PACCAR Recognizes Top Performing Suppliers in North America

December 7, 2018, Bellevue, Washington – PACCAR annually recognizes its top performing suppliers in its Supplier Performance Management (SPM) program. This honor is given to suppliers that reach the SPM Master, Leader and Achiever status. The SPM program evaluates a supplier’s performance in the areas of product development, operations support and business alignment with PACCAR objectives.

Through the SPM program, suppliers and PACCAR cross-functional teams collaborate to identify performance enhancements and to develop product innovations. PACCAR has given 126 supplier awards since the launch of the SPM program in 2014.

“We are excited about the heightened levels of performance achieved by our suppliers since we launched the SPM program four years ago” said Ron Augustyn, PACCAR vice president of global purchasing. “We appreciate the value created for customers, dealers and PACCAR from continuous improvement initiatives under the program.

 “PACCAR works closely with suppliers to produce the highest quality products in the industry. We appreciate the SPM Achiever suppliers for attaining that performance level in 2018, and in particular, the eleven suppliers that achieved SPM Master and Leader status” said Darrin Siver, PACCAR senior vice president.

PACCAR is a global technology leader in the design, manufacture and customer support of high-quality light-, medium-, and heavy-duty trucks under the Kenworth, Peterbilt and DAF nameplates. PACCAR also designs and manufactures advanced diesel engines, provides financial services and information technology, and distributes truck parts related to its principal business.

PACCAR shares are listed on Nasdaq Global Select Market, symbol PCAR. Its homepage is www.paccar.com.