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Avionics Category
Harris Corporation Department of Defense Programs
Melbourne, Florida
Harris Corporation Department of Defense Programs of Melbourne, Florida conducts advanced research studies, develops prototypes, and produces and supports state-of-the-art, assured communicationssolutions and information systems that solve the mission-critical challenges of its government customers. For Boeing, Harris provides high technology communications, antennas, information and imagery processing, and software subsystems for weapons and satellites, as well as advanced avionics for a variety of aircraft-including fiber-optics and cockpit digital moving maps for the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. Harris has demonstrated excellent cost performance and cost control, achieving a quality performance rating of 99 percent and a delivery performance rating of 99.8 percent. The company scores high in customer satisfaction because its management gives top priority to program performance, quality standards and customer focus, indicated by the fact that Harris has established senior representatives near Boeing sites in the St. Louis, Seattle, and Los Angeles areas, offering on-site program and technical support.
Address: P. O. Box 37, Melbourne, FL 32902-0037
Phone: (321) 729-3512
President: Daniel R. Pearson
PR Contact: Sleighton Meyer
smeyer@harris.com,
(321) 727-5414
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Electronic, Hydraulic and Mechanical Systems Category
Kidde Technologies Inc.
Wilson, North Carolina
Kidde Technologies, Inc. (KTI), is located in Wilson, North Carolina. The parent company, Kidde plc, is the global leader in fire protection and safety systems for industrial, residential and aerospace applications, and maintains an international research center at Colnbrook in the United Kingdom. KTI has an eighty year history, going back to founder Walter Kidde. They provide all Boeing commercial models with fire and overheat protection systems for the total aircraft including the engine, auxiliary power unit, duct leaks, lavatories, and cargo bay areas. They have also been awarded the fire protection systems contract for the 787. In 2004, the KTI organization committed itself to reaching top level performance with Boeing, and made important process improvements. These efforts significantly raised overall quality, value and responsiveness, and generated considerable savings to Boeing. The resulting quality performance rating is 99.75, and their delivery performance is 97.3 percent.
Address: 4300 Airport Drive NW, Wilson, NC 27896-8630
Phone: (252) 237-7004
President: Brent S. Ehmke
PR Contact:
Carol Ann Rossi
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Major Structures Category
Stork Fokker AESP
Papendrecht, The Netherlands
Stork Fokker AESP, of the Netherlands, with manufacturing facilities at Papendrecht and Hoogeveen, produces advanced components for the aerospace industry and provides lightweight aircraft components and systems to commercial and military aircraft builders around the world. They supply Boeing Integrated Defense Systems in Mesa, Arizona with a ship set of 40 complex parts for the extended forward avionics bays of the AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter. They've maintained a quality rating of 99.6 percent -- a commendable feat considering the 40 parts contain over 2000 components. Their delivery performance rating is 100 percent. They have also shown remarkable flexibility, accommodating many schedule changes and a redesign to accommodate black boxes. Stork Fokker also builds the ramp attached torque box and troop door air deflector for the C-17 program and is certified by Boeing as a "preferred supplier". They provide excellent support for sustaining production, with daily e and phone contact, a weekly teleconference, and very quick response to every issue.
Address: Postbus 1, 3350 AA, Papendrecht, The Netherlands
Phone: +31 (0)78 641 97 53
President: Kees de Koning
PR Contact: Dick Kors, +31 (0)35 695 75 75
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Purchased Outside Production Category
J. D. Ott Company, Inc.
Seattle, Washington
The J.D. Ott Company of Seattle has been a Boeing supplier since 1943. Founder Jack Ott, started the business in the garage behind his home. This family-owned company of 78 employees provides Boeing with machined parts and assemblies used on all commercial models ranging in size from small fasteners to six foot assemblies. Their quality and delivery ratings are 100 percent—quite a feat considering they deliver 30,000 parts a month to Boeing. In the last six months, they delivered over 1700 first lot parts. All were new to them and delivered on time. They support lean manufacturing by working with Boeing on all automated ordering systems to ensure that parts are delivered just-in-time. JD Ott began 2004 by providing Boeing with a 5 percent unit price reduction, amounting to over a million dollars in savings. Their support of Boeing value stream alignment activities has resulted in an additional savings of 15 to 40 percent to commercial airplane programs.
Address: 2244 6th Avenue South, Seattle, WA 98134
Phone: (206) 749-0777
President: Rex Ott
PR Contact: Rex Ott
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Propulsion Category
Pratt & Whitney Commercial Engines
East Hartford, Connecticut
Pratt & Whitney Commercial Engines, a division of United Technologies, of East Hartford, Connecticut, provides Boeing Commercial Airplanes with large engines for 747, 757, 767, and 777 models. Pratt & Whitney provided the innovative air-cooled Wasp engines for the first Boeing airplane to carry passengers, the Model 40A, in 1927 and have continued that spirit of partnership through the years. Today, Pratt & Whitney's delivery performance is 100 percent and their quality performance rating is 98.9 percent. Pratt & Whitney continues to improve the quality of their products through many internal initiatives and by participating in Boeing's quality and lean manufacturing activities. They have consistently partnered in Boeing's new aircraft sales campaigns by meeting customer demands for flexible, competitive pricing. Pratt & Whitney's customer support is exemplified by the company's commitment to the retrofit program for the PW4000 ring case compressor to improve engine reliability and durability. Pratt & Whitney enhances Boeing customer satisfaction and adds value to Boeing products by developing and offering upgrade kits for airplanes and engines in operation.
Address: 400 Main Street, East Hartford, CT 06118-1873
Phone: (860) 565-9374
President: Steve Heath
PR Contact: Mark Sullivan, (860)565-4415; or Ron Rand (860)565-4009
Video: 2004 Supplier of the Year - Pratt & Whitney Commercial Engines
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Common Aerospace Commodities Category
Radiall
Rosny Sous Bois, France
Radiall is based in Rosny Sous Bois, France, near Paris, with operations in Tempe, Arizona and sites throughout the world. Radiall is a developer and manufacturer of innovative electrical connection technology. They provide Boeing with a large portfolio of interconnect products including: the fiber optic connecting assembly used in the Boeing electronic flight bag; radio frequency cables for Connexion By Boeing; and electrical connectors for commercial and military aircraft and missiles. The innovative designs and materials of their connectors allow Boeing to drastically reduce manufacturing cycle time, reduce aircraft weight, and increase reliability. Radiall has maintained an exceptional quality performance record of 100 percent. Their delivery performance is also rated at 100 percent, and they are very responsive and flexible when faced with numerous schedule changes. They are very competitive, employing cost cutting measures, and lean manufacturing techniques. Radiall supports its products with outstanding customer service, responding quickly to requests. Radiall also shares financial risk with Boeing, developing products that provide significant value to Boeing and its airline customers.
Address: 101 Rue Philibert Hoffmann, 93116, Rosny Sous Bois, France
Phone: +33-01-493-53535
President/CEO: Pierre Gattaz
PR Contact: Maite Tristan, maite.tristan@radiall.com (480) 756-5132
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Interiors Category
Drager Aerospace
Carleton Technologies
Orchard Park, New York
Draeger Aerospace, Lübeck, Germany and Carleton Technologies of Orchard Park, New York -- both subsidiaries of Cobham PLC, Wimborne, UK -- work together to design, manufacture and service life support systems for commercial and military aircraft. They supply Boeing commercial airplane interiors with passenger and crew emergency oxygen equipment and oxygen cylinders, and their quality rating is 99.9 percent. Their product support is exceptional. They have a full-time representative living in the Seattle area on 24 hour call, ready to resolve any product or engineering issues. They have a 100 percent on time delivery record. They support Boeing cost-saving initiatives, and negotiations with them resulted in a 3.5 percent annual recurring cost reduction. In addition, they take financial risks for Boeing. An outstanding example is their support of engineering and research into an in-seat emergency oxygen system, with potential to drastically reduce interior reconfiguration costs for Boeing airline customers by moving emergency oxygen from overhead into seatbacks.
Address: 10 Cobham Drive, Orchard Park, NY 14127
Phone: (716) 662-0006
President: Paddy Cawdery (Carleton Technologies, Inc.)
Managing Director: Günther Boomgaarden (Draeger GmbH)
PR Contact: Paddy Cawdery
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Aerospace Support Category
ST Aviation Services Company Pte Ltd (SASCO)
Singapore
ST Aviation Services Company Pte Ltd (SASCO) is a subsidiary of Singapore Technologies Aerospace Ltd, a leading third-party aviation maintenance, repair, overhaul and engineering services provider with facilities in key aviation hubs around the world. Operating from Singapore's Changi and Paya Lebar Airports, SASCO provides Boeing with passenger-to-freighter modification services for DC-10 and MD-11 airplanes. SASCO has a 100 percent quality rating, and continuously strives to improve quality through education, benchmarking, lean technology, innovation, and improvement programs. SASCO addresses quality issues quickly, in close collaboration with the Boeing Long Beach facility. It also has a 100 percent on-schedule delivery rating, delivering all converted aircraft on or before the redelivery date. Its average span time is approximately 16 percent shorter than the alternate supplier. SASCO provides extremely competitive pricing, exceptional value, and superior customer service. To support Boeing and aircraft operators' needs, SASCO built a new hangar in June 2004, bringing its capacity to 5 hangars that can simultaneously accommodate 6 wide-body and 2 narrow-body aircraft.
Address: 540 Airport Road, Singapore, 539938
Phone: (252) 246-7151
President/CEO: Tay Kok Khiang
PR Contact: Belinda Ng, belindang@stengg.com, +65 6380 6176
Fax: +65 6280 8213
Video: 2004 Supplier of the Year - ST Aviation Services Company Pte Ltd (SASCO)
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Non-Production Category
Dell, Inc.
Round Rock, Texas
Dell, Inc. of Round Rock, Texas, provides Boeing sites worldwide with desktop and notebook computers, technical workstations, displays, PDAs, network printers and desktop peripherals. These products support Boeing in all of its endeavors. Dell products have proven to be extremely reliable, and the company's on-time delivery rate exceeds the service level agreement of 98 percent for both standard and non-standard hardware. Dell continually works with Boeing to provide best-in-class pricing. The company has expanded its laptop service centers around Boeing, and works with Boeing to ensure that its products are integrated into Boeing processes and systems—from the company help desk to its purchasing system. Dell also offers Boeing employees an attractive employee purchase plan that delivered 12,000 systems to employees and their families last year.
Address: 1 Dell Way, Round Rock TX 78682-0001
Phone: (512) 728-2299
President/CEO: Kevin Rollins
PR Contact: Andrew Bowins andrew_bowins@dell.com (512) 413-5191
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Small Business Category
Helicomb International, Inc.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Helicomb International, Inc. of Tulsa, Oklahoma manufactures fiberglass, carbon, and aramid composite structures, composite and metal-faced honeycomb structures, and metal-to-metal bonded assemblies. They also perform metal processing. They deliver C-17 parts to the Boeing facilities in Macon, Georgia and Long Beach, California. Helicomb International has a quality performance rating of 99.8 percent and a delivery performance rating of 100 percent. In 2004, they received a contract for 42 various C-17 parts. They were able to provide these parts for an amount 18 percent below historical pricing. They are committed to helping Boeing succeed, and helped develop program estimates which allowed Boeing-Macon to win the CH-47 Chinook Helicopter project. They consistently help Boeing address technical and engineering issues, traveling to Macon and staying until a problem is solved. They also support Boeing lean manufacturing, resulting in process and product improvement, lead time reductions and cost reductions.
Address: 1402 S. 69th E. Avenue, Tulsa, OK 74112
Phone: (918) 835-3999
President: Robert Austin
PR Contact: Robert Austin
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Small Minority Business Enterprise/Small Business Category
Creative Management Technology, Inc.
Cocoa Beach, Florida
Creative Management Technology, Inc. (CMT), an engineering and aerospace support company based in Cocoa Beach, Florida, is designated by the Small Business Administration as a small, disadvantaged business. CMT was founded in 1988 to provide engineering, logistics, and technical support to a variety of customers. Boeing began its partnership with CMT in 1990. They provide facilities and operations contract services to the Checkout, Assembly and Payload Processing Services (CAPPS) program at Kennedy Space Center, supporting shuttle mission and payload activities. These services include clean room janitorial; reprographics; technical data; computer-aided design and drafting; transportation; and receiving, kitting and warehouse services. CMT's ability to provide the services that Boeing Florida Operations requires on time and within budget is proof of CMT's excellent quality control and performance record. They have consistently demonstrated a commitment to efficiency, flexibility, accuracy, safety and cost containment. They also initiate process improvements and embrace Boeing initiatives such as lean processes and employee involvement.
Address: 320 North Atlantic Avenue, Suite 3B, Cocoa Beach, FL 32931
Phone: (321) 799-4022
CEO: Trox Austell
PR Contact: Trox Austell txaustell@cmtfl.com
Video: 2004 Supplier of the Year - Creative Management Technology, Inc.
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Small Woman-Owned Business Category
Patriot Machine, Inc.
St. Charles, Missouri
Patriot Machine, Inc. in St. Charles, Missouri is registered with the Small Business Administration as a small, woman-owned business. The versatile company provides the aerospace industry with fabrication, complex machining, tool design, numerical control programming, modeling, system management, quality inspection, computer-aided design expertise, and design and assembly presentations. The fourteen-year-old company manufactures and assembles complex machine parts for the C-17, F/A-18, and F-15 programs in Mesa, Arizona; Macon, Georgia; Long Beach, California, and St. Louis, Missouri. In addition to numerical control programming and machining for the St. Louis site, Patriot provides testing equipment and services such as coordinate measurement, laser tracker inspection and large format scanning. Patriot has been a Boeing preferred supplier since 1995 and in 2004, their quality performance was 99.9 percent, and their delivery performance rating was 99.3 percent. Patriot Machine also added major new equipment to their state-of-the-art facility. They have a proven commitment to effectively integrating new technologies and continually improving operations.
Address: 76 South Corporate Hills Drive, St. Charles, MO 63301
Phone: (636) 940-1776
President: Judy L. Burns
PR Contact: Judy L. Burns
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Technology Advancement Category
Waveflows LLC
Glenview, Illinois
Waveflows LLC of Glenview, Illinois, is the first Boeing Supplier of the Year winner in the Technology Advancement category. It provides Boeing with innovation and technology development in active flow control, fluid dynamics, and aeroacoustics. Other services include research test planning, support and data analysis. Active flow control (AFC) is an emerging technology that replaces mechanical devices with fluidic jets for controlling the flow around a moving aircraft to resist damage and enhance performance. This technology is of great interest to military customers, and can help Boeing develop new business. It is also a technology with commercial aircraft applications. Waveflows, founded 5 years ago by Dr. Ganesh Raman, is a leader in the development and implementation of this technology. Waveflows has made important contributions to Phantom Works programs, including AFC actuator development in a program which is developing the first-ever technique for safely releasing a weapon from a bay at high supersonic speeds, and developing an AFC actuator for reducing the noise in the jet exhaust of a commercial aircraft.
Address: 1592 Primrose Lane, Glenview, IL 60026
Phone: (847) 877-4460
President: Ganesh Raman
PR Contact: Ganesh Raman
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