2017 ML Awards Winners

Frost & Sullivan’s Manufacturing Leadership (ML) Council recognizes these world-class manufacturing companies and individual leaders as winners of the 2017 Manufacturing Leadership Awards.

Lifetime Achievement Award

Leo Reddy

Manufacturing Leader of the Year

Dr. Detlef Zuhlke

Manufacturer of the Year (Small-Medium Enterprise)

Pixelligent Technologies, LLC

Manufacturer of the Year (Large Enterprise)

The Dow Chemical Company

Big Data & Advanced Analytics Leadership

• Bristol-Myers Squibb
• Cisco Systems, Inc. (Polaris Analytics Platform)
• Merck & Co., Inc. (TURNAROUND Advanced Logic Planning Support)
• Micron Technology, Inc.
• VirTex Enterprises LP

Collaborative Innovation Leadership

• IBM Corp. (Resolution Rooms)
  
• Lexmark International, Inc. (Visual Process Management)
• Raytheon Missile Systems

Customer Value Leadership

• American Emergency Vehicles
• LAI International, Inc. (Advanced Product Development Model)
• Peterbilt Motor Company (Dynamic Truck Test)
  

Engineering & Production Technology Leadership

• Cisco Systems, Inc. (Digital Design and Manufacturing (DDM) Platform)
• Daikin Applied
• LAI International, Inc. (BA/30K Sheath Program)
• Lockheed Martin (Mold-In-Place Inlet Coatings Project)
  
• Lockheed Martin (Forced Mechanical Oscillation Drilling)
• Lockheed Martin (Ultrasonic Hole Cutting)
• Peterbilt Motors Company (Power Distribution and Fuse Box Error-Proofing Vision System)
• Pixelligent Technologies, LLC
• Rauland, a division of AMETEK, Inc.
• Roche Tissue Diagnostics
• Saudi Aramco (Long Term Planning Optimization Model for a network of Gas Oil Separation Plants)
• Saudi Aramco (Oil Production Specification Prediction Innovative Tool)
• The Dow Chemical Company (Propylene Dehydrogenation Project (PDH))
• Under Armour, Inc.
• uniQure, Inc.

Enterprise Technology Leadership

• Atrium Windows and Doors
• Ball Aerospace and Technologies, Inc.
  
• Cirrus Aircraft
• Clif Bar & Company
• Embraer SA
• Flowserve, Inc.
• Ford Motor Company
• GK Machine, Inc.
• Herbalife International of America, Inc.
• JEALSA Rianxeira S.A.U.
• Merck & Co., Inc. (Guided Method Execution for Global Quality Laboratories)
• Nexteer Automotive
• Saudi Aramco (Application Whitelisting at the Process Control System's Layer)
• Solaire Medical
• Solenis LLC
• Swedish Armed Force
• West Liberty Foods LLC

Internet of Things in Manufacturing Leadership

• Lexmark International, Inc. (Predictive Service)
  

Mobility in Manufacturing Leadership

• Adient
• Commscope, Inc.
  
• Merck & Co., Inc. (Problem Solving System)

Operational Excellence Leadership

• Agilent Technologies, Inc.
• BASF
• Bridge Publications, Inc.
• Daktronics
• Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
• Hologic, Inc.
• Honeywell Transportation Systems
• IBM Corp. (CSC Appliances Excellence through Automation)
• Johnson Controls
• Johnson & Johnson
• Keysight Technologies
  
• LAI International, Inc. (ZAK, Inc. Integration)
• Peterbilt Motors Co. (Self and Successive Inspection Project)
• Plantronics Mexico
• The Boeing Company
• The Dow Chemical Company (Dow Operation Excellence System)
• USG Corp. (Improving Operational Excellence with Lean Six Sigma)

Smart Product Leadership

• Adcraft Labels, a division of Adcraft Products Co. Inc
• ARCA
  
• Asius Technologies LLC
• Hernon Manufacturing, Inc.
• SimpliVity, Inc.
• The Raymond Corporation

Supply Chain Leadership

• Firstronics, LLC
• General Electric Company
• Hostess Brands
• IBM Corp. (5 Pillars of Supply Chain Operational Excellence)
  
• Lexmark International, Inc. (Finished Goods Pull Replenishment-Mid-Range Mono Products)
• Siemens Healthineers
• USG Mexico (New Logistic Project for Imported Products)

Sustainability Leadership

• Airbus Operations GmbH
• Cisco Systems, Inc. (Supply Chain Emissions Reduction Program)
• People Against Dirty (Method Products PBC)
  

Talent Management Leadership

• Allegion Americas
• Northeast Wisconsin (NEW) Manufacturing Alliance
  
• Oracle Corp. (Supply Chain Experiential Apprentice Initiative)
• Proto Labs
• The Dow Chemical Company (Talent Development)

Visionary Leadership (Individual Achievement)

• Prof. Detlet Zuehlke, Technologie-Initiative SmartFactory KL e.V.
• Rick Luepke, Lockheed Martin
• Joseph DeSimone, PhD, Carbon, Inc.
• Julian SK Tan, IBM Corp.
• P.J. Gruetzmacher, LAI International, Inc.
• Paul Dean II, The Dow Chemical Company

Technology Partners

• Autodesk, Inc.
• Demand Management, Inc.
• iBaset, Inc.
• Exact Macola Division
• Leading2Lean
• Logility, Inc.
• NextLabs, Inc.
• Paper-Less LLC
• Parsec Automation Corp.
• Smartware Group, Inc.
• Tata Consultancy Services
• Tech Mahindra
• Teradata Corp.