Graphic PLC Wins SC21 Bronze Award

Specialist PCB manufacturer Graphic PLC has received the prestigious SC21 Bronze Award at an event hosted by ADS at the Farnborough Air Show on Thursday 12th July 2012.

The Supply Chain 21st Century (SC21) is a nationally recognised change programme designed to accelerate the competitiveness of the aerospace and defence industry by raising supply chain performance.

SC21 has become the benchmark for supply chain excellence, evaluating current business practices against rigorous international standards for Business (EFQM) and Manufacturing (Lean) Excellence, which highlights a company's ongoing commitment to delivering quality and continuous improvement to its customer base.

Achieving the award signifies that Graphic is able to deliver a service at the top of its game in terms of quality and delivery.  Graphic has demonstrated consistent on time delivery performance and right first time (quality) performance of greater than 98%.

Henry Norton, Business Systems Improvement Manager commented, "We are delighted to have achieved this coveted award.  SC21 proves we are committed to operational excellence and it is a great recognition of the hard work that has gone into developing the performance of our business.  This will serve as a catalyst to continue our pursuit of excellence and push ourselves forward to deliver even greater levels of service and competitiveness."