-- Richard Kunst, Vice President of Continuous Improvement, La-Z-Boy -- Michael Treacy, Best Selling Author "The Discipline of Market Leaders" -- Marcel Beraud, SVP and COO, Gate Gourmet -- Mariela Castano, Continuous Improvement Manager, Nestle Canada -- Dr. Terence Barnhart, Director of Strategic Management, Pfizer -- Bill Avelino, Sr. Director of Global MES, Timken -- Hein Winkelaar, Operations & TPM Manager, PURAC Biochem, Netherlands -- Bill Rogers, CIO, Goss International -- Juan Carlos Sol, Program Manager, Corporate Manufacturing Initiatives, SigmaQ -- Marty Slagle, Corporate Quality and Process Control, Hormel -- Wayne Loomer, Quality Control Manager, Cytyc Corporation -- A Hologic Company"'The Manufacturing in the 21st Century Summit' was a great opportunity for Aberdeen to bring global executives together for valuable discussions and actionable recommendations surrounding manufacturing strategies," states Bharat Nair. "Attending companies face issues due to a changing global manufacturing environment and our on-site discussions with senior executives will help shape the role manufacturing organizations play in the 21st Century." During the proceedings, Aberdeen presented five companies with Manufacturing Achievement Awards for excellence demonstrated in 5 specific areas. The award winners were selected solely on our research of the past 12 months. The 2007 Achievement Award Winners were: Fairchild Semiconductor received the Executive Stewardship Award in recognition of the performance heights they've achieved as a result of direct involvement and leadership from executive management in manufacturing operations. Award Recipient: Mark Rioux, Vice President of Quality. BAE Systems received the Business Evolution Award for managing information flow across internal functional practices in order to achieve measurable business growth. Award recipient: George Dickinson, Vice President. Keyspan Energy / Nationalgrid received the Innovation in Technology Award for maximizing technology solutions to solve pressing supply chain issues and positively impact company performance. Award recipient: John Ragone, Plant Process Optimization Manager. Goss International received the Performance Excellence Award for harnessing the performance impact of service chain activities and mastering methodologies for financial, operational, and customer-centric performance excellence. Award recipient: Bill Rogers, Chief Information Officer. Genzyme received the Process Excellence Award for demonstrating process ingenuity, agility, flexibility and scalability in addressing changing business requirements. Award recipient: Chris Jepsen, Director of Quality. Congratulations to the award winners for their excellence in the global supply management arena. Summit sponsors included:
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