TTI Names Magnificent Eight in Supplier Excellence Awards

TTI, Inc. names Magnificent Eight in annual Supplier Excellence Awards programme

AVX, Bourns, Kemet, KOA, Vishay, Littelfuse, Molex & Murata honoured for outstanding performance

March 2017 – TTI, Inc., the world leading specialist distributor of electronic components, has unveiled this year’s winners in its Supplier Excellence Awards programme, which is acknowledged across the industry as a rigorously-audited and highly sought-after recognition of quality performance. The programme involves the continuous monitoring of a range of criteria and parameters including on-time delivery, administrative quality, operations and business systems and joint customer support.

The 2016 winners were: AVX, Bourns, Kemet, KOA, Littelfuse, Molex, Murata and Vishay. Five companies – Bourns, Kemet, Molex, Murata and Vishay – were awarded Platinum status, having achieved TTI’s Supplier Excellence Award for at least five consecutive years. Bourns also received a Diamond Award for the highest overall points score (126) and the Global Operations Excellence Award. KOA was named Best Quality Award winner.

Commented Geoff Breed, TTI’s VP Marketing in Europe: “We rely on our supplier partners to be fully committed to continuous improvement so that we can deliver the levels of quality, service and support that our customers require. The Supplier Excellence Awards programme enables us to work with our partners on these key criteria and requires vigilant monitoring of a number of metrics. We are very pleased that our suppliers are enthusiastic about engaging on all levels in this programme. We congratulate each winner, especially those that have maintained a consistently high level of performance over many years.”

About TTI, Inc.
TTI, Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway company, is one of the world’s leading specialist distributors of passive, connector, electromechanical, discrete, power and sensor components. TTI’s philosophy is “Lead by Design”, and the company differentiates itself by focusing on people, parts and process. TTI in Europe strives to be the distributor of choice for customers and suppliers alike by introducing new product technologies and by stocking broad and deep inventory across its franchise base. TTI’s sophisticated inventory management system ensures the ability to service changes in demand due to fluctuating markets and supply chains. For more information about TTI, please visit http://www.ttieurope.com.

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