"Auto vendors and suppliers should continue lending their excellent support to the local auto industry and work together as a team to meet the growing demand of Pakistani market." These views were expressed by Indus Motor Company (IMC) CEO Parvez Ghias at the company's Annual Suppliers Convention, says a press release issued here on Friday.
He said that under the theme 'Achieving Goals, Together!' the event is an annual feature with the aim of recognising the efforts of IMC vendors. Specially emphasising on safety at workplace, quality and cost competitiveness, Ghias said those three factors were the preconditions of a business.
Evaluating last year's performance, 'A One' was recognised top performing vendor for the year 2011-12, while Omar Jibran (OJ) and Metaline were awarded Supplier Excellence Award. Sharing his views on "The Toyota Way", S Yasui, Chief Engineer Corolla, Toyota Motor Corporation, appreciated IMC's role in putting best efforts to minimise the impact of disruption to global auto supply chain due to Japan Tsunami and Thailand floods. He specially applauded the suppliers' role for their continuous support in running production smoothly.
Mike Rausa, Senior Vice President, TMAP lauded the improvement made by suppliers over the last few years and appealed them to further enhance the quality of locally manufactured parts and lower costs to achieve entry in the regional market. The convention was attended by senior management of Toyota Motor Corporation, Daihatsu Motor Corporation, House of Habib, IMC's suppliers, representatives from the automobile industry and the management of IMC.