Agere Systems Recognizes 2004 Strategic Suppliers for Commitment to Fast, Flexible, Secure Supply Chain
December 01 2004 - 8:02AM
PR Newswire (US)
Agere Systems Recognizes 2004 Strategic Suppliers for Commitment to
Fast, Flexible, Secure Supply Chain Eastern Co. Named Outstanding
Supplier; Chartered Semiconductor and Synopsys Win Best-In-Class
Supplier Awards; Oracle Named Most Improved Supplier ALLENTOWN,
Pa., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Agere Systems (NYSE:AGR.ANYSE:AGR.B)
today announced the four winners of its 2004 Strategic Supplier
Awards. Eastern Co., Ltd. was named Outstanding Supplier and
Best-in-Class Supplier in the direct/indirect materials category.
Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing and Synopsys Inc.
(NASDAQ:SNPS) were named Best-in-Class Suppliers in their
respective service categories and Oracle Corporation was named Most
Improved Supplier. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040618/AGERELOGO ) Agere
began its Strategic Supplier Initiative in 2003 to recognize the
companies most important to ensuring Agere's long-term success.
This week, the company welcomed executive representatives of the
company's 14 strategic suppliers to its Lehigh Valley Central
Campus to thank them for their commitment in 2004 and strategize
for continued high performance in 2005. "Agere has aligned its
focus, resources and sourcing emphasis behind our 14 strategic
suppliers. These companies matter long term to Agere as they drive
our performance. The selection of this year's best-in-class winners
demonstrates the full stream view Agere has of its supply chain.
Each one of these companies demonstrated sustained leadership in
their commodity area and I congratulate them on this achievement,"
said Tom Linton, chief procurement officer for Agere. "Eastern Co.
won our Outstanding Supplier award as a result of its excellence in
providing Agere proactive cost reductions, offering competitive
technology roadmaps and security of supply." Chartered was
recognized for its commitment to cycle time reduction, e-business
initiative cooperation and yield improvement. Synopsys led its
competitors by providing great service for Agere's design teams, a
broad portfolio of competitive solutions, and flexibility around
mix and pricing. Oracle's improvement came through its cost and
resource alignment with Agere's IT organization on Agere's upgrade
to Oracle's 11i platform. Agere's 2004 Strategic Suppliers are
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Agilent Technologies, Amkor
Technology, Cadence Design Systems, Chartered Semiconductor
Manufacturing, Dai Nippon Printing Co., Eastern Co. Ltd., Federal
Express, Mitsui High-tec Inc., Oracle Corp., Shinko Electric
Industries Co., Synopsys Inc., Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing
Company, and Teradyne Inc. Agere Systems is a global leader in
semiconductors for storage, wireless data, and public and
enterprise networks. The company's chips and software power a broad
range of computing and communications applications, from cell
phones, PCs, PDAs, hard disk drives and gaming devices to the
world's most sophisticated wireless and wireline networks. Agere's
customers include the top manufacturers of consumer electronics,
communications and computing equipment. Agere's products connect
people to information and entertainment at home, at work and on the
road -- making personal broadband a reality. More information about
Agere is available on its web site http://www.agere.com/.
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