Alcoa Materials Management Selects Preferred Scrap Suppliers.KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Alcoa (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AA) announced today that its Alcoa Materials Management Materials management is the branch of logistics that deals with the tangible components of a supply chain. Specifically, this covers the acquisition of spare parts and replacements, quality control of purchasing and ordering such parts, and the standards involved in ordering, (AMM AMM Autorisation de Mise sur le Marche (French) AMM Autorisation de Mise sur le Marché (French: Commission of Marketing Authorization) AMM ASEAN Ministerial Meeting AMM American Metal Market ) business has selected its top ten scrap processors based on criteria including quality, volume and performance. The Top Ten Scrap Suppliers for 2005 are:
CAROLINAS RECYCLING GROUP, (Lyman, S.C.)
COMMERCIAL ALLOYS CORPORATION, (Twinsburg, OH)
DAVID J. JOSEPH CO., (Louisville, Ky.)
NEWCO METALS INC., (Pendleton, Ind.)
SHINE BROTHERS INC., (Spencer, Iowa)
STATE METAL INDUSTRIES INC., (Camden, N.J.)
STURGIS IRON AND METAL, (Sturgis, Mich.)
UTAH METAL WORKS, (Salt Lake City, Utah)
WEINER IRON AND METAL, (Pottsville, Pa.)
YONACK IRON AND METAL, (Dallas, Texas)
In 2004 AMM initiated a Strategic Scrap Supplier Program to insure Insure can mean:
"Our goal is to increase scrap units by utilizing fewer scrap dealers scrap dealer n → chatarrero/a scrap dealer n → marchand m de ferraille scrap dealer scrap n → and focusing on strategic dealers who work closely with us on substantial volumes, long term and formula pricing basis," said Rich Markiewicz, vice president, Alcoa Materials Management, Metal Purchasing. AMM's metrics metrics Managed care A popular term for standards by which the quality of a product, service, or outcome of a particular form of Pt management is evaluated. See TQM. for selecting candidates are:
1. Scrap Volume
2. Scrap Value/Saving to Alcoa
3. Quality
4. Proximity to Plants
5. Dealers Growth and Improving Product
6. Number of Alcoa Plants Supplied
7. Timely Delivery
8. Dealers Safety Programs
9. Environmental Compliance
10. ISO 9000
"These ten scrap strategic suppliers are Alcoa's benchmark in grading all scrap dealers from whom we are buying," Markiewicz continued. "This outstanding group has formed a partnership with Alcoa Materials Management and Alcoa plants to work together to understand each others needs and objectives in improving the scrap process within Alcoa plants." The 2005 Alcoa Materials Management Preferred Scrap Supplier Awards presentation will take place on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 in Knoxville, Tennessee “Knoxville” redirects here. For other uses, see Knoxville (disambiguation). Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the state of Tennessee, behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox CountyGR6. . |
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