This year’s event recognized the Agility, Innovation, and Resilience (AIR) demonstrated by each supplier that helped keep farmers farming throughout the challenges caused by the recent pandemic.

“AGCO’s suppliers were instrumental in helping us serve our farmers during one of the industry’s most challenging times in recent memory. This event not only honors their commitment to AGCO’s goals, but it also allows us to share ideas and strategies to ensure continuous improvements in serving our customers,”

said Eric Hansotia, AGCO chairman, president, and CEO.

The Wichita event marked a return to AGCO’s traditional in-person supplier meeting and provided an opportunity for attendees to tour the company’s manufacturing facility in Hesston, which produces Massey Ferguson hay products and Gleaner combines. A Supplier Idea Generation (SIG) workshop spurred discussions of innovation and enhancements between top suppliers and AGCO’s purchasing and engineering teams. Breakout sessions focused on collaboration with the company’s Fendt, Massey Ferguson, Grain & Protein, and Precision Ag & Digital divisions.

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AGCO Corporation recognized one partner-level supplier and presented nine supplier awards during its annual AGCO North America Virtual Supplier Event on April 14, 2021. AGCO’s partner-level suppliers are recognized for surpassing the top level of achievement in innovation, world-class service, global growth, and cost savings.

AGCO’s annual Supplier Awards ceremony allows the company to celebrate its supply chain relationships in areas such as corporate sustainability, innovative solutions, quality products, and effective collaboration. AGCO places tremendous emphasis on its core values of accountability, integrity, respect, and transparency, which figure prominently in the Supplier Award nomination and award process.

“Our annual Supplier Awards ceremony is a great opportunity for us to meet with our exceptional supplier network, discuss new products, such as the Fendt large AG line and combines, and strategize how to help farmers across the globe with industry-leading, smart farming solutions to sustainably feed our world. As a global manufacturer, we source suppliers the world over so we can bring high quality, technologically advanced products that are affordable to our customers,”

said Josip T. Tomasevic, SVP, and chief procurement officer.

During the day’s sessions, senior AGCO executives updated attendees on topics including the company’s COVID-19 response and recovery, global market outlook, 2021 key initiatives, and benefits for high-performing suppliers. Live and interactive virtual breakout sessions allowed leaders and participants to share key experiences, insightful observations, and helpful responses to questions.

“Our suppliers performed admirably in 2020 and we are very grateful for their support and initiative. We will collaborate again in 2021 to navigate a challenging supply landscape and ensure timely delivery of quality components to AGCO’s manufacturing facilities, our dealer network, and, ultimately, the world’s farmers,”

said Michael Clem, vice president, Purchasing and Materials, Americas.

AGCO 2021 Partner-Level Supplier Distinction

Custom Steel Processing of Madison, IL.  Founded in 2002, Custom Steel Processing specializes in supplying steel to large volume OEM’s with superior customer service and competitive pricing.   Their processing facilities’ production includes hot-rolled, pickled and oiled, cold-rolled, and galvanized steel. Custom Steel Processing has been a trusted partner-level supplier for AGCO for many years and has a distinguished reputation for reliability, quality, innovation, collaboration, and customer service.

AGCO 2021 Supplier of the Year winners (by award)

Supplier of the Year: Nucor of Charlotte, NC.  Founded in 1940, Nucor Corporation is the largest steel producer in the United States, the largest “mini-mill” steelmaker, and the biggest recycler of scrap in North America. Nucor is a strategic and innovative supplier for AGCO, providing aggressive competitive pricing and key support with all products on the AGCO platform.

Indirect Supplier Award: Lead Anywhere of Ogden, UT.  Founded in 2009, Lead Anywhere provides advanced behavioral profiling technologies that help businesses identify website visitors and create marketing efforts and the site content that effectively generate quality leads and close sales. Lead Anywhere has been recognized as a strategic supplier for AGCO by providing innovative customer-facing tools that result in critical lead generation, increased conversion rates, and pipeline-ready opportunities on a consistently reliable basis.

Logistics Outbound Service Provider Award: R.E. West Transportation of Ashland City, TN. Incorporated in 1979, R.E. West Transportation is a for-hire contract freight hauling operation that has provided AGCO strategic collaborative logistics services for over 12 years and transported over 8,600 loads to dealers across the US and Canada. High-quality reliability and outstanding customer service make R.E. West Transportation an effective partner-supplier in innovation and collaboration.

Logistics Inbound Service Provider Award: UPS Supply Chain Solutions is the supply-chain optimization arm of United Parcel Service, Inc (UPS) of Atlanta, Georgia. UPS SCS is a critical partner supplier for AGCO by providing collaborative and innovative shipping and delivery solutions. UPS SCS monitors AGCO’s supply network, provides end-to-end visibility, acts as a single source for all transportation service needs, and improves efficiencies and compliance for inbound logistics services.

Aftersales Award: GT Midwest of Wichita, KS. Founded in 1946, GT Midwest is completely committed to delivering the right parts, to the right place, at the right time, and at the right price. With order flexibility, quality parts, and customer service, GT Midwest provides adaptive and strategic collaboration to meet the needs of AGCO’s manufacturing sites, dealers, and farmers.

Sustainability Award: Custom-Pak, Inc. of Clinton, IA. Custom-Pak has been designing and manufacturing blow-molded plastic products since 1974. They have been recycling manufacturing supplies and minimizing waste products in their plants for over 40 years, resulting in manufacturing plants that produce virtually zero waste. Custom-Pak’s Midwest-Poly recycling operation collects and converts over 20 million pounds of waste plastic into clean, re-usable plastic resin annually. Custom-Pak has been working to reduce their environmental footprint since long before it became fashionable, and they intend to continue that tradition, making them incredible stewards of the environment for generations to come.

TRAIT Award: Mechanical Devices Company of Aurora, IL. Founded in 1914, Mechanical Devices is AGCO’s 2020 Top TRAIT Supplier as a minority/woman/veteran-owned business and has been certified by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). The company has been recognized for community outreach as well as for its diversity and inclusion efforts. Mechanical Devices Company is employee-focused, offering flexible hours for their workforce and providing a clear developmental path for their employees based on skill level and the training required for advancement to the next level. Their outreach program places an emphasis on collaboration with local law enforcement to develop rehabilitation efforts that positively impact the community.  When COVID-19 restrictions closed all gyms, churches, and schools in their area, Mechanical Devices converted their facilities into a gym, baseball fields, basketball courts, and a soccer area.  These resources were opened to the community and attracted more than 550 children each week.  Mechanical Devices Company represents AGCO’s core values of Transparency, Responsibility, Accountability, Integrity, and Team Spirit (TRAIT).

Quality & Delivery Performance Award: Hy-Tek Manufacturing Co. of Sugar Grove, IL. Hy-Tek is a privately held company in the western suburbs of Chicago with over 30 years of experience in the design and production of machined components for the Industrial, Commercial, and Government markets. Hy-Tek Manufacturing Company is recognized for its focus on outstanding performance in AGCO’s quality and delivery category by working in close collaboration with engineering, logistics, and purchasing to provide the most value and the highest quality solutions for AGCO and our customers.

Collaboration & Innovation Award:  Nidec Motor Corporation, headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. Founded in 1973, Nidec Motor and is the world’s largest comprehensive motor manufacturer, handling “everything that spins and moves”, including components that range from miniature to gigantic. Nidec is recognized for its remarkable performance and strategic alignment with AGCO’s design, engineering, and purchasing teams to successfully implement design changes and bench testing which have produced tremendous technological advancements and cost savings that benefit participants across AGCO’s product cycle.

Source: AGCO

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United Rentals named JCB North America its 2020 Supplier of the Year in recognition of value, delivery, product support, training, and procurement excellence. JCB North America supplies United Rentals with telescopic handlers, straight-mast forklifts, and other construction equipment.

Construction equipment manufacturer, JCB North America, was recognized this month by United Rentals, Inc. as its 2020 Supplier of the Year. The award recognizes JCB for outstanding value, timely delivery, product support, training, and procurement excellence. This is the second year in a row that JCB has been recognized for this achievement.

“Being recognized for the second year in a row as the United Rentals Supplier of the Year is an outstanding achievement for JCB and a tremendous recognition in particular during this challenging year. Our team at JCB is proud to continue to support our partner of over 20 years, and this award is an acknowledgment of the hard work and commitment the team provides”.

said Andrea Whelan, vice president for Direct Sales & Service at JCB North America.

JCB has supplied United Rentals with a large range of construction equipment and material handlers since the company was founded in 1997.

I would like to congratulate JCB for being named the 2020 United Rentals Supplier of the Year. As we all know, 2020 brought a year of uncertainty. We thank JCB for their ability to consistently find new ways to support our teams in the field and at our service locations. Whether it be through virtual product installations and training events or new COVID safety procedures, JCB has continued to show perseverance and dedication to excellence through their products and customer support.

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Robert Lee, President, Continental North America, said:

“We are honored to have earned an FCA Supplier of the Year award for a second time recognizing our commitment to innovation. As a leading technology company, Continental is dedicated to helping our customers deliver the most cutting-edge technologies aimed at improving the driving experience.”

During the program, FCA recognized 31 supplier partners across a total of 19 categories.

Martin Horneck, Head of Purchasing and Supply Chain Management, FCA – North America said:

“The transformational changes we made in 2019 built a strong foundation for the wave of product launches coming out of FCA, and today we spotlighted those suppliers who took their work to the next level. These are the ‘best of the best’ in our industry and they will continue playing a leading role in our collective success.”

Award recipients were determined based on an evaluation of each company’s 2019 supplier scorecard performance – a rating system that evaluates supplier performance in quality, delivery, cost, and warranty – and input from FCA senior leadership. Foundational Principles winners represent those companies who have demonstrated extraordinary partnership, collaboration, transparency, and integrity. Winners for innovation, sustainability, and diversity categories were submitted by the suppliers and vetted by FCA senior leadership.

Continental was among 13 companies honored in the Innovation category for its role in developing the all-new Uconnect 5. Continental worked together with FCA to develop a state-of-the-art display and HMI solution that is an integral part of the next-generation infotainment system.

Continental also earned an FCA Supplier of the Year Award in 2019 for leading innovation for its Short Range Radar with Trailer Merge Assist and Trailer Length Detection.

Continental congratulates all partners and companies honored during this year’s virtual 2020 North America Annual Supplier Conference and Awards program.

Source: Continental

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