Hall Award for Leadership Excellence to Ken Marcia, the company’s vice president of supply management and process innovation. The second annual Aerospace & Defense Industry Supply Chain Awards recognized the performance and leadership contributions of small- to mid-sized supplier companies.
Dresser Rand recently outlined its lean operations and processes in a presentation at a SEA conference in September highlighting its work in value stream mapping for manufacturing and logistics.
"We are very proud of Ken and his well deserved recognition as a leader in implementing industry leading manufacturing techniques at Dresser-Rand," said Vince Volpe, president and CEO of Dresser-Rand. "Removing waste from the value streams throughout Dresser-Rand requires continuous effort and lean is a great way to increase stockholder value because it improves both the top-line and the bottom-line. Process efficiencies, cycle time reductions, and cost improvements are being driven by worldwide collaboration and by sharing information and best practices across Dresser-Rand locations."
Marcia commented that, "Our goal is to continue to provide clients with the highest product and service performance in terms of safety, quality, delivery and total value. By eliminating non-value-added activities, or waste, we become leaner and more efficient. Fast delivery of high quality products increases market share and improves operating margins and cash flow."
About Supplier Excellence Alliance
SEA is a non-profit alliance of aerospace and defense prime and tier-one contractors and sub-tier suppliers organized to transform the supply chain. Its mission is to accelerate performance of small and mid-sized production suppliers.
About Dresser-Rand
Dresser-Rand is among the largest suppliers of rotating equipment solutions to the worldwide oil, gas, petrochemical, and process industries. The Company operates manufacturing facilities in the United States, France, United Kingdom, Germany, Norway, India and China, and maintains a network of 33 service and support centers covering more than 140 countries.
