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PAGE 4 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1983 Officials at NCR in Waterloo hope to enâ€" sure that products the company exports maintain that level of excellence by encourâ€" aging the same quality among its suppliers with its product exâ€" cellence program. NCR recently recogâ€" nized 50 of its more than 540 suppliers who attained consistently high level of quality, cost effectiveness and onâ€"time delivery of the products they provide to the company. Twelve local compaâ€" Pat Arbuckle To remain competi tive in a growing high technology market, Caâ€" nadian products have to attain quality levels that are acceptable worldwide. Chronicle Staft Twoâ€"way street for excellence NCR Corporation, a centuryâ€"old company based in Dayton, Ohio, opened its Waterloo faâ€" cility in 1972. The Waâ€" terloo plant, which emâ€" ploys approximately 850 people, more than oneâ€"third of them in research and developâ€" "It gives us a chance to recognize a job well done that is going to benefit all of us," Bird added at the awards ceremony. nies were awarded cerâ€" tificates including Cenâ€" tra Machine and Tool, Electronic Craftsmen and Kevtron, all of Waâ€" terloo. **We felt a need to do it for our own image as a supplier of high qualâ€" ity and reliable prodâ€" ucts,""‘ said general manager William Bird. NCR Waterloo was established at a time when the parent comâ€" pany was in the process shifting from the manufacture of mechanical to elecâ€" tronicallyâ€"based equipâ€" ment. ment, specializes in the design and manufacâ€" turing of itemâ€"processâ€" ing equipment "prodâ€" ucts that make proâ€" cessing paperâ€"based fiâ€" nancial transactions (ie. cheques, credit card vouchers, tax forms) more effiâ€" cient," explained Pat McMahon, Employee Relations Manager. The local facility, at the forefront of this move has grown draâ€" matically in its first decade. "It has been phenomenally successâ€" ful in its field," said in the world market with more than 98 per cent of its chequeâ€"proâ€" cessing equipment being exported to banks and other busiâ€" nesses in the United States, Europe, Ausâ€" tralia and Japan. In 1981, however, the Waterlioo company was having problems. It was in danger of losing some of its internationâ€" al customers because of delivery problems and quality standards. In recognition of the vital. interdependence of company and suppliâ€" er, NCR developed the Product Excellence Program. So far, the program seems to have met with equal success among buyers of NCR‘s prodâ€" ucts and its suppliers. *‘*We have had nothâ€" ing but very positive response," said Lynâ€" don Zink of Commodity Manufacturing and Electronics Procureâ€" ment. _ We need to as a world leader produce quality levels acceptâ€" able worldwide," said McMahon, ‘‘and the only way to get there is to have our suppliers operating at that level. Our products have to be competively superiâ€" One supplier comâ€" pletely restructured his production system to comply with the proâ€" gram‘s guidelines. They want to know what they have to do to qualify for a certifiâ€" cate, said Zink. NCR officials are also pleased with the results so far and plan i Street people are feet people. They‘re neat people who meet people. Why not join up? Take a walk. Rannara OPEN BOWLING â€" WEEKENDS WATERLOO BOWLING LANES Heler Aprc Shop are machine washable and wrinkleâ€"free It‘s the time of year to do things, to go places, to enjoy the good things of Life in a comfortable. confident KITTEN KNIT polyester outhit that‘s oh. so easy to care for Getting things done or simply enjpying the weather you‘ll fee! as wonderful as you look in your KITTEN fashons KITTEN KNITS 886â€" 1560 OPEN DAILY 9:30â€"5:30, SATURDAYS 9:30â€"5:00 | Pert, ( } Pretty and Playful Saturday â€" 12 Noonâ€"11:00 P.M. Sunday 10:00 A.M.â€"10:00 P.M. WEEKDAY OPENINGS Call for available times We Care About You" 19 KING ST. N. WATERLOO OPPOSITE WATERLOO THEATRE BOWLING S \ 14 Princess St. West 886â€"2900 or 886â€"2 370 ;"‘/ | f'/’\ "6 }x\ 4 ~ m P Ip£rhâ€" Walk a block.Today. to continue the awards program on an annual dor (supplier) base to be in the future," said fied this year are exâ€" emplary of what we expect our entire venâ€" & N