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The 2008 Brammer Awards Evening was hosted by ex-BBC and ITN political news editor turned TV presenter John Sergeant. Attended by over 200 industry-leading guests at the Heritage Motor Museum, the Awards were presented to Brammer’s customers and suppliers in recognition of their innovative solutions.
Presenting six Awards in total over the course of the evening, the UK distributor of industrial MRO products and services recognised the contribution that each nominee and winner is making to help make British industry a long-term sustainable success.
Tarmac Trupak and SKF stepped up to the stage to take the first Award of the evening for a Production Efficiency improvement project delivered with Brammer. During 2007, Brammer worked with its bearing suppliers to develop a product sample case that highlighted technology innovation in the bearing sector.
Both Timken and Gates Power Transmission were presented with the Product Innovation Awards. Timken for the StatusCheck system (a wireless condition monitoring system), while Gates won the second Award for the ‘Predator’ brand of belts. * Quality, cost, delivery, service and innovation*
Rocol received an Award for Supplier Relationship Management for delivering consistent business management excellence and working in harmony to improve performance across the five core elements of Brammer’s supplier management system: quality, cost, delivery, service and innovation. Judges also recognised Rocol’s achievement of attaining the highest supplier rating Brammer has seen for the past five straight months.
Brammer works with customers to reduce total acquisition costs, improve production output and efficiency and reduce working capital. Unilever received an Award for its willingness and ability to embrace these principles to improve competitiveness. Amongst more than 80 cost saving activities in the last year, the company has identified that many MRO spare parts are of low order value – with the cost of raising the purchase order often amounting to more than the part itself.
Working closely with Brammer, Unilever consolidated invoices on a monthly basis to significantly reduce the administration element of the purchase cost – saving time and money.
Alcoa stepped up to receive an Award for Supply Chain Effectiveness for delivering an effective supply chain management solution for its smelting plant in Iceland, in partnership with Brammer.
The event raised an outstanding £37,000 through donations and an auction for Brammer’s corporate charity the <1>, which makes dreams come true for children and young people aged three to 17 fighting life-threatening illnesses