Dana Corporation Driveshaft, Engine Product Facilities Earn Commonwealth of Kentucky's Top Quality Award; Company has had Five Operations Honored in Five Years of Award.TOLEDO, Ohio
(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990903/DANA ) The awards marked the third consecutive year that a Dana facility was honored with Kentucky's highest quality achievement. The company has now had five facilities earn top honors in the five years that the award has been presented. Dana's Victor Reinz sealing systems facility in Danville won the inaugural award in 1997, and its Structural Solutions facilities in Hopkinsville and Elizabethtown received the award in 1999 and 2000, respectively. Dana Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Joe Magliochetti, said, "It is especially gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. to have two more of our Kentucky operations earn the state's highest quality honor. These awards illustrate the commitment our people have to quality. The Dana Style and the Dana Quality Leadership Process -- two competitive advantages unique to the Dana Corporation -- provide a solid foundation for this recognition." "The awards demonstrate that Dana's customers -- and consequently the ultimate consumers -- are the recipients of the highest product, technology, service, and quality standards," he added. Dana's Commercial Vehicle Axle facilities in Henderson and Glasgow were also recognized for their quality with Level 3 and Level 2 awards, respectively. The Commonwealth of Kentucky Quality Award uses the same criteria as the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award is given by the United States National Institute of Standards and Technology. Through the actions of the National Productivity Advisory Committee chaired by Jack Grayson, it was established by the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality . The Spicer Driveshaft Group's U.S. operations earned the Baldrige Award in 2000, and Dana Commercial Credit received the award in 1996. As part of the CKQA process, the facilities underwent a site visit with Kentucky Quality Council examiners. The facility was scored in seven categories, including leadership, strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. , customer and market focus, information and analysis, human resource focus, process management, and business results. The awards were presented Tuesday during a Performance Excellence conference in Louisville, where Joe Sober, vice president and general manager of Spicer Driveshaft, was the keynote speaker. Dana Corporation is one of the world's largest suppliers of components, modules, and complete systems to vehicle manufacturers and their related aftermarkets. Founded in 1904 and based in Toledo, Ohio, the company operates some 330 major facilities in 34 countries and employs approximately 75,000 people. The company reported sales of $13.2 billion in 2000. Dana's Internet address There are two kinds of addresses that are widely used on the Internet. One is a person's e-mail address, and the other is the address of a Web site, which is known as a URL. Following is an explanation of Internet e-mail addresses only. For more on URLs, see URL and Internet domain name. is http://www.dana.com/ . MAKE YOUR OPINION COUNT - Click Here http://tbutton.prnewswire.com/prn/11690X64328425 Contact: Jeff Cole of Dana Corporation, +1-419-535-4704, or jeff.cole@dana.com Website: http://www.dana.com/ Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/226839.html |
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