The Supply Chain Business Partner Mega event, hosted by Unilever Sri Lanka at the Cinnamon Grand hotel in January, broke new ground in the Sri Lankan manufacturing business, bringing together a significant number of the Unilever Supply Chain team and their Business Partners. It was the first time such an extensive event was held to host and felicitate a wide array of the industry’s leading suppliers, the company said.
At this event, Unilever Sri Lanka shared business strategies and future plans with the business partners, thus facilitating their involvement and enhancing their input to the overall business.
The key objective was to ensure that the SCBPs are aligned with Unilever Sri Lanka’s business strategies and deliverables so that the partnership is rendered more effective. Business Partners, including Raw & Packing material suppliers and outsourced manufacturing operations personnel were invited to attend this event, the statement said.
The highlight of the evening was an award ceremony at which, awards were presented in recognition of outstanding work delivered by the business partners during the year 2010. Partners were evaluated throughout 2010 by means of a vendor evaluation scheme for both packaging materials and outsourced manufacturing sites for quality, timely delivery & customer service. Suppliers were also rated on their compliance with Unilever Goods Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) and their overall contribution to the company’s enhancement.
Commenting on the event, Lakshman de Fonseka, Managing Director of JF Packaging noted: “We were very encouraged to hear of Unilevers’ plans of doubling the business by the Year 2015. The whole event gives us fresh hope for the future.” |
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