Fort Worth, Texas – April 8, 2021 − TTI, Inc., a leading specialty distributor of electronic components, today announced the winners of its prestigious 2020 Americas Supplier Excellence Awards.
Melanie Pizzey, TTI Vice President Global Business Operations, made the announcement. “We are pleased to announce the 2020 Supplier Excellence Award winners.” TTI acknowledges the following suppliers for their outstanding performance: Bourns, KEMET Electronics, KOA Speer Electronics, Molex, Nichicon, TDK, Vishay and Yageo.
TTI presents Bourns, KEMET, KOA, Nichicon, TDK and Yageo with the Platinum award which is the highest award level given. Platinum achievement level requires five consecutive years of award recognition, and continuous recognition each year to maintain Platinum status.
The Diamond Award for the highest overall point achievement, and the Best Quality Award for the supplier scoring highest in each of the quality categories, will be presented to KOA Speer Electronics for the eleventh year in a row acknowledging their distinguished performance in the Americas for 2020.
The Gold award will be presented to Vishay and Molex will be honored as a Silver winner.
In its tenth year, the Global Operations Excellence Award recognizes the supplier who earns the award in all three TTI regions – Americas, EMEA, and Asia, and scoring the highest total points globally. For a record sixth time, the Global Operations Excellence award is presented to Bourns, Inc. Pizzey commented, “By earning the global award six out of ten years against some tough competition, Bourns has demonstrated global consistency in their dedication to continuous improvement and exceptional customer service. On behalf of the TTI team, thank you to all employees of the Bourns organization for another year of outstanding global support of TTI.”
The Supplier Excellence program focuses on quality measurements that include: on-time delivery, receiving quality, customer-reported quality, administrative quality, operations and business systems. In addition, there are performance measurements such as sales and management support.
Pizzey said, “The TTI SEA program has been instrumental in elevating supplier and distributor performance since the program’s inception in 1995. Our award criteria are challenging, and we are pleased that our suppliers continue to embrace the program and strive for continuous improvement.” She added, “2020 was an extremely difficult year for many reasons and this group of elite suppliers have proven that regardless of the situation, they are capable of overcoming challenges and obstacles to consistently deliver quality and best-in-class levels of service.”
About TTI
TTI, Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway company, is an authorized, specialty distributor of electronic components. Founded in 1971, the emphasis on a broad and deep product portfolio, available-to-sell inventory and sophisticated supply chain programs have established TTI as a distributor of choice to manufacturers in the industrial, defense, aerospace, transportation, medical, and communications sectors worldwide. TTI and its wholly owned subsidiaries, the TTI Family of Companies, Mouser Electronics, Sager Electronics and TTI Semiconductor Group employ over 7,300 people in more than 136 locations throughout North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Globally, the company maintains over 3 million square feet of dedicated warehouse space in 30 distribution centers, housing over 850,000 component part numbers. For more information about TTI, visit www.tti.com