5 December 2013 - COMPANIES IN THE FIRST COHORT OF THE MACH INITIATIVE ENHANCE THEIR PERFORMANCE
Aéro Montréal, Québec’s aerospace cluster, today awarded MACH performance labels to suppliers in the first cohort following the completion of their first cycle in the Initiative. The ceremony took place at the opening cocktail of the Aerospace Innovation
Montréal, December 2, 2013 - Aéro Montréal, Québec’s aerospace cluster, today awarded MACH performance labels to suppliers in the first cohort following the completion of their first cycle in the Initiative. The ceremony took place at the opening cocktail of the Aerospace Innovation Forum 2013 in the presence of Jean-Luc Trahan, President of the Commission des partenaires du marché du travail, and Sharon Trainor, Director, Supply Chain, at Bombardier Aerospace.
“The MACH Initiative has already demonstrated that it is responding effectively to the need to improve the competitiveness of suppliers,” says Suzanne Benoît, President of Aéro Montréal. “The tools and services it makes available as well as the support provided to suppliers by their sponsor has enabled all the SMEs in the first cohort to improve their performance relative to their first audit. Many of them have progressed to a higher level of maturity as reflected by their new performance labels.”
The suppliers and their new performance label:
MACH 4
- Groupe Meloche
- RTI Claro
MACH 3
- Abipa Canada
- Aviation Lemex (Groupe Atlas Aéronautik)
- Composites VCI
- DCM aéronautique (Groupe DCM)
- Delastek
- Hutchinson Aéronautique
- Mesotec
- Produits intégrés Avior
- SIDO (Groupe Atlas Aéronautik)
- Techniprodec
MACH 2
- Electro-Kut
- Les Industries Trident
- NSE-Automatech
- Précision S.F. Tech
- Techfab
MACH 1
- Société d’Outillage M.R. (SOMR)
Based on a mentoring relationship between customers and suppliers, the MACH Initiative helps to stimulate collaboration and innovation within the supply chain in order to improve the performance and competitiveness of suppliers. Companies in the first cohort have already begun their second cycle with a new customized development and improvement program to enhance their proficiency in the 15 business processes of the MACH Framework of Excellence. This is achieved with the support of their respective mentors.
“Since the early days of the MACH Initiative, major Québec OEMs have seen a positive impact on the efficiency of their supply chain,” explains Sylvain Bédard, President of Aéro Montréal’s Supply Chain working group and CEO of Sonaca Montréal. “Suppliers involved in the MACH Framework of Excellence have achieved an increasing number of improvements, and simultaneously. This is generating performance gains at all levels of the value chain and ultimately increasing the competitiveness of Québec’s industry.”
About MACH Initiative funding
The MACH Initiative is funded by the Québec Ministry of Finance and the Economy, Alouette inc., the Commission des partenaires du marché du travail, Canada Economic Development, the Montréal Metropolitan Community, and the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy