As many of you are aware at the Worldwide Equipment Supplier Appreciation and Awards Reception held during the 2014 Convention, the System honored H+K International with three prestigious recognitions:

• The “Innovation of the Year Award“ for the second consecutive year.  Among H+K’s contributions recognized were: development of the Chilled Rail, High Capacity Freezer/Refrigeration Product Lines and cost savings achieved in the Go to Market Equipment Strategy.
• Worldwide “Partner of the Year” (or Voice of Customer Award) for the third consecutive year.  This award is based on a survey of performance throughout the world and the overall supplier index.  Input comes from Equipment Managers, Franchisees in each country, Corporate Staff, Areas of the World Staff and OEMs. H+K received this award as we were the only Equipment Supplier to achieve Benchmark Status and achieved the highest survey score.
• H+K was also the recipient of the most prestigious award presented, the “2013 Worldwide Equipment Supplier of the Year” for a second time in the last four years. H+K is honoured as a Benchmark Supplier in recognition of our contribution to the system in all categories of the Total Supplier Performance Index - TSPI (Plan to Win support; SPI, Reliability; Savings, Innovation). Highlights of H+K’s Worldwide support acknowledged are:
  • Support of the Go to Market Strategy in APMEA
  • Development and execution of HDK in the USA
  • Support of MFY and BIC in Europe
  • The Service Integrator project in Australia
  • New equipment innovation
  • System savings
  • Completion of D12 project in Canada
  • Establishing a KES in Japan
  • Opening McDonald’s first restaurant in Vietnam

We are very grateful and appreciative for these recognitions and the fact that this is the first time a Supplier /Partner has received both Worldwide Partner and Supplier of the Year awards in the same year. These awards are a reflection of the daily commitment all H+K employees have in supporting the McDonald’s system throughout the world and is being celebrated at our facilities worldwide .