KUKA Systems as GM Supplier of the Year 2016
(KUKA is proud to be part of GM best suppliers. (f.l. Dr. Till Reuter (CEO KUKA AG), Larence L. Drake (CEO KUKA North America), Dave Drouillard (GM Executive Director, Global Purchasing and Supply Chain) and Kathy Worthen, GM Vice President GPSC Europe)
KUKA Systems was named a GM Supplier of the Year for Powertrain & Body Shop Equipment by General Motors during its 25th annual Supplier of the Year awards ceremony held Friday, March 31 in Orlando, Florida.
KUKA Systems received the award for the second time.
General Motors recognized 118 of its best suppliers from 15 countries that have consistently exceeded GM’s expectations, created outstanding value or brought new innovations to the company. The announcement represented the most suppliers GM has recognized since debuting the Supplier of the Year event in 1992.
“We are focused on building positive supplier relationships, bringing new, customer-centric innovations to GM and being the OEM of choice among suppliers,” said Steve Kiefer, GM vice president, Global Purchasing, and Supply Chain. “The companies we recognize tonight not only have brought innovation, they delivered it with the quality our customers deserve.”
More than half of the suppliers are repeat winners from 2015
Winning suppliers were chosen by a global team of GM purchasing, engineering, quality, manufacturing, and logistics executives and selected based on performance criteria in Product Purchasing, Indirect Purchasing, Customer Care and Aftersales, and Logistics.
“The award acknowledges GM’s most important suppliers in 2016. Given our long-standing, reliable business relationship with General Motors, we are extremely proud that our exceptional performance has been honored in this way by our customer. Especially it is a remarkable celebration and KUKA is part of it”, says Lawrence A. Drake, CEO of KUKA Systems.