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Friday June 20
3M, DuPont, and PPG Named in Automotive Industries' Top Ten Suppliers List
The June Issue of Automotive Industries has posted the results of the 6th Annual Quest for Excellence, a survey of thousands of OEM readers to determine what companies are regarded as the top suppliers in the industry. The Collision Repair Industry's 3M, DuPont, and PPG were named to the list of the Fab Fifty Suppliers, and all three companies were in the Top Ten.Readers were asked to rate the performance of nearly 300 companies with respect to quality, innovation, price, delivery and service/support. Over 1,000 responses were received and tabulated to determine the AI Fab Fifty Suppliers, and within that group the Top Ten.
According to Rob Wilson, publisher of Automotive Industries, "It is the fierce competition in auto building that drives the need for continual improvement in quality and price and that aspect only becomes more acute with time. By working smarter and applying lean efficient systems to every direct and indirect business activity involved, higher levels of quality must be achieved while lowering costs. Though it taxes normal logic, the best suppliers know how to drive these factors in opposite directions."
The survey was conducted only among OEM readers to prevent suppliers from voting for themselves. Readers were asked to rate suppliers on a scale of 0 to 5; 0 = poor and 5 = excellent. "There is no question that the larger multi- product, systems and system integrators have an advantage in the polling," continues Wilson, "but many suppliers with a fairly narrow product line also bubble to the top. Their Quest for Excellence is unimpeded by size or scope. They have a particularly well-honed core competency coupled with good execution that cannot be denied. They are obviously known and respected for what they do so well. And they received high marks accordingly. Our readers have spoken."
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