Organized to further build “a world-class collaborative supply
chain and increase performance expectations of its supplier
partners in order to deliver more consistent, dependable
performance,” Accuride Corp. recently hosted its annual Global
Supplier Summit in Newburgh, Ind.
With the company’s largest vendors in attendance, they received
an update on the firm’s strategy and key initiatives to “fix
and grow” its operations in order to understand their role in
supporting the plan’s timely execution.
In addition, the participants were presented with initiatives
involving procurement; logistics and distribution; inventory
control and planning; and supplier quality and
development.
“As a critical element of our commitment to deliver more
dependable performance for customers, Accuride is building a
more robust and efficient supply chain capable of achieving
consistent and predictable levels of excellence,” reports Mary
Blair, senior vice president of supply chain management.
“This summit meeting was an important step in renewing and
strengthening collaboration with our largest supplier partners
by setting clear targets for their performance and development,
while engaging them more deeply in the key initiatives underway
to ‘fix and grow’ Accuride in 2012 and beyond,” she points
out.
As part of a Supplier Quality and Development initiative, the
company also rolled out its new Global Supplier Quality Manual
that includes revised performance metrics covering the areas of
criteria for selection as a supplier, new product launch,
production processes, and continual improvement. The document
is available at here.
For more information, visit www.accuridecorp.com.
