GM Korea honors best regional automotive suppliers
- GM Korea held the first Annual Quality Excellence Awards ceremony
- 89 Korean suppliers awarded for Quality Excellence, highlighting world-class local supply base, which accounts for the largest single country population after USA
- GM Korea and GM support worldwide growth of local supply base
GM Korea today has honored its best 89 automotive suppliers in Korea for delivering superior quality at the first annual Quality Excellence Awards ceremony in Phuket, Thailand.
“We are proud of recognizing 89 Korean suppliers, the 2nd largest number for any country in global GM, after USA.” GM International Operations Vice President of Global Purchasing and Supply Chain(GPSC) Johnny Saldanha said, “Korean suppliers have been a key factor in Chevrolet’s record global sales and GM Korea’s outstanding achievements.”
GM intends to make the Quality Excellence Awards ceremony an annual event among other initiatives to strengthen ties and deepen its collaboration with suppliers world-wide.
GM Korea President Sergio Rocha said the awards highlight the key role that Korean manufacturers are playing in the company’s success and the company look forward to strengthening the partnership to take advantage of growing global demand.
During today’s event, Saldanha and GM Korea executives presented awards to the automaker’s best suppliers. They also discussed plans for expanding the opportunity for domestic suppliers to serve GM’s global operations.
Rocha reserved special praise, for the 89 Quality Excellence Award winners, who attained the highest quality scores possible. “Winning the award for quality excellence is an incredible accomplishment, which demonstrates discipline to execute at the highest levels. GM Korea places its top priority on maintaining our competitiveness for sustainable growth with Korean suppliers.”
Last year, 17 Korean suppliers were named GM Suppliers of the Year. They accounted for more than 20 percent of the 82 suppliers from around the globe that received the prestigious award. The number of Korean winners has tripled from five years earlier, when five Korean suppliers were honored.
GM Korea signed an agreement on shared growth and fair trade last year to support its domestic parts makers and has actively promoted its suppliers’ entrance into export markets. The company has been expanding the number and scope of its overseas parts exhibitions, which have introduced domestic suppliers to GM’s global operations in the emerging markets of Uzbekistan, Russia, Thailand and Brazil.
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2016년 9월 23일 10:39
