Employees receive industry recognition

Posted on Thursday, October 15th, 2009 at 1:15 PM EDT.

Jonathan Urban (right) receives his award from Brian Vautaw, chairman of the AIAG board of directors.

Bryan Book (right) receives his award from Brian Vautaw, chairman of the AIAG board of directors.

A Chrysler Group LLC employee and contract employee last week took home Outstanding Achievement Awards from the Automotive Industry Action Group for helping implement new industrywide standards in their fields.

Bryan Book II, Manager—Supplier Quality Processes and Training, from the Supply Quality group, and Jonathan Urban, an employee of CEVA Logistics who works in the Chrysler Group’s Logistics organization, received the recognition. The two men received their award during a ceremony on Oct. 8 at the Automotive Hall of Fame in Dearborn, Mich. The event celebrated the achievements of the AIAG and the individuals and companies that have made industry time- and cost-saving solutions possible.

The AIAG was founded in 1982 by officials from Chrysler Corporation, Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Corp. to provide a forum where members could cooperate to develop and promote solutions that enhance the prosperity of the automotive industry. The AIAG’s focus is to continuously improve business processes and practices involving trading partners throughout the supply chain.

The Outstanding Achievement Award is a special recognition given to AIAG volunteers who make a distinguished and recognizable effort in several areas during a calendar year. This year’s event honored 11 individuals from the Chrysler Group, General Motors Co., Ford Motor Co. and several suppliers.

Book was honored for his leadership as chairman of a work group that developed and released the first update to an advanced product quality planning and control plan reference manual. Book acted as a liaison between Chrysler, GM and Ford Motor. He was able to gain consensus on the guidelines that ensured advanced product quality planning is implemented in accordance with the requirements of the customer.

Urban played a key role in expanding the AIAG’s supply chain reach to address delivery of finished vehicles from the assembly plant to the dealership. He was the chairman of a group that developed a global standard of a five-digit, finished-vehicle damage code to address damage areas, types and severity.

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