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Verizon is proud to announce the recipients of its 2008 Supplier Excellence Award!
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Click here to see the 2008 Supplier Excellence Awards (SEA) Winners.
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Verizon's annual Supplier Excellence Awards (SEA) celebration was held on Wednesday, April 1, 2009 in Basking Ridge, New Jersey. The 2008 SEA Program recognized those suppliers of products and services who exhibitied performance excellence during 2008. Verizon's SEA program is a corporate-wide program facilitated by Verizon Services Operations Supplier Quality Management organization for which nominees are sought from all lines of business within Verizon.
The program is an independent variable that serves as a motivator for suppliers to not only meet their performance objectives but exceed them. This allows Verizon to provide our customers with exceptional service.
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Supplier awards were presented this year in ten (10) categories.
- Network Products
- IT Services
- Finance
- Network Services
- Real Estate
- Supplier Diversity - MWDVBE
- Environmental Services
- Marketing
- IT Products
- Logistics Services
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Verizon organizations were invited to submit nominations for the supplier award categories with the following criteria.
- Valid contract in force for the program year with expectations for a future business relationship.
- No performance failures, default conditions or penalties in the program year.
- Describe in a performance narrative, not to exceed 500 words, how the supplier's 2008 performance aligned with at least one or more of the Evaluative Concepts as follows: Technical Innovation, Creative Cost Management Solutions, Customer Service, Supplier Diversity-Tier 1, Product/Service Performance, and Environmental Excellence.
- Performance Highlights were also key in determining the winners of the Supplier Excellence Awards, including but not limited to Impact on Key Corporate/Organizational Initatives, Revenue Generation, TL 9000 or ISO 9000 registration and other Quality recognition.
- VSO's Strategic Sourcing and Procure to Pay Supplier Quality Management organization reviewed all nominations to ensure the nominees met the established criteria and developed a list of recommended award recipients.
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Here are the performance highlights for each of Verizon's 2008 Suppliers of Excellence!
Click here to see the Supplier Excellence Award Highlights.
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Prior to the official selection of the winners, concurrence was sought and obtained from Verizon's senior management and the Legal organization. The 2008 award recipients were presented with award plaques.
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Additional information regarding the Supplier Excellence Award program may be obtained by contacting:
