Kelly Services wins Intel´s preferred quality supplier award

TROY, MI, March 25, 2003 – Kelly Services, Inc. was named a recipient of Intel Corporation’s Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) award for outstanding performance in providing products and services deemed essential to Intel’s success. The company was awarded for its efforts in supplying Intel with staffing services. Kelly Services and 28 additional PQS award winners will be honored at a celebration in Burlingame, Calif., on March 26.

"We are honored to receive Intel’s 2002 Preferred Quality Supplier award," said Carl Camden, president, Kelly Services. "Kelly’s commitment to quality – as demonstrated by our processes, measurement and continuous improvement projects, reflects our approach to business. Our quality program helps ensure that all components of Kelly’s front and back office systems work together to achieve the company’s vision to be the world’s best staffing services company and to be recognized as the best."

"Kelly has consistently raised the bar in implementing breakthrough cost savings programs, tenacious at going after value engineering to reduce consumption, providing best practices sharing, and excellent supplier quality scores across the board," said Eric Jaeckle, Intel PSGS manager. "All this while growing their global business. This award is a testimony to Kelly' superb cost, quality systems, and breakthrough performance, giving Intel a competitive advantage for staffing services."

The PQS awards are part of Intel’s Supplier Continuous Quality Improvement (SCQI) process that encourages suppliers to strive for excellence and continuous improvement. To qualify for PQS status, suppliers must score 80 percent on a report card that assesses performance and ability to meet cost, quality, availability, delivery, technology and responsiveness goals. Suppliers must also manage and deliver on a challenging improvement plan and a quality systems assessment.

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