Michelin Praised for Military Service

Company named among government's top suppliers

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 29 -- Citing superior tire quality and delivery service, the United States military's Defense Supply Center Columbus (DSCC) has recognized two divisions of Michelin North America with performance awards. Michelin Americas Truck Tires (MATT) and Michelin Aircraft Tire Co. (MATC) were awarded Best Value Medal silver awards Aug. 26.

Michelin is one of 89 companies among the DSCC's 8,200 suppliers to receive the military's Best Value Medal. The military's Best Value Medal is awarded to companies that have demonstrated exceptional quality and delivery performance as measured by the Automated Best Value System (ABVS). The ABVS is a computerized system that collects a vendor's past performance data and translates it into a numeric score ranging from zero to a perfect 100.

To be eligible to receive an ABVS award, a supplier must have shipped 50 or more contract line items for the DSCC during a 12-month rating period. To qualify for a gold medal, a supplier must have a perfect score of 100. A score of 99.0 through 99.9 earned silver, and those with scores ranging from a 98.0 through 98.9 were awarded bronze medals.

"This award reflects many months of coordinated effort by Michelin's military tire team, as well as our logistics subcontractor, Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC)," said Jim Griese, director of North American military products for Michelin Americas Truck Tires. "We realize the critical nature of supplying parts for U.S. military operations around the world, and we hope this award further validates DSCC's selection of Michelin for its Ground Tire Privatization Initiative contract last year."

Since winning the contract, MATT has processed nearly 38,000 orders and has delivered more than 352,000 tires to 1,400 locations worldwide. Michelin manages an inventory of over 330 line items manufactured by Michelin and other major tire manufacturers and consistently meets or exceeds the standard established by DSCC for on-time deliveries.

"MATC is extremely proud of our performance record with the Aircraft Tires Privatization Initiative contract," said Brett Carnes, director of North American military sales for Michelin Aircraft Tires. "We appreciate the U.S. government putting its trust in Michelin, along with our partner Lockheed Martin MS2, to get the right aircraft tires to our men and women in the armed services while they concentrate on their mission at hand. It is an honor to be awarded the Silver Best Value Medal."

MATC supplies aircraft tires to the U.S. military utilizing their supply chain solutions partner, Lockheed Martin MS2. Currently delivering about 80,000 military aircraft tires per year to the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army, Michelin is averaging about three days to deliver tires anywhere in the world, including the current theatres of operation, with close to a 99 percent on- time record.