Dematic has won an Innovation Award from Coca-Cola in recognition of its contribution to the success of the beverage manufacturers’ new distribution centre at Eastern Creek in Sydney.
Dematic’s award was part of Coca-Cola’s inaugural Supplier of the Year Awards, which celebrates the performance of CCA’s top suppliers.
The new national awards program is designed to improve suppliers’ understanding of CCA’s business across all functions to enhance and facilitate innovation and continual improvement.
The awards recognise excellence in six categories: Account Management, At Work Business Partner, Customer Service, Innovation, Process Improvement and Sustainability. An overall CCA Supplier of the Year was also selected, with this award going to packaging supplier Visy.
The winners were announced at an award ceremony and dinner held at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney.
CCA Group managing director, Terry Davis, and managing director of Australian Beverages, Warwick White, spoke about the importance of the relationship between CCA and suppliers, and pledged to provide external support to valued partners, including references for and advertisements endorsing the 2009 CCA Supplier of the Year award winners.
Dematic was represented at the awards by chief executive officer Glen Borg and industry logistics manager David Rubie.
“For Dematic to be recognised as the best from amongst hundreds of CCA suppliers in such a highly contested category, is an outstanding achievement,” said Rubie.
“The excellent results being achieved at the Eastern Creek DC were only made possible thanks to the incredible support we received from the various Dematic and CCA project teams throughout the design, development and implementation phases of the project.”