Canton Business Named Boeing Supplier of the Year

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Boeing has honored a Canton-based business with one of its 2014 Supplier of the Year awards.

Universal Alloy Corporation joins 13 other companies and one university on the awards list, which recognizes “their superior performance in delivering high-quality products and services on time and at the promised cost,” according to the company’s press release.

Awards were given under Leaders Choice and Category awards.

Leaders Choice Awards winners were:

• Advantage (provides competitive advantage by exceeding cost performance goals): Universal Alloy Corporation – Canton, Ga.
• Alliance (shares risks and advances Boeing strategic objectives): Avis Budget Group – San Francisco, Calif.
• Innovation (outstanding performance in research and development efforts): California Institute of Technology (CALTECH) – Pasadena, Calif.
• Pathfinder (outstanding efforts and/or performance improvements): Rolls-Royce – Indianapolis, Ind.

Those recognized under the Category Awards were:

• Aerospace Support: Science and Engineering Services, LLC – Huntsville, Ala.
• Avionics: Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. – Westminster, Colo.
• Common Aerospace Commodities: TW Metals – Woodinville, Wash.
• Diversity: Anodyne, Inc. – Santa Ana, Calif.
• Electronic/Hydraulic/Mechanical: Michelin Aircraft Tires – Kent, Wash.
• Interiors: FELLFAB Limited – Hamilton, Canada
• Non-Production: RB Enterprises – Mukilteo, Wash.
• Non-Production – Safety: Zebra Technologies Corporation – Vernon Hills, Ill.
• Major Structures: ShinMaywa Industries, Ltd. – Kobe, Japan
• Outside Manufacturing: Onamac Industries – Everett, Wash.
• Technology: Novator AB – Spanga, Sweden

Winning suppliers were chosen based on statistical measurements of quality, on-time delivery, post-delivery support, cost and their ability to anticipate and respond to changing customer requirements.

“UAC listened to our customer and proactively invested in technology, capabilities and capacities to deliver what is essential to Boeing,” said Chip Poth, CEO of Universal Alloy Corporation. “We at UAC are honored and thrilled to be recognized by Boeing for this award.”

Strong performance and close collaboration with these award-winning suppliers helped Boeing exceed customers’ more-for-less expectations while also contributing to Boeing’s record $90.8 billion in revenue in 2014, according to the company’s press release.

Each year Boeing recognizes its top-performing suppliers from around the world. Winning organizations are selected based on criteria that include quality of their products or services and the value they create for Boeing and its global airline, U.S. and allied government customers.

“Strong partnerships with our suppliers can make a difference between winning and losing customers and competitions, or determining the success of a development program,” said Boeing vice chairman, president and chief operating officer Dennis Muilenburg. “The best suppliers – like the ones recognized with the Supplier of the Year Award – operate as partners and differentiate themselves, and Boeing, from the competition through close collaboration and a relentless commitment to first-time quality, on-time delivery and affordability.”

In 2014, Boeing spent $62 billion with more than 13,000 suppliers from 47 countries. Supplier-provided components and assemblies make up more than 60 percent of the cost of Boeing products. Suppliers also played a key role for Boeing last year, enabling Boeing Defense, Space & Security to win significant new contracts and helping Boeing Commercial Airplanes set an industry record for deliveries in a single year.

“Our success in 2014 was due in large part to the strong performance of our supply chain,” said Kent Fisher, vice president and general manager, Supplier Management, Boeing Commercial Airplanes. “We face an increasingly competitive landscape across all of our businesses. To continue to lead the market, we need supplier-partners who understand the importance of creating a sustainable competitive advantage with products, services and support that meet or exceed the expectations of our customers.”

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