SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwire - April 28, 2008) - Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) received the General
Motors 2007 Supplier of the Year award for its significant contributions to
GM's global product and performance achievements. The 16th annual award,
themed the "Best of the Best," was given during ceremonies April 26 at the
Sawgrass Marriott Hotel in Jacksonville, Fla.
"GM is proud to honor Cisco as a GM Supplier of the Year winner," said Bo
Andersson, GM group vice president, Global Purchasing and Supply Chain.
"This award is our way of telling the winners that we appreciate all of
their efforts in working together with GM to manufacture world-class
vehicles.
"Cisco is among the best of the best," he continued. "They understand that
our mutual success can only be achieved by sharing common goals and
priorities."
The next-generation information technology network at GM is serving as a
collaboration and innovation platform for product-development engineers and
support people at the company's facilities around the globe.
"This award reflects the strong working relationship we have forged with GM
and the ability for two large organizations to listen and institute
business model and process changes that deliver significant return on
investment for both organizations," said Gary Moore, senior vice president
of the Services Group at Cisco. "GM provided us with the inspiration and
the guidance to work within its global IT blueprint and has once again
showed why it is an industry leader in IT best practices. The award serves
as a beacon for a new generation of business model partnerships that Cisco
and many of its other large customers will be able to benefit from in the
future."
The GM Supplier of the Year award began as a global program in 1992.
Winners are selected by a global team of executives from purchasing,
engineering, manufacturing and logistics who base their decisions on
supplier performance in quality, service, technology and price. This year,
General Motors honored 92 suppliers for their outstanding performance
throughout 2007.
To view a video or listen to a podcast about how collaboration is playing
an important role in enabling business transformation at GM, please click
on the following links:
Video: GM Relies
on Collaboration
Podcast: GM Relies on Collaboration
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