-- Alcoa Wheel & Transportation Products -- Northrup Grumman2. Performance Excellence Award: Enterprise that has harnessed the performance impacts of value chain activities and mastered methodologies for financial, operational, and customer-centric performance excellence. Nominees:
-- John Deere -- Motorola -- Honeywell Aerospace3. Process Excellence Award: Enterprise that has demonstrated process ingenuity, agility, flexibility, and scalability to address evolving business requirements. Nominees:
-- Black & Decker -- Rockwell Collins4. Business Evolution Award: Enterprise that has demonstrated the ability to manage the flow of information across internal functional practices to achieve demonstrable business growth. Nominees:
-- Novartis -- Goodrich Corporation5. Executive Stewardship Award: Enterprise that has overcome tremendous obstacles and achieved new performance heights as a result of direct involvement and leadership from exceptional executive management. Nominees:
-- Pitney Bowes MapInfo -- FordThese esteemed organizations will be highlighted at Aberdeen's 2009 Product Innovation Executive Summit, April 29-30 in Chicago. The award winners will be announced by Aberdeen's President and Chief Research Officer during an award ceremony on Day One of the Summit. "Now in its third year, the Product Innovation and Engineering Summit has become the foremost resource for product manufacturers and business leaders seeking actionable recommendations for improving product development and engineering performance," states Chad Jackson, Vice President, Product Innovation & Engineering Research at Aberdeen. A snapshot of some of the presenting organizations at the summit include:
Delphi Sealy Raytheon Tyco Healthcare Eaton Corporation Wachovia Avaya Labs Knapheide Manufacturing Co. Titoma Ltd. Blue Highway Masco Corp. MotorolaTo participate or for more information, please visit: http://summits.aberdeen.com/index.php/PIE.html. Technology vendors and solutions providers can participate in the summit as event sponsors to get their products in front of the decision makers that matter. For sponsorship information please visit http://summits.aberdeen.com/index.php/Product-Innovation-and-Engineering-Summit/product-innovation-summit-sponsors.html. About Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company Aberdeen is a leading provider of fact-based research and market intelligence that delivers demonstrable results. Having benchmarked more than 30,000 companies in the past two years, Aberdeen is uniquely positioned to educate users to action: driving market awareness, creating demand, enabling sales, and delivering meaningful return-on-investment analysis. As the trusted advisor to the global technology markets, corporations turn to Aberdeen for insights that drive decisions. For additional information, visit Aberdeen http://www.aberdeen.com or call (617) 723-7890.
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