Fujitsu has announced its "2011 Supplier Excellence" award winners. According to the company, the award winners represent the full spectrum of services and solutions that contribute to Fujitsu’s optical networking platforms, including providers of backplanes, printed circuit boards, integrated circuits, power modules, amplifiers, custom diecast components, custom cable assemblies and cabinets. “We expect a lot from our suppliers because they play a critical role in Fujitsu’s ability to exceed the high expectations our customers have of us,” said Hans Roehrig, senior vice president, operations and manufacturing, Fujitsu Network Communications.
With over 170 suppliers, the company says the awards identify those who "most significantly and repeatedly demonstrated a commitment to advancing state-of-the-art technology, as well as on-time performance and cost control." Fujitsu recognizes supplier excellence in four categories, including “On Time Delivery/Quality Performance,” “Value Contribution,” “Technical Advancement” and “Special Achievement.”
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The 2011 Fujitsu Supplier Excellence award winners in each category are as follows:
On Time Delivery/Quality Performance
A.F. Technologies, Inc. – provider of custom cable assemblies, achieved 100 percent on-time delivery and quality performance, even when turnaround times were very aggressive.
Fujitsu Interconnect Technologies, Limited – provider of high-layer count backplanes, attained 100 percent on-time delivery and quality performance.
Fujitsu Semiconductor America, Inc. – provider of a variety of ASICS components for use in multiple products, attained 100 percent on-time delivery and quality performance, even as certain processes were moved between factories.
Karlee Company, Inc. – provider of sheet metal, and long-standing partner to Fujitsu for nearly 20 years, that ships several hundred lots of custom parts each month; this year the company was Fujitsu’s top performer in the fabricated commodity.
Murata Electronics North America, Inc. – provider of power modules and capacitors with a long track record of excellent performance for Fujitsu, attained near perfect on-time delivery and perfect quality performance.
Value Contribution
Aegis Lightwave, Inc. – provider of optical channel monitoring products; the company not only collaborated with Fujitsu on cost control initiatives but worked with Fujitsu engineering to develop a new device that will supply even better quality at a lower cost.
Finisar Corporation – provider of optical components; implemented cost controls while maintaining the highest quality in optical components.
Microcast Technologies Corporation – supplier of custom diecast components, recognized for product quality and creativity in cost control.
Sanmina – SCI Corporation – supplier of printed circuit boards and backplanes, worked with Fujitsu’s quality engineered, lower cost production facilities and were qualified at higher layer counts and with new technologies.
Technical Advancement
Oclaro, Inc. – provider of amplifiers, worked closely with Fujitsu engineering to develop a higher-quality, lower-cost amplifier and ramped-up production volume more than three-fold.
Special Achievement
Xilinx, Inc. – supplier of Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), developed a creative program to significantly reduce lead times using our EDI forecast to drive material.
A description of the many optical networking solutions from Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc., to which these suppliers contribute, can be found at http://www.fujitsu.com/us/services/telecom/technologies.
