Viking Plastics Honored with Delphi's 2007 Pinnacle Award
Viking Plastics received Delphi Corporation's Pinnacle Award for Supplier Excellence. The award, established in 2004, recognizes Delphi's top supplier partners for their contribution to Delphi's Excellence culture.
Corry, PA (PRWEB) July 31, 2007 -- Viking Plastics received Delphi Corporation's Pinnacle Award for Supplier Excellence. The award, established in 2004, recognizes Delphi's top supplier partners for their contribution to Delphi's Excellence culture. The Award also provides annual recognition to a select group of suppliers based on their quality, cost and delivery performance.
Pinnacle Award winners have met or exceeded Delphi's quality, delivery, service and competitive costs expectations. Specific criteria for direct suppliers, such as Viking Plastics, are listed below:
Criteria for Direct (production) Suppliers:
| | - Green 12 month average quality score on the Delphi supplier scorecard;
- Zero major disruptions, Zero repeat problems and single digit PPM;
- Zero customer impacts for quality;
- Zero parts on controlled shipping;
- Improving trend from 2005 to 2006 in total number of Problem Cases or zero Problem Cases;
- Green indicator for ISO/TS16949 certification on the compliance section of the Delphi Supplier Scorecard;
- Not on the QFS/NBH list or controlled shipping list;
- Registered for the problem solver system and has an active supplier receiver;
- Submitted savings suggestions to the Supplier Suggestion Application on the Delphi Supplier Portal >$500;
- Greater than 10 parts or greater than US $1 million Annual Purchase Value and greater than one part;
- Met commodity savings objectives;
- Met requirements as identified in the Delphi customer specific requirements.
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"Congratulations to Viking Plastics. Many of the contributors to your achievement are working diligently at your facility. Please extend our congratulations to them for their dedication to excellence," said Sid Johnson, Delphi vice president, global supply management.
Only 26 suppliers from seven countries and various categories were recognized by Delphi.
About Viking Plastics:
Viking Plastics (www.vikingplastics.com), a VPI Acquisition Corporation company, was founded in 1972, and specializes in producing plastic replacements for metal components in demanding applications. Dedicated to quality, the company maintains ISO/TS 16949, QS-9000 and ISO 9002 certifications at its state-of-the-art facility based in Corry, Pa.
Viking is an active participant in the nationally recognized Penn State Plastics Technology Consortium and, as a leader in developing innovative products worldwide, provides advances and solutions to the plastics industry.
With proven expertise in processing engineered resins, developing innovative designs and utilizing high-volume, automated assembly, Viking produces custom, proprietary and off-the-shelf:
| | - Sealing and fluid flow components;
- Mobile air conditioning products, closures and connectors;
- Fuel system components;
- Brackets and clips;
- Caps and protective closures;
- High-temperature masking products for chemical, paint and other applications.
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About Delphi Corporation:
Delphi is a leading global supplier of mobile electronics and transportation systems, including powertrain, safety, steering, thermal, and controls & security systems, electrical/electronic architecture, and in-car entertainment technologies. Engineered to meet and exceed the rigorous standards of the automotive industry, Delphi technology is also found in computing, communications, consumer electronics, energy and medical applications. Headquartered in Troy, Mich., Delphi has approximately 170,000 employees and operates 162 wholly owned manufacturing sites in 34 countries with sales of $26.4 billion in 2006. Delphi can be found on the Internet at www.delphi.com.
CONTACT:
Peter Kraus
(814) 664-8671
www.vikingplastics.com
Sandra McVeigh
(724) 776-5279
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