Leading Automotive Supply Chain Association Honors Volunteers With Outstanding Achievement Awards

Industry Professionals Collaborate, Dedicating Time and Talent to Develop Standards and Guidelines to Reduce Costs and Improve Quality in Global Automotive Industry Processes

SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Sept. 8, 2008 - The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) is proud to announce the recipients of the Automotive Industry Outstanding Achievement Awards for 2008.

    Mariann Anticoli, General Motors Corp.
    Mickey Christensen, TQM Systems
    Mike Comerford, Global Commerce Systems, Inc.
    Peter Denno, National Institute of Standards and Technology
    Jane DeHart, Midwest Health System, Work-Safe Occupational Health
    Christopher Harden, Synapsis Technology, Inc.
    Aidan Hughes, Gates Corp.
    Ken Knoll, Chrysler, LLC
    Paul Kowalski, Chrysler, LLC
    Paul Lewandowski, Lear Corp.
    Brian Lowry, Curtis Metal Finishing Co.
    Terry Onica, QAD
    Monique Oxender, Ford Motor Co.
    Walt Talamonti M.D. MPH, Ford Motor Co.
    Rick Tervo, Chrysler, LLC
    Patricia Toufar

Lifetime Achievement Award: Presented to an individual who has made significant contributions over the course of their professional career.

Chuck Koehn, Chrysler LLC

Chuck Koehn Award: Presented to an AIAG staff member who has made a significant, lifetime contribution to the organization.

Pat Snack, General Motors Corp.

The ceremony, at the Detroit Institute of Arts, hosted by the AIAG and sponsored by Chrysler LLC, Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation, Honda of America Manufacturing, Inc., International Automotive Oversight Bureau (IAOB) and Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., will recognize these individuals for their hard work and commitment on behalf of the automotive industry to:

-- Apply proven quality tools for performance improvement in the delivery of health care to reduce medical errors

-- Standardize the Bill of Lading and advancing global materials management and logistics processes

-- Educate the global supply chain on the European Union REACH regulation to reduce the administrative burden on suppliers, improve compliance and minimize the risk of supply chain interruption

-- Define quality assessment procedures to reduce errors in manufacturing processes

-- Develop EDI messages to streamline communication for Materials Off-Shore Sourcing and long distance supply chain shipments