Yell names winners of inaugural UK supplier awards - 16 July 2008
Yell, the international directories business, has unveiled the winners in inaugural awards recognising outstanding support from its UK suppliers.Software testing company Vizuri is the winner in the Service Excellence category, with stationery supplier Lyreco named as runner up. Print paper supplier UPM, with whom Yell has worked for more than 30 years, is the winner in the Continuous Improvement and Innovation category, with the runner up title going to IT solutions supplier Portal Partnership.
They were selected by Yell’s UK executive management from a shortlist compiled from an original list of around 50 nominations throughout the UK business.
John Satchwell, operations director of Yell in the UK, said: “We choose our suppliers carefully and we view our relationships with them as vitally important to the success of our business.
“The introduction this year of special awards for exceptional work to support us ensures that suppliers are publicly recognised for their achievements, by Yell as well as amongst their peer group, and that they know that they are highly valued.”
The awards’ winners and runners up were announced at Yell’s fourth annual Supplier Forum, held in June in the conference centre at Madejski Stadium near Reading, where Yell’s UK head office is based.
As well as a framed certificate, the winning suppliers will receive a special trophy and have the opportunity to meet Yell’s UK executive management group at a celebratory dinner.
In winning the Service Excellence award, Vizuri was cited as having an excellent performance record.
Fiona Skinner, Yell’s head of purchasing in the UK, told the Forum: “They challenge us and themselves, through benchmarking their processes against industry best practice.
“They have made a significant contribution to our efficiency and effectiveness, helping us develop a springboard for future developments.”
Announcing Finnish company UPM as winner in the Continuous Improvement and Innovation award, Fiona Skinner said: “They understand us and our business.
“They have proposed some brilliant ideas and process efficiencies to help us make re-investments in value-add initiatives. They have been instrumental, for instance, in leading the way to help us manage our environment better.”
She praised UPM’s cross business support and its willingness to engage with people involved at all stages of the production process, working together to come up with “great ideas” to make improvements.
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Notes to Editors
Service Excellence award shortlist:
- BPH Data Limited
- Chemistry Recruitment
- Deloitte
- Lyreco UK Limited
- Vizuri Limited
Continuous Improvement and Innovation award shortlist:
- Bluefin Solutions Limited
- Deloitte
- Lane4 Management Group Limited
- The Portal Partnership Limited
- UPM
About Yell
Yell is a leading international directories business operating in classified advertising markets in the UK, US, Europe and Latin America through printed, online and telephone-based media. Yell’s principal brands include: in the UK, Yellow Pages, Yell.com and Yellow Pages 118 24 7; in the US, Yellow Book and Yellowbook.com; and in Spain, Paginas Amarillas and PaginasAmarillas.es. All these brands are trademarks.
