In October 2014, Northern Industrial received the General Motors Supplier Quality Excellence Award. The award is given to specific supplier locations and only GM’s top-performing global suppliers are eligible to receive it. According to GM, “suppliers who receive this award have met or exceeded a stringent set of quality performance criteria and have achieved the cross-functional support of the entire GM organization.” The award recognizes approximately 7 percent of production suppliers and those who have demonstrated the highest levels of quality performance over the previous 12 months.

1,506 – Supplier locations honored worldwide for supplying the highest levels of quality performance over the past 12 months
3 – Years the Supplier Quality Excellence Award has been presented
13 – Specific quality requirements in which suppliers must show above standard performance
51 – Percentage points of improvement in number of suppliers receiving the Supplier Quality Excellence Award in the U.S. and Canada
80 – U.S. and Canadian GM suppliers receiving the award in each of its three years
0 – Number of defects in parts and components delivered by Supplier Quality Excellence Award winners

“These suppliers have demonstrated their commitment to quality excellence and their outstanding performance is essential to GM’s efforts to provide its customers with the best products and services in the industry,” said Sheri Hickok, GM executive director Supplier Quality.”
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