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Top Manufacturing Leadership 100 Award Winners Honored at Gala Celebration


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17 May, 2013, 17:15 GMT

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- Ford, Nicolet Plastics, and General Motors' Diana Tremblay claim top awards as manufacturing leaders of the year

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Three manufacturing leaders who demonstrated the ability to thrive in times of rapid change and turned global competitive challenges into growth opportunities were recognized this week with top honors in the ninth annual Manufacturing Leadership 100 (ML100) Awards, presented by the Manufacturing Leadership Community, part of Frost & Sullivan.

At a gala awards ceremony at the Breakers Hotel attended by winners of the ML100 Awards, Diana Tremblay, vice president for North American Manufacturing at General Motors, was named Manufacturing Leader of the Year. This recognition is a result of her role in returning the company to firm financial footing and revamping GM's plants ability to respond quickly as customers increasingly migrate to smaller, more fuel-efficient, and alternative-energy vehicles.

Also receiving top honors were Nicolet Plastics Inc. and Ford Motor Company.  Both companies were recognized for having carried out the most transformative projects reviewed this year by the ML100 distinguished panel of industry judges.  Nicolet was selected as the top overall project from among all 2013 ML100 Award winners with annual revenues of under $1 billion. Ford's Enterprise Bill of Process initiative was selected as the top overall project from among all 2013 ML100 Award winners with annual revenues of more than $1 billion.

Seven winners of ML100 High Achiever Awards and three winners of the ML100 Editors' Choice Awards were also announced. The High Achiever Awards are presented to a select group of ML100 Award-winning projects announced earlier this year.  High Achievers received the most votes from the judges in each of the seven ML100 Award categories. Winners of the Editors' Choice Awards were selected by members of the Manufacturing Executive editorial staff which found them to be projects that represented great potential and captured the spirit of the ML100 Awards.

Also honored were winners of the ML100 Technology Partner Awards, President's Awards, and President Awards Platinum Club, that played key roles in helping ML100 Award winners to achieve outstanding performance.

"Our heartiest congratulations go out to Diana Tremblay, Nicolet Plastics, the Ford Motor Company, and all of the top ML100 Award winners," said David R. Brousell, global vice president, research, and editorial director of the Manufacturing Leadership Community, whose businesses include the ML100 Awards program, the Manufacturing Leadership Summit, the Manufacturing Leadership Journal, and the Manufacturing Leadership Council. "These manufacturing innovators have shown us all how manufacturing leaders can survive challenging times while excelling to create competitive advantage."

"As we all know it's a leadership award, but it takes a whole team of people," said Tremblay of GM after receiving the top award. "On behalf of them I'd like to thank them for all the hard work they do."

Nicolet Plastics was selected as the Small Manufacturer of the Year for its success in reinventing itself as an ultra-responsive provider of low- and moderate-volume parts in the face of rising global competition using a system called Quick Response Manufacturing to improve every part of the company.

"On behalf of all the employees of Nicolet Plastics who helped win this award, thank you," said Bob Macintosh, the company's president and CEO.

Ford Motor Company was honored as the Large Manufacturer of the Year for its Enterprise Bill of Process initiative which has transformed the way the company plans and executes its vehicle programs digitally on a global scale.

"I'd like to thank everyone on behalf of Ford Motors, and thank the Siemens and Ford teams for their work on this project," said John Fleming, Ford's executive vice president, global manufacturing and labor affairs. "I'd like to accept this award on behalf of all the Ford employees who make this happen."

Other top 2013 ML100 Awards honors and their recipients were:

Editors' Choice Awards:

  • Acclaim Energy Advisors LLC for its Smart Grid for Energy Curtailment Optimization Project;
  • AQuate Corp. for its Mobile Counter Improvised Explosive Device Simulation and Training Program;
  • New Flyer Industries for its Operational Excellence Project.

High Achiever Awards:

  • Nanocomp Technologies Inc. in the Game-Changing Technologies Category for its Low-Cost System for Manufacturing Advanced Nanotube Fibers;
  • Deere & Company in the Global Value Chain Category for its Achieving Excellence Project;
  • Alcoa Inc. in the Information Leadership Category for its SMART Manufacturing Project (tie)
  • Eli Lilly and Company in the Information Leadership Category for its Global Business Reporting initiative (tie);
  • CEMEX in the Innovative Enterprise Category for its Shift Project;
  • Chrysler Group LLC in the New Workforce Category for its World Class Manufacturing Academy Initiative;
  • Acumed LLC in the Operational Excellence Category for its Lean Manufacturing Transformation Initiative;
  • The Boeing Company in the Sustainability Category for its Supplier Packaging and Waste Stream Mapping Project.

Also honored at the ML100 Awards Gala event were Technology Partner Award winners that helped ML100 Award winners achieve outstanding performance. Those winners were AeroScout Inc., AT&T Inc., Autodesk Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., E2open Inc., Hewlett-Packard Company, IBM Corp., IQMS Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mitsubishi Electric Automation Inc., OSIsoft LLC, Plex Systems Inc., PTC Inc., Sheertrans Solutions, Siemens PLM Software, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., and Teradata Corp.

About the Manufacturing Leadership Community  

The Manufacturing Leadership Community, Frost & Sullivan, is the world's first member-driven, global business leadership network dedicated to senior executives in the manufacturing industry. The Manufacturing Leadership Community's mission is to help senior executives define and shape a better future for themselves, their organizations, and the industry at large. The Community offers  an extensive portfolio of leadership networking, information and professional development products, programs, and services -- including the Manufacturing Executive Website, an online global business network with 5,300 members around the world; the Manufacturing Leadership Council, an invitation-only executive organization of over 100 members; the annual Manufacturing Leadership Summit; the Manufacturing Leadership 100 Awards, celebrating industry achievement; and the thought-leading Manufacturing Leadership Journal. For more information, please visit www.MLCouncil.com

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